Company Facts:

Barrett manufactures sniper rifles, a military high-caliber weapon capable of pinpoint shots at distances of up to 2,000 yards. Numerous engagements with 50 caliber sniper rifles during the Gulf War took place at 1,750 yards. From the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, this range would allow accurate firing as far as the Smithsonian Metro station on the National Mall.

The longest-range confirmed sniper kill of the Gulf War was reported to have been made by a Barrett Model 82A1 sniper rifle at a range of 1,800 meters�nearly 2,000 yards, or almost 10 times the maximum effective range of a standard hunting rifle. This same model is available to civilians with no more purchase restrictions than a hunting rifle.

Barrett calls its Model 82A1 "heavy firepower for light infantry" and boasts in its promotional brochure that the rifle "allows sophisticated targets to be destroyed or disabled by a single soldier. Armored personnel carriers, radar dishes, communications vehicles, aircraft...are all vulnerable to the quick strike capability of the Barrett 82A1."

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