American Sniper Rifle Evolution

With the introduction of smokeless powder and optics the sniper rifle was born at the turn of the 20th century. See the weapons and how they evolved through world wars to the Global War on Terror and what the U.S. military uses today.

Follow along as we share rare examples of American sniper rifles from a U.S. Springfield 1898 Krag-Jorgensen to the Barrett M107A1 available in the August 15-17 Premier Auction.

00:48 - U.S. Springfield 1898 Krag-Jorgensen
03:29 - World War 1-era U.S. Springfield 1903
04:29 - USMC Springfield M1C/1952 MC-1
05:34 - Remington 700 M24
06:55 - Knight's SR-25
08:57 - Barrett M107A1
11:01 - Soviet Izhevsk SVD Dragunov

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