Remington Modular Sniper Rifle (MSR)
Remington’s entry into the Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR) competition is the Remington Modular Sniper Rifle (MSR).
The first thing you notice when looking at the rifle is the striking stock design. The butt stock is adjustable every-which-way and can fold for easy transport. The pistol grip is AR-15 compatible, just like the new Savage bolt action Model 10 BAS, so it can be swapped out for something the operator is more comfortable with. The free-floating handguard features rails at 3, 6, 9, 10:30 and 12 ‘o clock positions.
Stock folded. 20″ barrel. Interesting that the bolt is lock closed, but trigger is accessible.
Remington have taken no chances and have designed the rifle to be compatible with all of top contenders for selection as the next US Military long range sniper cartridge. The MSR can be easily switch between calibers by changing the barrel, bolt face and magazine. At the moment it is compatible with .338 Lapua Magnum, .338 Norma Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum and 7.62mm NATO. The fluted barrels are available in 20, 22, 24 and 27 inches in length and can be swapped out in minutes. Accuracy is 1 MOA at 1500 meters.
It weights 13 lbs with 22” barrel and loaded 5 round magazine and 17 lbs with 22” barrel, scope, bipod, loaded 5 round magazine, and AAC Titan suppressor.
Posted by boottrac at Sniper’s Hide forum.
A video of the rifle in action:
Overall this rifle seems to meet, and in many cases exceed, the SOCOM Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR) requirements. It is good to see Remington MPD (Military Products Division) innovating. They have not introduced new military hardware for quite a long time (aside from the Remington ACR, which they did not design).
More info at Remington.
Hat Tip Accurate Shooter
At least some people express the opinion that a sniper rifle should look very different.
The key objection in this case would be that the rifle isn’t smooth. It can get stuck in vegetation in many way – a serious drawback for a crawling sniper unless he keeps his rifle in a bag.
Now that, I like.
Purely on aesthetics, I think it is a great rifle.
That stock looks interesting. Lots of places to mount stuff I suppose. I sure hope it is made available as a Rem700 replacement stock!
I swear that hand guard looks like the VTAC hand guards.
http://store.vikingtactics.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=VT01&Product_Code=JPHG-1M&Category_Code=
What’s the difference between 1MOA at 100 meters and 1MOA at 1500 meters? Isn’t that just saying it’ll shoot about 15″ groups at 1500 meters? Isn’t “at 1500 meters” superfluous information?
oh man…
don’t tell my 700p, but I think i’m in love.
What a beautiful design!
BLEH! Sorry Mainsail, I have to agree with Sven. This rifle takes the same approach as the Savage and ends up with the same ungainly results. That stock looks like some kind of chiropractor’s tool, ergonomic sure, but not practical in the field.
The DTA SRS (Desert Tactical Arms – Stealth Recon Scout) is by far the most innovative of the designs in the running for this contest and would be a lot less inclined to take samples of all vegetation in proximity.
That said, it does look to be a better design than the Savage, and it is more modular than the folding AICS chasis rem700 based designs.
As for why the stock folds over the bolt, Steve, I would guess that is to make the left side more comfortable to sling up against your back. I don’t think they were really that worried about people trying to fire these from the hip (or from inside a vehicle) before extending the stock, you know
nick, it is *way* harder to be that accurate out that far, than it is at 100 meters.
The vegetation-grabbing rifle… is it a flaw…or a feature? Snipers need camouflage, after all.
Carl, LOL, I can just picture a sniper walking up a hill with half a tree snagged in his rifle for camouflage
I’ll tell ya, it looked like the shooter when firing the larger round whichever it was did not have a smooth recoil, it looked as though the second shot would have been way off. I’m no expert but that looked kind of amateurish by the shooter until the last shot which was probably a 7.62mm judging by the recoil and sound. It also looks like the last shot was his last and he could not get the action to work.
The bolt action looked slow and it seemed like it hung up a bit. His sighting would have been thrown off a lot for a second shot. It’s not a smooth action at all.
