The Chinese .50 BMG sniper rifle

Posted December 19, 2007 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 7 Comments
Tags: .50, 12.7x108, china, military, photos, rifle, rifles, sniper

The Chinese have two types of gas operated semi-automatic .50/12.7mm caliber rifles. Both only shoot at 2 MOA with standard ammunition.

This is enough for anti-material work but well below western sniper rifle standards. For comparison, the Barrett M82 is supposed to shoot sub MOA (less than 1 MOA).
It is available in either 12.7x108mm or .50BMG.

It comes in two versions.

The M99

and the bullpup M99B / M06

More info here.

Steve Johnson

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