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In article <1992Nov13.041025.5904@netcom.com>, douglas@netcom.com (Douglas Mason) writes:
From: n0an7@turing.newcastle.ac.uk (H.S. Doyle)
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#The other one was more interesting -- it was a .308 caliber gun in one of
#those bullpup-looking stocks, made out of some type of polymer looking
#plastic. While at first it just looked like one of those cheap Ruger
#conversion bodies, I looked again and it actually looked like some type of
#business-only gun.
#
#While I was there another guy asked about it and they guy said that it was
#a .308 caliber anti-terrorist gun. With the pretty hot optics that were
#mounted on it the price was like $3500 or something like that. They guy
#was talking about how the SWAT teams and the like that use it prefer the
#.308 over the .223 for longer distance sniper use due to it's ability to
#not fly all over the place after striking a target and it's better ability
#to fly straight with windage. (??)
#
#Anyone have any idea what the hell kind of gun this could have been? I
#saw another one sitting in a case that looked about as radical with the
#somewhat square body except the body seemed to be made of a wood rather than
#a polymer and the price was (with optics) $5500. Ouch!
#
#-Doug
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The bullpup one you're talking about has to be the Walther WA-2000 sniper rifle. It fires something like a 10.6 gram slug at 980mps and is the most advanced sniper rifle around. Not sure of the weight off the top of my head but I think it was under 15 pounds. The Walther design team picked .308 cal because it was the most powerful load widely available in that calibre range, and apparently the rifle is *extremely* accurate, and has a muzzle brake that eliminates 50% of the recoil with no reduction in accur
