Beretta Sniper

The Beretta 501 Sniper is an Italian-made bolt-action sniper rifle. Introduced in 1985, it was intended for military and police use. Production has now been discontinued. The Italian army replaced it with the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum rifles.^[1]

The 501 fires 7.62mm NATO rounds, weighs 5.56 kg, is 1165mm in length, has a 586 mm barrel and uses a 5-round detachable box magazine.^[1]

References

Beretta Firearms

Handguns	M1915/M1919 M1923 M1934 M1935 M1951 92 and derivatives (93R M9 90two) 70 Series Cheetah/80 Series Cougar 9000 Px4 Storm 418 Bobcat Tomcat Jetfire/Minx Nano Pico U22 Neos Stampede Laramie

Submachine guns	M1918 M38 M3 M12 Mx4 Storm

Rifles & Carbines	BM 59 Cx4 Storm Rx4 Storm 501 AR70/90 ARX160/ARX100

Machine guns	AS70/90

Shotguns	Silver Pigeon 682 DT-10 1201FP AL391 Xtrema 2

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