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 .408 caliber rifle and a trained 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.
66 Responses
In the opening scene wasn’t he using the Barrett and the M40A3?
Posted on October 24th, 2007 at 5:55 am
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.
Posted on January 5th, 2008 at 11:21 am
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.
Posted on January 5th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
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
Posted on January 15th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
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???
Posted on January 28th, 2008 at 12:45 am
anyone else wonder why mark walberg was cycling the action of the barrett; especially after the round clearly ejected.
Posted on February 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
The M107 is semi automatic, not bolt.
Posted on March 17th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
yah i noticed that too, it is a semi auto not a bolt action
Posted on March 21st, 2008 at 9:03 pm
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.
Posted on March 25th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
some m107s lock back once fired.forcing you cycle to the next round after every shot. dont know why it just does.
Posted on March 25th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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.
Posted on March 25th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
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!!!
Posted on March 27th, 2008 at 12:03 am
Charles is bang on about the Barret.
I doubt there’s a BFA (blank firing apparatus)
built to fit the Barret.
Posted on March 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
M40A3 starts life as a remington 700, hence the markings on the barrell.
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 pm
But it was not a Kiowa Warrior helicopter but some kind of insurgent MBB BO 105.
Posted on June 2nd, 2008 at 10:37 am
he was reloading the m82 because he was shooting blanks, it was the real gun in the movie, they cant really shoot it
so you’re all right
Posted on July 2nd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
does anyone else like how he rotates his windage but its actually adjusting the elevation?and on that, y is he adjusting that himself? the m200 intervention comes with a ballistic computer which moves the crosshair for him
Posted on July 2nd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Joe in the post it says which snipers were used when read the whole post before asking or commenting
Posted on July 5th, 2008 at 11:31 am
“does anyone else like how he rotates his windage but its actually adjusting the elevation?and on that, y is he adjusting that himself? the m200 intervention comes with a ballistic computer which moves the crosshair for him”
Not exactly. The m200 intervention is merely the rifle. They do offer a ballistic computer setup that actually gives you the windage and elevation adjustment. It also calculates the other trigonometry functions for the rotation of the earth and tells you what the windage/elevation adjustments need to be. You still have to manually dial in the scope.
Posted on August 31st, 2008 at 6:01 pm
are you able to buy the m200 rifle and if so where would i find it?
Posted on September 10th, 2008 at 4:35 am
nice report, but what is the fucking caliber of the gun
Posted on September 16th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
if American are capable to make the rifles like M200 so why they beat the stupid Mujahideen in Iraq while before the American troops invade Iraq Bush said we complete our mission in 7 days while here 6 years are passed and Mujahideen killed 1 million people in Iraq and American solders are killed like heros every day in Iraq for conformation visit website (removed-jihad site)
Posted on September 24th, 2008 at 1:12 am
@ TY
It is a .408 caliber.
Posted on September 24th, 2008 at 2:20 am
does anybody know what scope he was using on the cheytac m200, shooting at the dinty moore can. i am interested in knowing because i am lookin for a good tactical rifle sope and that one is cool. thnx.
Posted on September 28th, 2008 at 7:00 am
the gun he was using in the opening scene was the M40A3
Posted on September 30th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
hey Detla4orce ,
the scope was a Leupold Mark 4 8.5-25x….but in the movie he uses the windage knob to adjust his elevation and that cant happen and 1 more . he was not shooting 1760 yards
(1 mile) at the soup can.. theres no way he could see it like that,
Posted on October 15th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Вот это оружие!!!! где его можно купить???
Posted on November 16th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
yes he was but that was when he was shooting at the helicopter, but before that it was the M200
Posted on November 24th, 2008 at 1:51 am
Perfect
Posted on November 30th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Does anyone recomend buying this gun?
