Steyr HS .50

The Steyr HS .50 is a .50 BMG single-shot anti-materiel sniper rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher.

Design and features

The Steyr HS .50 is a single-shot bolt-action rifle. It has a built-in magazine (on the right side of the gun) so each round has to be loaded directly into the ejection port and is pushed into the chamber by the bolt. The fluted barrel is cold hammer forged and provides excellent accuracy at an effective range up to 1,500 m. It has an adjustable bi-pod, a highly efficient muzzle brake which reduces recoil substantially to increase shooting comfort and a Picatinny rail for installation of various optics.

However, due to customer demand, a recent change to the HS .50 has included a 5-round detachable magazine that can be inserted on the left-hand side of the rifle much similar to the Denel NTW-20

Variants

HS .460

The rifle is also available in the proprietary .460 Steyr round, developed for markets where ownership of the .50 BMG by private citizens is banned, but .46 rounds are not, such as California. The .460 caliber version is known as the HS .460.

HS .50 M1

The HS .50 M1 is an evolution of the HS .50. The biggest differences are: it is magazine fed from a five-round magazine feeding horizontally left from the receiver, has a longer top Picatinny rail and more Picatinny rails on the side, an adjustable cheekpiece, a newly designed fixable bipod, and a monopod at the buttstock.

Users

Steyr HS .50 used by the Takavaran of the Iranian Navy

•  Argentina: Used by the Argentine Army.
•  Cameroon
•  Palestine: Used by Hamas and other groups in Gaza.^[2]
•  Iran: A quantity of 800 rifles was purchased in 2006.^[3]
•  Iraq: used by the Shia militia.^[3]
•  Mexico: Used by the Corp of Mexican Army Special Forces.
•  Russia: Used by police forces and special forces.^[4]
•  Syria: Iranian clone used by Syrian armed forces.^[5]

See also

• Steyr SSG 69

References

External links

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• Official website