The BAR hunting rifle use by spec ops?
Posted by NotaFed556@reddit | ForgottenWeapons | View on Reddit | 16 comments
I remember seeing somewhere that the Browning BAR(not the M1918) was used by US special forces but can't find any information on it. I remember seeing a .338 Win mag BAR that was allegedly used in Somali by Delta Force.
SloCalLocal@reddit
You're thinking of the Arms Tech SMIR; 300WM based on a BAR:
http://armstechltd.com/products.php?id=smir_rifle
thatARMSguy@reddit
Yep, Steve Holland mentioned on a Tactical Rifleman livestream a while back that they had .300WM Brownings in the mid-late 90s in sniper school, they led the push to get a proper .300WM sniper rifle adopted. He’s posted photos on facebook of early Barrett MRAD prototypes or something very similar from around 2005 that were made based on the lessons they learned from those Brownings
NotaFed556@reddit (OP)
Thank you I remember seeing that photo, don't know where I got the idea of .338 win mag however.
reznov-where-are-you@reddit
a 338 BAR would be fucking beautiful
Global_Theme864@reddit
I mean it’s impossible to prove a negative, but I’d want to see pictures before I believed that.
When I worked in a gun shop ~ 2011 I had a Beretta rep trying to tell me Osama Bin Laden was shot with a Benelli MR1. People make up all sorts of weird shit with guns, especially involving SOF.
MojoCrow@reddit
Sales reps are like that. My boss was notorious for believing sales reps. “Is it a good seller?” “Sure, they’re flying off the shelves.”…… Cut to a warehouse stacked to the ceiling with crap covered in dust
maxgaap@reddit
That rep was a dirty liar, one of my reps let me know that it was in fact a Bond Arms Derringer
Not_an_alt_69_420@reddit
Your rep was lying, too.
I have it on good information that Chris Kyle's ghost used a Zip 22
maxgaap@reddit
The only time in history that one actually cycled.
Ok_Manufacturer_9123@reddit
It didn’t cycle, it just had the one in the chamber that did the deed
KaijuTia@reddit
Now I KNOW you’re lying. The only way to kill someone with a Zip .22 is to beat them to death with it.
maxgaap@reddit
Not true I bought one and almost died from shame and regret. Purchasing two is probably fatal.
justaheatattack@reddit
those guys might have anything.
HuMcK@reddit
Could you mayne be thinking of the HCAR? I'm not aware of any SOF using it, but its not impossible.
https://oowinc.com/product/hcar/
mrm00r3@reddit
I think the navy was looking into getting some after some of their boats kept floating away.
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