Accuracy International AS50
This awesome weapons represents the British attempt at designing the worlds greatest sniper rifle. Similar in design and features to the Barrett M107 .50 caliber sniper rifle, the Accuracy International AS50 certainly exhibits the pinnacle of futuristic sniper rifle engineering. The greatest difficulty to overcome when designing a rifle of such high caliber is how to effectively and efficiently disperse the recoil, and the AS50 employs a free-floating barrel with a dual chamber muzzle brake to accomplish this feat. One important thing to note about this rifle though, is that it is truly designed as an anti-material weapon, meaning that it is intended to be armor-piercing to take out lightly armored vehicles such as APCs and trucks rather than intended as anti-personnel. However though, the accompanying video definitely stirs the imagination when it shows the melons, the perfect shape for a human head, being blown apart after the round penetrates some concrete blocks. I’m just waiting for the X-ray vision scope to be put on this bad boy, watch out everyone!
The AS50 has documented kills in Iraq where APCs where taken out from over a mile away, they had no idea what was hitting them.
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Posted on September 25th, 2007 at 2:50 am
I LOVE THIS SNIPER. i might only be 15 but i want this alot!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on March 13th, 2008 at 3:21 am
Only someone incredibly ignorant of weapons would claim that the XM107 bullpup, short-recoil action weapon is “similar in design” to this gas-operated weapon. They are about as different as two guns can possibly be.
Posted on August 15th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
bullpup? The Barrett M107 is a .50 caliber sniper
Posted on August 19th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
the best sniper and weapon for ever after barret m107
Posted on September 5th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
AS50 > M107
Posted on October 22nd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Andrew, bullpup design has nothing to do with calibre and everything to do with breech/trigger group positioning.
in this case, it’s a standard rifle.
i don’t know anything about the XM107, but a bullpup design has the magazine behind the trigger assembly.
Posted on December 1st, 2008 at 5:20 am
M107 Barrett is not a bullpup rifle….standard 50. cal sniper rifle…the big difference between the weapon is the free floating barrel that the AS50 has. As a matter of fact there are a few 50. Cal sniper rifles out there but the Barret is just the one everyone knows from video games. Oh and just remembered I think the AS50 has a 5 round magazine whereas the Barrett has a 10 round Mag. Another difference…a slight one but still a difference.
Posted on December 13th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
um its quite alot better than a barret due to the fact doesnt take your sholder off and its a semi automatic yer its 1.5 not 1 but for the advantages you gain are worth it. also its alot lighter than a barret because mainly made of titanium basically its in different league to the barret it makes it look old fashioned.
Posted on June 6th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
hmm dont think it would be very hard to design a 10 round clip for the as 50
Posted on June 6th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Try as much as you want. In my eyes the brits are undesputed champs when it comes to sniperer rifles in both production and ussage. The barret has quite a ways to this gun… Even the SAS used L121A1 or AW50 has a rather good advantage here…
Posted on June 14th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
AS50’s effective range > M107’s effective range
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
The AS50 is actually about 1.2kg heavier than the barret, at 14.1kg, while the barret weighs 12.9kg
Posted on November 5th, 2009 at 7:12 am
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