Posted on December 9th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Turkish Special Force buying this gun
Posted on December 12th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
the scope used was not a leupold mark for.it is a night force . here is the website http://www.nightforceoptics.com/
Posted on January 11th, 2009 at 2:40 am
Save your money Jake, if you want a precision rifle your better of picking up a Mac Tactical, for a number of reasons. To start withare you a qualified sniper, or have you taken any formal distance/presicion shooting training, secondly unless you have tonnes of cash to piss out the window on ammo, you are far better off wih a rifle in .308 or .338, fack you would still get BMG ammo cheaper, do you have a 2 mile long range to shoot it at? and have you ever shot anything beyond 600yards?
all that aside, if you watch the episode of future weapons he refers to Cpl Rob Furlong PPCLI Sniper who currently holds the longest confirmed kill, he made the kill without the cheytac LRRS, and across an open valley
PS Nice pickup on the windage thing Justin, very few people have picked up on that
Posted on January 12th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Ok, first off, the first rifle in the opening scene is a M40A3 in .308 with a Unertal scope mounted on top.
The second rifle that was used was the M82A1A in .50 BMG, also with a Unertal scope.
The Scope that comes with the CheyTac package is made by Nightforce. The ballistic program and PDA that is also included with the package does not/not make the scope adjustments for you. It calculates all of the information and tells you the adjustments and/or hold for that particular shot that the data has been entered for.
Posted on February 8th, 2009 at 1:56 am
no it wasn’t a Barrett
Posted on February 20th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
the m-200 showed up when he was shooting the soup can
Posted on February 20th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
What is the signifigance of the scene when Whalberg looks like he is stretching his finger on the trigger guard? It looks like a little waggle. Is this a technique that snipers use?
Posted on February 22nd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
it was just flare nothing more. the closest thing to reality that i can think of is he does not want to jerk the trigger. but thats all. the barret argument is pointless. the people who said that the barret is a m-82 and those who think that its the m-107 are arguing the same point. the 82 and the 107 are the same thing. the m-107 is the US Armys designation for the m-82.
AFD Rob Furlong did not use a Cheytac. there are only two major countries who use that round Poland and Turkey. Furlong was on operation anaconda with American forces and he still had to take three shots to hit his target. they did in-fact us the Mcmillan Tac 50 with American Ammo. they producers of shooter probebly picked the cheytac 408 because it was originally a “wildcat” round, meaning it was an original custom made round that just happen to end up in a small size production line. its fairly unique and has never been used in a movie. when it first came out it was supposed to be the middle ground between the 338 lapua and the .50bmg but it never really made it into the US Military. now that is not to say that a US Soldier has never used one in combat because lord knows thats a bold statement but it is in my social circle of the US Army sniper community, unheard of
Posted on February 26th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Specops operators are currently using this weapons platform and the military is still evaluating the need for it in general usage. The Barrett performs well in anti-IED roles and the production capabilities far exceed CheyTac at the current time. I believe the Cheytac is the premier long range rifle for extreme range targets, even better than the 416 Barrett. I have seen an image of a group shot with the M-200 at 1500M + with a sub 3″ group, and the current grouping at distance record of 16″ @ 2600M+ speaks volumes. I have personally handled the rifle used in the movie and it is an all aluminum mockup than weighs 7 or 8 lbs. The actual rifle is like 27lbs and could not be wielded in the hearing scene like it was.
Posted on February 26th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
well its good to hear that someone is taking advantage of the round. i agree that its a fantastic creation. like i said i would not rule out that someone in the US military uses it and it comes as no surprise that the SOCOM community is employing it.
Posted on February 28th, 2009 at 4:21 am
Can anyone tell me a rough price of CheyTac “Long Range Rifle System” package?
Posted on February 28th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
CheyTac package comes in two colors, black which cost $11,500 and the desert tan looking color from the movie which is $12,000.
Posted on March 7th, 2009 at 12:14 am
You can find the CHEYTAC INTERVENTION SYSTEM on knesekguns.com and there is a training facility in Arco Idaho to teach you how to shoot it,
Posted on March 7th, 2009 at 2:12 am
he was cycling it because he used special ammunition that doesn’t have as much muzzle flash and therefore has less energy to be useed to cycle a new cartrige
Posted on March 11th, 2009 at 12:46 am
for most precision marksmen, the cheytac is like a lamborgini to a go-cart driver in the respect that you can spend much less and get a very effective “sniper rifle”. i, for example, use my kimber lpt at the range AND during deer season ( which is one of the reasons i opted for the .308). AFD was right on when he brought up the range situation. not many people have a place to go shoot 2000m. i still get a buzz out of hitting my mark from a grand. none if this means that it’s not a pretty sick piece of gear, of course, but for most of us, not practical
Posted on March 14th, 2009 at 5:12 am
one more thing i noticed today about the cover of ’shooter’ is that the one on this site is different than on my copy. mine has marky mark holding what ATB a rem 700. i would guess they put the cheytac on the newer copies, which means they put it in the pic with a computer, which somewhat explains the knob issue
Posted on March 14th, 2009 at 5:23 am
where you can buy it in Russia?
