Shooter Movie - CheyTac Intervention M200 Sniper Rifle
If you haven’t seen the movie Shooter yet, then you probably aren’t really familiar with the longest range sniper rifle in the world. That’s right, this rifle, the CheyTac M200 Intervention has beaten out the Barrett M107 and Accuracy International AS50 (whose longest ranges were negligably similar at approximately 1 mile) as the longest consitent accuracy rifle to date. Of course it takes more than just the rifle and sniper to achieve hits at its max range, 2500 yards or 1.42 miles. You must also have all the compenents of the so-called CheyTac “Long Range Rifle System”, LRRS. This package includes the CheyTac ballistic computer (a PDA with ballistic software installed on it), a Vector IV laser rangefinder, and a Kestrel 4000 (a device that monitors wind, temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure), all linked to the PDA and the OPS Inc muzzle brake and suppressor. 
Quite a mouthful, right? Of course it is, but its all worth it when you can reach out and touch someone at ranges that would impress upon the victim as having just suffered an act of god.
This opening scene of Shooter is way better than the Future Weapons video I was about to post. Ok, in the opening scene of the movie, Marky Mark wipes out a ton of Africans with the .308 M40A3 of the US Marine Corp. He also takes out a Kiowa Warrior helicopter with a Barrett M107, what badass scene! Later in the film, he demonstrates the extreme range capabilities of the M200 Cheytac Intervention, with a direct hit on a tin can from over a mile in distance.
Note, the rifle that he is firing is actually not the CheyTac, but a good scene sniper scene none-the-less.
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In the opening scene wasn’t he using the Barrett and the M40A3?
According to http://cheytac.com/Film.html , the rifle used in the movie was the Cheytac M200. The rifle will also be appearing on Future Weapons as Mac apparently toured the CheyTac facilities recently.
The rifle he used to kill insurgents in the opening scene was not the Cheytac m200. He was using a Remington 700 either .308 or MLR .338 Lapua Mag. You can see the Remington Markings on the side of the barrel.
The .408 Chey-tac Intervention was from his personal collection which was only fired once during the movie when he fired into a tin on his property.
Thanks for clearing that up Gabe. After taking a second look at the opening scene I could tell that it wasn’t the CheyTac. I will have to get Andrew to clear things up in this post.
rifle used in the opening scene was .308 Win M40A3, based on Remington 700 of course (note the picatinny rail on the top of the rifle and new very characteristic for A3 model stock, made by McMillan);
the rifle which was used to take down the heli, was bolt-action .50 M107 Barrett;
.308 Remington 700P used in the “mountain meeting” scene,
and .408 M200 CheyTac for blast the Dinty More
Did anyone notice how dodgy was the mounting of the scope on the Chey tac in the photo of shooter?
I wonder how he can adjust windage when it is mounted like that???
anyone else wonder why mark walberg was cycling the action of the barrett; especially after the round clearly ejected.
The M107 is semi automatic, not bolt.
yah i noticed that too, it is a semi auto not a bolt action
the cheytech m200 wasnt the gun in the opening scene, that was a remington .308, the cheytech m200 was shown when he was shooting in the mountains with his dog. and at th end when he was in trial.
some m107s lock back once fired.forcing you cycle to the next round after every shot. dont know why it just does.
i was reseaching it and you can set it to lock back into position so you can fire shots one by one without using a magezine. it alows you to just slide a new one in and advance the slide.
it wasn’t a barrett m107 it was just an m-82. he had to cycle the action because he was shooting blanks that don’t generate enough chamber pressure to cycle the action, its hollywood not south africa!!!
Charles is bang on about the Barret.
I doubt there’s a BFA (blank firing apparatus)
built to fit the Barret.
M40A3 starts life as a remington 700, hence the markings on the barrell.