The British Accuracy International AS50 BMG Sniper Rifle

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Accuracy International AS50as50
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.

Posted by Andrew   @   2 July 2007 28 comments
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Mar 13, 2008
3:21 am
#1 cody oberg :

I LOVE THIS SNIPER. i might only be 15 but i want this alot!!!!!!!!!!

Aug 15, 2008
10:17 pm
#2 SOLIDPOINT :

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.

Aug 19, 2008
6:55 pm
#3 Andrew :

bullpup? The Barrett M107 is a .50 caliber sniper

Sep 5, 2008
12:28 pm
#4 xxXXxx :

the best sniper and weapon for ever after barret m107

Oct 22, 2008
4:58 pm
#5 Steve :

AS50 > M107

Dec 1, 2008
5:20 am
#6 Luke :

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.

Dec 13, 2008
12:50 pm
#7 Nils Oberg :

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.

Jun 6, 2009
9:01 pm
#8 james :

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.

Jun 6, 2009
10:59 pm
#9 james :

hmm dont think it would be very hard to design a 10 round clip for the as 50

Jun 14, 2009
9:43 pm
#10 Vytas :

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…

Oct 28, 2009
12:34 pm
#11 Madmajor-896 :

AS50′s effective range > M107′s effective range

Nov 5, 2009
7:12 am
#12 Dicko :

The AS50 is actually about 1.2kg heavier than the barret, at 14.1kg, while the barret weighs 12.9kg

Dec 29, 2009
12:10 am
#13 Dylan :

The Barrett M107 is not a BULLPUP its the army designation for the M82. The M95 was originally going to be te M107 but was later changed to the M82. The M95 is a Bolt action Bullpup>

Mar 19, 2010
6:33 am

The sniper rifle has made easy for SAS Commandos of British,its target are long distance range.Mostly taking down the Insurgents hidden behind the walls,trucks and other objects.

Mar 30, 2010
8:53 pm
#15 adam :

the barret xm107 and the as50 the differences are the barret xm107 is a recoil operated semi automatic, the as50 is a gas operated semi auto both semi autos the barret is a not a bullpup this makes it overall longer for the same barrel length, the as50 is not a bullpup so is similar in length to the barret in terms of weight a lighter rifle will actualy make the recoil worse!

i for 1 prefer some of the newer smaller calibers e.g. 408 cheytac and 416 barret they both are a smaller caliber but have less recoil, are more accurate to longer ranges, because of the lower recoil the rifles can be lighter, both hold more kinetic energy than the 50bmg and they have less bulk so more ammunition can be carried the only draw back is they don’t have an explosive round yet so on the whole they are way better.

i’m not exacly ur average 6th fom student i do kno my stuff when it comes to guns

Apr 29, 2010
12:37 pm
#16 Alex :

About the bullpup thing, there are 2 variants of the Barret, there is the m107 (regular) and the Xm500 which is the Bullpup variant, considered by some to be its successor. It looks similar and is also called a Barret hence the confusion.

Except the Xm500 looks better.

Apr 29, 2010
12:46 pm
#17 Alex :

Oh and there’s the bolt action variant the M95 which is also a Bullpup.

And Barret is the name of the company that made it, there is more than one Barret.

Jun 16, 2010
6:50 pm
#18 neil :

pls put it on desplay next year IDEX in Abu Dhabi UAE

Aug 26, 2010
11:45 am
#19 wfsniper :

no accuracy international is the name of the company that makes as50 .barret not

Oct 26, 2010
1:35 pm
#20 Whymagsofarinfront? :

Why have they placed the mag so close :( Why not just put it behind the grip…

Oct 26, 2010
1:36 pm
#21 Whymagsofarinfront? :

the should have maked it bullpup…

Dec 16, 2010
7:27 pm
#22 sam :

The AS50 and the M107 are great rifles, but they’re designed for anti-armor missions. Therefore, they are not the best sniper weapons, they are also very heavy, making it difficult for a scout, or a sniper thats moving around alot. You would need a much smaller .308 maybe,every sniper weapon is designed for different types of missions.

Dec 30, 2010
9:43 pm
#23 CPL POULTER :

INFANTRY SNIPER AND MASTER OF ARMS
INTER SERVICES SNIPER CHAMPION 5 YEARS RUNNING
THIS IS THE 23 RD CENTURY SNIPER WEAPON
YOU LAY DOWN THAT AMOUNT OF 50 CAL
THE ENEMY HAVE A MESSAGE GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE OR DIE
I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SALISBURY TO USE THIS WEAPON FOR THE FIRST
WHY IS IT THE BRITISH GOVERMENT GIVE OUR TROOPS SECOND RATE EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS , WHEN THEY KNOW THERE IS BETTER STUFF OUT THERE TO PROTECT OUR TROOPS

Mar 17, 2011
9:31 pm
#24 Captain Caliber :

All I know is that every last one of you motherfuckers needs to learn how to spell and form coherent sentences. None of what you’ve written is passable as English language. None. Instead of wanking off over a bunch of guns you’ll never come within a hundred miles of and can’t even be bothered to research for five minutes before spouting bullshit in between bouts of Call of Duty, maybe you should try reading a book or picking up a dictionary.

May 17, 2011
5:19 pm
#25 devil :

ppl pls check out the zvi falcon it’s the deadliest sniper out there. 12.7mm round !

May 19, 2011
9:58 am

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Nov 21, 2011
12:30 pm
#27 siker :

cheytac 408 and m82a1

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