M82A1 "Barrett" sniper rifle is an active large-caliber anti-material weapon of the US military. The 12.7×99 mm bullet can bring extremely powerful penetrating power and is used to deal with armored vehicles. However, as an "ideal and ambitious" weapons company, Barrett will certainly not be satisfied with just holding the thigh of the military. After all, the United States has the world's largest civilian firearms market, which is like a big cake. Barrett had no reason not to divide it for himself.
However, military use is different from the civilian market. The military can pursue more powerful performance in pursuit of lethality, but the private sector can’t. After all, now that the management is relatively strict, the US shootings are still so frequent. If restrictions are released, It will only bring a worse impact, so if Barrett wants to get a share of the civilian market, it is absolutely impossible for the existing model to go on the market. He can only redesign a new weapon, which is the protagonist of this article-M99 Sniper rifle.
M99 was born in 1999, based on M98 (military type). In order to comply with the requirements of American law, Barrett changed the semi-automatic bolt action to bolting and canceled the magazine seat, so the M99 can only be loaded with a single shot, manually loaded with bullets, and manually ejected, and so on. In order to improve the shooting experience of civilian gun fans, Barrett replaced the 29-inch barrel with a 32-inch barrel. As the weight of the barrel increases, the accuracy of long-range shooting has also been significantly improved. The extended barrel of
did not ease Barrett’s strong recoil. As shown in the animation, even adults who are mentally prepared and ready to shoot will be pushed back by the M99’s recoil. Let alone a novice.
Unless it is a posing, Barrett’s products are generally not recommended for people with weaker physiques to test shots. The nickname "shoulder remover" is not for nothing.
In 2006, Barrett introduced the .416 caliber (10.56mm) caliber M99, but this is not Barrett’s conscience finding that he wants to take care of civilian gun fans, but some states in the United States do not allow private sales of .50 ammunition. So we can only develop new ammunition.
Although the structure of the gun has been simplified so that the price of the M99 is only about two-thirds of the military type, the M99 is still very expensive. The selling price on the US gun website is more than 4,000 US dollars (about 27,800 yuan), which is equivalent to 3. -4 AR-15 rifles.
So if you want to play M99, you need not only a strong body, but also a thick wallet.
