US Secret Service Seeking New Multi-Caliber Sniper Rifles

By Matthew Moss

A US Secret Service Counter-Sniper Officer provides long range security in support of the Presidential motorcade, September 23, 2018. (U.S. Secret Service photo by Carlos Guerra)

The US Secret Service has released a Request For Proposals (RFP) hinting at a search for a new ‘Precision Bolt Action Rifle System’. The search for new rifles comes just 10 days after the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.The RFP was posted by the Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of the US Secret Service, on 19 July, with the period for submissions running until 14 August. The RFP is seeking 30 complete rifles with suppressors. Contractors can submit a maximum of 2 different model rifles for appraisal.As noted in our breakdown of Secret Service weapons deployed at Butler, Pa., the US Secret Service Counter-Sniper teams use Remington 700 long actions in Accuracy International AX chassis systems.The RFP explains that the submitted rifles much be new, not refurbished weapons and that the weapon is to be ‘multi-caliber’:“The United State Secret Services (USSS) has a requirement for a multi-caliber rifle, for use in all

Source: The Firearm Blog