The Barrett M82 was born in 1982 when professional photographer Ronnie Barrett fell in love with a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a military patrol boat. Barrett had zero experience with ...

The Barrett M82A1, once a rifle nobody wanted to build, actually did spawn a revolution in military sniping. The post The ...

Intended to replace the Barrett M82 and McMillan Mk 15 rifles ... 50 Cal systems, that’s fine, too” said U.S. Army Colonel John Lancaster at the SOF Week conference earlier in 2024.

SOCOM’s announcement about ELR-SR came three days after Barrett received a sole-source contract from the U.S. Army worth nearly $15 million for an unspecified number of M82/M107-series rifles, ...