That weapon looks like it needs some type of recoil system in it’s stock or a muzzle brake rather than a suppressor or a different designed suppressor.
nick – good explanation of MoA here http://www.scribd.com/doc/4617008/Mils-and-Moa-Simplified
I will stick to low profile bolt-action rifles. Seriously that rifle looks overly clunky and has to high a profile for a real role. What is with these people now a days wanting to mall ninja every damn thing as if it improves the rifle. I can lay more flat and quite with my model 70 pre-64 then that person could ever hope to in such a set up. That thing comes off as a range toy.
Indeed.
It would be worthy experiment to build a sniper rifle with trigger and grip behind the action and the scope in left or right 45° position for minimum height.
That’s especially useful for semi-auto rifles because folding iron sights could be installed as backup.
A side-mounted scope would also keep away some mirage problems related to hot barrels.
The Finnish snipers of WW2 were experienced hunters and often achieved very much without a scope – some even favoured shooting without a scope at short ranges because it gave a much lower profile.
Sniper rifle magazines should either insert fully into the stock or have a rounded shape. A bold action sniper rifle doesn’t need a large magazine capacity – three cartridges is already enough.
Folding bipods should be turned & folded away from the rifle side that’s close to the ground during crawling (preferably moved to the right).
Adjustable buttstocks are fine, but you really need only two settings; one for each member of the sniper team (sniper & observer change roles frequently due to eye fatigue). It doesn’t need to be that complicated.
in my opinion the stock is horrendous,and the recoil looks a little rough,the bolt action seems a bit rough,idk what to say >.>
1 MOA @1500 yards is impressive but to get hits you have to be a master of determining distance, elevation, and windage. Shooting past 500 yards is much harder then shooting below it. It’s like night and day to me.
In WWII scope wasn’t reliable, hence snipers prefer iron sights. Unlike the past, snipers today needs to make kills at longer distance and higher hit percentage.
Larger magazine size is always prefer IMO, especially when snipers are part of a larger operational group. It’s not always one shot one kill and one target.
ammunition has also improved significantly. Better consistency means greater accuracy which allows shooting at a greater range.
There is a finite limit to conventional bullet design. The Sierra’s MatchKing was introduced in the late 1950’s is the best accurate bullet in the market. It is use by snipers and competitors around the world. It is what I use for long range shooting.
It is harder to keep a tight group above 500 yards then below it. This is mainly cause by the surrounding environment. At 1000+ yards optical limitations are apparent.
Seems to be fare from field and KISS principles. But the trend is set, heavier calibers, more of sharpshooter gun than sniper rifle. Still some lapwork to get it silk smooth.
With todays weapens fighting distances sometimes are very long and in build up scenes it might be very close. Where are the 100m emergency sights?
Intresting but not impressed.
Old sniper instructure
Quoting Darth Vader: “Most impressive…” If cool looks = effectiveness, this is a winner. Who can tell until extensively tested as far as performance? Congrats to Remington for the extensive effort to market new items.
With all its fancy doodads and stuff, I was hoping for a semi-auto. Not another bolt action, which, while very reliable, and, in the right hands fast, they’ve been done, and this is to REPLACE a bolt action (M40, M24, those type ones)
I agree Sven on the vegitation issue. In my personal opinion, the M24 SWS is far better than this rifle. The M24 is one of the most effective, powerful, and basic rifles made. You could take an M24 out of the case having no knowledge of it and still effectively shoot it. Though this rifle has good attributes (Folding stock, plenty of room to mount accessories, and extremely easy to modify) I wouldn’t get too excited about this rifle. It has a lot of flaws to work out. There is a reasonthe M24 SWS is still the most used military bolt action rifle.
1500 yards? my 338 extreme is just getting started.
number one for all you armchair snipers, Snipers dont stalk in the real world other then in school, so snaging is not a issue. Being deployed as a sniper in urban, Desert, mountian and triple canopy i think i know what im talking about. As far as the 24 being better? we call it the M24 walking stick cause thats all its good for. we have wanted this long gun for a long time and its about time we have it.