FN Special Police Rifle
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The FN Special Police Rifle (FN SPR) is an bolt-action sniper rifle marketed by FNH USA, a subsidiary of the Belgian company Fabrique Nationale de Herstal.
The rifle was manufactured in the U.S. Repeating Arms Company (former division of Winchester and now owned by FN) to FN specifications using Winchester Model 70 actions. All models of the SPR come with McMillan synthetic stocks.
Service
As the name would suggest, it is intended for use by law enforcement agencies, and was one of two rifles (along with one from H-S Precision [link]) approved in 2004 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for use of by their SWAT teams [link]. This FBI variant has the model name FNH SPR-USG (USG – US Government).[link] This model is also refered to as the A3G by FN.See also
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