Steyr HS .50 [SEP] manufacturer
Steyr HS .50
The Steyr HS .50 is a .50 BMG single-shot anti-materiel sniper rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher. The rifle has been widely exported; in addition, Iran produces an unlicensed copy under the name AM-50 Sayyad, while Syria reportedly began producing second unlicensed copy, dubbed the Golan S-01 in 2019.
Design and features.
The Steyr HS .50 is a single-shot bolt-action rifle. It has no built-in magazine so each round has to be loaded directly into the ejection
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Variants.
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.
Variants 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