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[AtheistCrusader]

175. The M24 SWS is the workhorse of the army, for now.

It will be/is being replaced by the M2010 Enhanced, which is the 700 platform with a bunch of ridiculous space-gun shit all over it, and yes it does have a pistol grip.

I have no opinion on the Barrett products, because I do not own one, and it is not ubiquitous in the army.

First you said that a pistol grip aids accuracy when you wanted to defend civilians having them

My response was informed by the context in which you placed it. Self-defense implies CQB, not laying prone. If you would like, I will no longer make assumptions based on the context in which you placed the line of questioning.

modern sniper rifles DON'T use a pistol grip configuration (which is false and easily proven false)

They are, at the least, last to the party. Pistol grips were introduced in Battle Rifles and Assault Rifles going back as far as the Korean war. The army is just starting to broadly apply them to Sniper Rifles as of 5 years ago, ignoring outliers/specialty weapons that appeared earlier.

Do pistol grips improve accuracy?

In certain roles, yes.

If so, why aren't they used on modern sniper rifles?

There are reams of congressional appropriations testimony on this question, I don't have a summary handy. Short answer is, they will be/are starting to be.



I will admit this point though; I thought you would introduce the 'spray from the hip' talking point when we started this thread fork, and you did not, so I'm essentially arguing against nothing. So, I sure fucked up there.

Edit: I should probably disclose, the army has upgraded some of those M24's to M24E1, which can have either a thumbhole stock or pistol grip. So it's not like they are ALL classic furniture.