Posted on March 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
umm ok wow im not sore if the text was fixed before or afteralot of those comments were ever written but some of you are fucking retarded an you deserve to cock on a dick an drown in your childrens blood…anyways like a earlier comment was posted this weapon that you are lookin at the CheyTac M200 is not a parctical weapon! what would you use it for im pretty sure that you wouldnt go deer hunting with it an if you are then why would you need to be 2500 meters away i dont think that this weapon is really a hunting rifles an the people that have a lot of extra cash that buy this weapon will use it for either a comp. rifle or for shits an giggles the barret isnt even a parctical rifle but to practice long range precision shooting then get that its only 3500 or alittle more….first you should learn to shoot long range an all the components that come into play an everything you need to kno an then if you still want to do it go bigger…anyways you guys are losers an reading your blog just pissed me off now im got to go rape something
Posted on March 24th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
And to the guy who asked about purchasing the chey tac but for the m200 military (available to public now) its about 11.500.00 to 12000.00 without suppressor its 3350.00 and http://www.knesekguns.com is the only place to purchase and they offer several models and price ranges not to mention it is about 2.20 every time you pull the trigger and if you hand load custom rounds specifically for your rifle its gets more into the 15 to 30 dollars a shot range
Posted on March 27th, 2009 at 2:35 am
If you think the M200 it un practical… take a look at Anzio Ironworks 20mm rifle. Those are rounds used in the F18 M61 A1 Vulcan.
Posted on April 11th, 2009 at 1:57 am
All the Errors in Wepon function just goes to show how Holly Wood actors, wrighters, producers, and directors are ignorant. Althought I Love a good action movie it strikes me as strange how CA has a love hate relationship with the Gun. They love to use them in the movies and on TV. Yet they can’t get laws passed that gives freedome to the law abiding citizen and punishes the criminal. I loved the youtube videos of the 20mm sniper I want one too! any one lone me 20-30k?? LOL
Posted on May 27th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Hey speerzy,troy and chris march 17,21,25 2008. Anyone whose fired a semi-auto weapon with a bad mag knows the rifle will not always cycle by itself if the mag is loose and not all the way up. Therefore it required a manual cycling.
Posted on July 12th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Hello out there.. I head a certain division of an airsoft group engaged in anti-crime here in the philippines.. We bought a live M200 Cheytac and turned it into our own airsoft version. The Cheytac Intervention System has brought about a certain fear into our enemies eyes.. It really gives a different meaning to the word intervention..
This system really works..
Posted on July 23rd, 2009 at 3:53 am
The riffle used in the opening scene and in the shooting into the tin in the mountain is REMINGTON 700. M200 is used to snipe the president and appeared in trial.
Posted on July 25th, 2009 at 11:14 am
anybody know where I can buy one of these riffles? and the approximate cost of the CheyTac intervention M200 .408 riffle. e-mail me at Tom_isnt_my_friend@yahoo.com
Posted on August 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
the m40a3 does start as a rem 700 SA but the barrel is not rem actually the action is the only thing rem on it. and since teh M40A3 is only made in Quantico it was a replica
Posted on August 11th, 2009 at 11:46 am
u could probably buy one at a big gun show because i went to one recently and found a 50 cal and a L96 artic warfare they were around 5,000 because they were already used
Posted on August 11th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Are you not aware about Instiglal? I think it is the longest range sniper rifle.
Posted on August 20th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
107 has claw bi-pob 82 doesn’t only diff, the m200 is a waste, a good rem 700 only 500-600. and his m40a3 in movie likely could have been in 300 win mag or 300 hmr. they are more common for snipers in us military. many bolt action snipers can be set not so cycle as the movement of the action decreases accuracy. less movement better shot. and the post about the scope not seeing that well is correct. that can wouldn’t be visible with any scope even close to that size. And every jack ass on here that askes where to get the gun obviously doesn’t know s**t about guns or they would know how to get one, therefore they shouldn’t even be talking about it. if you cant hit a tin can at 200 yard with iron sites and no scope you don’t need this gun. and yes that includes myself.
