Barrett M82A1 Review "Definitely Not A Backpack Gun"

The ubiquitous Barrett M92A1, notorious among gamers, shooters, and movie goers alike. The large black silhouette of this rifle has graced games like Call of Duty all the way to the fast paced action movies like "Shooter". This rifle is famous for being big, heavy, and poking big holes; and that It  not only does well but does so with class. The Barrett is not the kind of gun you pack on your quad and take hunting. Designated by the United States Military as an anti-material rifle this weapon was made to take out vehicles and lightly armored targets.

Weighing in around 30 lbs (before optics) this isn't exactly the kind of rifle that sees a lot of hiking in the civilian world. although it can be noted that when shooting this rifle off the bench that every ounce helps to "try to reduce recoil". In fact I would give an word of caution to anyone preparing to shoot this rifle. If you are used to shooting only a .223 or a .22 lr I would spend some time behind a shotgun to get used to heavier recoil. This is mainly due to the fact that the .50 BMG is meant to be shot from a weapon that Is mounted to an emplacement of some sort.

I found the 25 or so rounds that I put through the Barrett to be enjoyable. The M82 does push one back quite a bit but this can be mitigated simply by shooting while Standing with the rifle benched. While I can't exactly express how well this weapon does in the long range shooting I was shooting a meager 2 moa from the bench. Although with more time I may have been able to bring my groups in more. (I blame the shooter mostly)

The Barrett comes Standard with a 29 inch Bull barrel, muzzle brake, dual recoil springs, a chrome lined chamber, and a 27 MOA 1913 rail that runs most of the length of the receiver. also standard are Barrets flip up iron sights. Additions that can be purchased from Barrett are a monopod, bipod, and Leupold scope w/ rings. Out of the box this rifle is meant to be acurized; albeit this may take some time and the skill of a experience rifleman.

This is much more of a fun gun. I personally would not ever try to hike this one through the woods on a 3 day hike.  Anyways take from this what you will

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