Remington Defense Builds Sniper Systems

M40A5 Sniper Rifle - Mountain Warfare Training Center

Remington Defense division announced that production is starting to fill an order from the Department of Defense for 443 Precision Sniper Rifles (PSR) chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum and 446 PSR caliber conversion kits in both .300 Win. Mag and .308 Win.

Remington Defense is also providing the US Marine Corps 2,000 modular stocks, spares, and magazines for the M40 Sniper Rifle.

Too Many Threats and Not Enough Action

The Islamic State has grown in numbers, despite air targeting, expanding beyond Syria and Iraq, establishing itself in Libya.

Meanwhile, China and Russia are expanding their strategic nuclear forces with new missile systems, as reported to the House Armed Services Committee on global threats. President Obama has downplayed all of it, especially the Iran nuclear threat. Indeed, he has included as a national security threat in recent report to Congress the climate change/global warming phenomenon.

Despite billions of US dollars in support and training, Iraq and Afghanistan are unable to defend their countries from ISIL and their coalition terrorist groups.

A combination growing threat is posed by China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea and critical because Obama would rather spend tax dollars on foreign aid and broken programs like Obamacare. 

Will US DOD Replace M9 Beretta, If So, With What?

Beretta M9

Despite that Beretta fixed the slide problem of the Beretta 9mm military service pistol with the Model 92-FS, it appears that the Department of Defense and US Army is looking to replace the Beretta M9 with something else after 25 years of service that replaced the Colt M1911 that served the US military for 75 years.

So, beginning in 2012, there has been a search for a possible replacement for the Beretta, which, by the way, is a great semi-automatic pistol in my opinion. I have admired the Beretta shotguns for years, the oldest firearm manufacturer in the world; especially interested in their new line of assault rifles (beyond their 9mm carbine) that is represented in the Model ARX 100 carbine that is so impressive.