In many Hollywood modern war movies, a semi-automatic sniper rifle often appears, which is so handsome that there are no friends, but not many people mention it. M 1 10 semi-automatic sniper rifle as American standard equipment performance geometry? Today, let's take you to know about the US military M 1 10 sniper rifle.
▲M 1 10 semi-automatic sniper rifle
After the 200 1 and 9 1 1 incidents, the US military's military operations in the world have been escalating, which has led to the US military itself falling into the quagmire of various urban wars and public security wars. The M24 sniper rifle used by the US military has a long body, so it can't shoot semi-automatically and quickly, and it is difficult to face multiple targets at close range in urban warfare.
▲ You can even use it to check the water meter.
So the U.S. military had to consider the replacement plan of sniper rifles and began bidding for new sniper rifles. At the end of 2006, the bidding version SR-XM 1 10 of American Knight Ordnance Company won the bid and was named "M 1 10 Semi-automatic Sniper System" by the US military.
▲ Knight not only has strong research and development, but also has a set of marketing.
Often sponsor some retired generals to engage in activities.
Seeing the photo of this rifle, many people first feel, hey, isn't this the style of AR? Yes, M 1 10 does have AR blood. 1993, Knight Company introduced SR-25 rifle on the basis of AR 10 and AR 15 rifle structures. This kind of civil rifle is very popular with hunting users and also favored by the US Navy.
▲SR25/MK 1 1 MOD0 sniper rifle
On the basis of SR-25, Knight Company specially designed a customized version of the US Navy, namely MKll sniper rifle. In the US Army tender in 2004, Knight Company won the bid with a slightly improved MKll, and won the bid as M 1 10 with its deep connections in the US military.
M 1 10 is called "system" because it is not only a rifle, but also includes Leupold3.5- 10x40mm white light sight, AN/PVS- 14 night vision sight, QD silencer, 600m spare mechanical sight and Harris.
▲M 1 10 complete set
The M 1 10 sniper rifle adopts the typical automatic air blowing mode of AR series and fires semi-automatically, which is compatible with all US 7.62x5 1mm bullets. However, the best effect can be achieved by using M 1 18LR bullets in a long distance, and M993 armor-piercing bullets can also be used under specific mission requirements. The magazine is 20 rounds or 10 rounds, with an initial velocity of 770m/s and an effective range of1000 m.
▲M 1 10 is compatible with almost all 7.62x5 1mm projectiles.
The bolt system of M 1 10 is taken from the most proud multi-convex bamboo shoot movement in AR system. There are many small locking bamboo shoots around the head of the movement, and there are arc grooves inside the case, which can be locked by turning bolts.
▲AR series classic locking mode
M 1 10 has a 508mm heavy-duty floating gun barrel with an extended modular guide rail system around it. The guide rail is directly fixed on the upper shell, which is more stable than the previous guide rail, and can effectively avoid the vibration during shooting and the deviation caused by repeated loading and unloading.
The baffle silencer of M 1 10 is also unique. Unlike other silencers, which are screwed on the muzzle, they are sleeved on the barrel and fixed in the groove of the airway with a push rod pin. The operation is simple, and it is not necessary to screw for half a day like traditional silencers.
▲ M 1 10 Install a silencer for shooting.
M 1 10 is equipped with two sets of mechanical and optical aiming systems. Generally speaking, an optical sight is used. In case of emergency, you can reset the optical sight by removing it and pressing the spring button of the sight.
▲ Spare mechanical sight
The optical sight is a Mark 43.5×10× adjustable magnification white sight made by Liupold Company. At night, the night vision sight can be directly installed on the guide rail in front of the white sight to achieve the night vision effect, and the integration of day and night can be realized simply and quickly.
▲ Add the effect of night vision goggles.
In addition, you can also install an itouch on the side to run the bullet trajectory auxiliary software. As long as the information such as weather, ammunition type, target distance and wind speed is input, auxiliary aiming can be easily carried out.
▲ With it, precision sniper is no longer the patent of professional sniper.
But strictly speaking, M 1 10 is designed to replace the M24 rifle of the American team's precision shooter, so don't expect its accuracy to be good. Although 0.3MOA was obtained in the test, it was generally above 1MOA in actual use. Comparing the accuracy of semi-automatic sniper rifle with that of shifting bolt sniper rifle is hooliganism. This precision is very good, far exceeding our 88 semi-automatic sniper rifle.
▲ Miss! ! ! It's still a little difficult to hit 800 yards.
However, as a semi-automatic precision shooting support weapon, 1MOA is enough, because fighting is not a shooting competition, and both shooting at the head and shooting at the chest can achieve tactical goals. Therefore, this kind of sniper rifle with average precision still won the military order by any means, which made Amlet company declare that "the weapon chosen by the military is not the best." The mood of unconvinced is very obvious.
▲M 1 10 is very suitable for this kind of rapid shooting with many enemies.
Even in 2008, M 1 10 was ranked second among the top ten inventions of the US Army in 2007. Knight Company is actually a marketing company delayed by gun manufacturing. However, after distribution, M 1 10 was not welcomed by the army, mainly because of the principle of AR series blowing, which led to serious carbon deposition on the bolt and gun rack after adding muffler, which would affect the action reliability and shooting accuracy after repeated firing.
▲ Shooting is error-prone.
In addition, after winning the bid, Knight Company, which felt that everything was all right, relaxed the requirements for quality control. Some versions didn't even have chrome-plated barrels, so the performance was unstable, the individual differences were great, the accuracy could not reach the level of testing, the failure rate was high, and even a single company phenomenon appeared.
▲ The US military satirized M 1 10 as "only suitable for dogs"
After several years of wrangling, the US military finally decided that whoever did it could not get out and started bidding again. Knight Company, which felt the pressure, had to cheer up and redevelop M 1 10K 1. In fact, the model of SR25 carbine is slightly modified, and then the upper guide rail of the wooden guard is extended forward.
▲M 1 10K 1
This improvement can't fool the US military. In 20 16, the American and German HK companies formally signed a contract of US$ 44.5 million and ordered 3,643 sets of HK G28 semi-automatic sniper rifles, named M 10A 1. Poor knight can't even keep the official number of his rifle.
▲G28 is actually the civil MR308 of HK4 17.
From the development and perfection of M 1 10, it can be seen that the strong competition mechanism provides a strong impetus for the renewal of American weapons. Driven by the feedback of war use and huge commercial interests, even a temporary mistake can be corrected as soon as possible, which is probably why the US military's weapon performance and cost control have always been at the forefront of the world.