is there difference between a rifle and a sniper rifle?

Answer 1

Bound's hubby here:

Sniper rifles are more like target rifles. Generally, they will have heavier, thicker barrels that have a twist rate that will maximize the accuracy of the ammunition used. Typically, sniper rifles are built for a specific mission around a specific type of ammunition and used only with that ammo and lovingly cared for by the user. The typical service rifle is built for abuse and may fire numerous quantities of various types of ammo but sniper rifles are just the opposite. Sniper rifles are built for maximum accuracy in the hands of a proficient shooter. Roughly 1 in 1000 rifleman has the skill to bring the most out of a sniper rifle.

Go to a local rifle match and look at the rifles that are used by the shooters. You will not see the typical hunting rifles that come out of the closets in the fall. In most instances the shooter has lovingly built the rifle for maximum accuracy. Realistically, target rifles could be classed as sniper rifles because they serve the same mission... providing maximum at vast distances, consistently.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Some sniper rifles were just accurized versions on production rifles, others are special built. There are two versions, long range and short range. Both use different ammunition also. The short range models are fitted with silencers and the ammunition must be subsonic, while it doesn't matter on the long range models, because the victim doesn't hear the report. An example of the short range model was a .458 x 1½ Barnes used during the Vietnam war. It was a bolt action, scope sighted, silencer equipped, heavy barreled match rifle. The round was loaded to 1150 fps and developed only 1000 pounds of muzzle energy, but it would buck the brush and hit the target, unlike the 5.56 NATO even when a silencer was equipped, the bullet breaking the sound barrier made a sharp crack and the sniper's position was quickly compromised.

Answer 3

"Sniper rifle" can be defined two ways; a rifle used by a sniper (hence the Kennedy rifle, a rather stock 6.5mm Italian Carcano equiped with a 4x scope and alledgedly used to assinate the President). This was a combat rifle, rather than a true sniper rifle; it was in fact a 'sniper's rifle.'

Second definition: Sniper rifle; one expressly built to be extremely accurate and far shooting by barrel design, calibration and sighting system. It can be built on a standard, for example, Winchester Model 70 or Remington 700 platform. It can also be built from the ground up with special attentention to tolerances and other specs. This will usually be a high-priced rig.

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Answer 4

There is no difference. A "sniper" rifle is a rifle that has been modified and equiped with a high powered scope. Sniper is just slang. A rifle is a rifle.

Answer 5

Yes, there is a big difference. Sniper rifles have a modified trigger pull and also have a bull barrel to keep temperature changes at a minimum, stocks are usually made of a materiel that will not expand or contract during different weather conditions. Bullets also play a big part in a Sniper rifle being hand loaded with a precise grain weight of powder to be consistent.

Answer 6

There are two groups of sniper rifles. First, there are those that anti-gun people name that way in order to set up a negative connotation in the popular mind in order to push for later legal restrictions.
Second are the tactical rifles that are sold to young wannabes who, it can be sure, will never be snipers.
Do yourself and the rest of us a favor, and banish the term from your lexicon. Then, if you want to punch paper at long distances or shoot varmints, get a rifle made for the purpose and have some fun.

Answer 7

Finer Quality in a sniper rifle

Answer 8

yes. a sniper rifle is made for extra long range rifle are made for mid-range.

Answer 9

A rifle is a rifle.

A sniper rifle is a rifle in the hands of a trained military sniper.

Thats it. Period. End of discussion.

Answer 10

look you nub. A rifle can only hold 108 rounds. You can BXR with it for a one shot kill. A sniper san hold 24 rounds. And it has 4x zoom. Duhhh