Posted on September 18th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
In the opening scene The shooter fires a semi-auto Barrett by loading by hand. So no bullet. Shots hitted the targets in head. Sniper aims head only when it’s only visible part. Otherwise the targeting point is in the middle of torso. This gives tolerace in distance approximation.
And .50cal doesn’t hit a head from above neither blow a brain to 100yds from a mile.
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 at 3:39 am
im no expert by any means, with that said, in the scene with the dinty moore and the chey tac, if you go frame by frame during the shot you can see the trace of the bullet. that means they did acctully shoot the can but im sure it wasnt the mile like they said. and im just taking a guess that the can of soup was really a can of tannerite or simmilar product for the dramatic effect. and like a few people said on here there is no way you would see a can that good at 1760. many good points made on here…….good work boys
Posted on October 5th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
The barrett is the M99 which is the only bolt action barrett
Posted on October 21st, 2009 at 1:18 am
ye nice paragraph about the cheytac and “marky mark(its not the 80’s)” but the weapon used to take down the chopper was not a barrett m107, the barrett m107 is a semi-auto, so he wouldnt have to reload after every shot and none of the barretts actually reload like that so the movie messeed up, i mean the only barrett that is bolt action is the m99 which reloads likee a regular bolt action in the movie he just pulls back like its a lmg, wtf!! im 15 and i no that who ever published this “report is a dumb ass, but wut ever good effort
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 1:25 am
In the opening scene he was using a m40a3 and the barret. He used the M200 when he shot the can of soup.
Posted on November 8th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
i am not a “gun know it all” but i do love them(just to poor to buy em)most of you ppl are retarded asking where u can get one..1 if ur a big “gun guy” you would know…2 if u had the cash for it u would know..3 ur retarded ITS CALLED THE INTERNET google it asshats..i did..i found 5 different places to get each of the guns mentioned and any model variations..freakin speds personally i like the Barrett 82a1 but that intervention is pretty nice(UNDERSTATEMENT)…SERIOUS QUESTION TO MILITARY PERSONAL who know this for a fact not u Rtards trying to feel cool..why would the military ever use the intervention honestly when would the m107 not be powerful or accurate enough to get the job done..not to mention at a lot less cost to those in america with our awesome economy right now email me robertsebright@yahoo.com
Posted on November 14th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Do not waste your money on this piece of crap rifle. Chey-Tac does not build the weapon. They assemble parts that various manufacturers produce. Lawton makes their barrels and dies and they don’t meet specs. The rifle sent to me and my neighbor had major headspace problems, 21 thousands off. The dies supplied for reloading didn’t meet specs either. When Chey-Tac was contacted about the problem, their response was shooter error or a bad sight picture. They would not even look at the rifle when it was hand delivered to their corporate headquarters in Arco. The excuse for the headspace problem was that the rifle was built loose for the military so that they could shoot it in the sand and dirt. Major pressure problems and the staff couldn’t care less nor would they except that the problem was with their product. They pointed fingers at the brass manufacturer.
The only bright spot that came out of this debacle was dealing with Jamison Intl.. What a class operation. Arco had been blaming Jamison for bad brass. Arco has no quality control and has no clue how to fix their problems. Jamison Intl. asked for the weapons (2) so they could get a look at them. Jamison milled the barrels and made the weapons tight, no more pressure problems. Then Chey-Tac tried to take credit for fixing the weapons when they made no attempt to even look at the rifles. Then I submitted expenses to Chey-Tac for my trip to Sturgis so that Jamison Intl. could check the weapons. Three months later they send me a check that is no good.
So if you want to spend a ton of money and get no satisfaction and get nothing but B.S. from the “factory” at Arco then go for it. Do not consider any product from Chey-Tac…….buyer beware. I can not stress enough just how messed up this company is.
Deal with another custom rifle manufacturer if you want to shoot the 408 round.
This is only a small part of my experience with Chey-Tac, it only gets worse. They have no concept of customer satisfaction nor quality control.
Posted on November 19th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
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