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What sniper rifle do police use most?

Short answer: the Remington 700 is the most common police sniper rifle in the index, at 30 of 45 agencies with a sourced sniper rifle (66.7%), ahead of the Accuracy International AT (5) and the Accuracy International AE (3). Precision rifles listed only under an agency's tactical unit (SWAT) are excluded, as on every trend page, so this mostly reflects agency-issued marksman rifles. Or browse every precision rifle model in the index.

Data coverage: Based on 45 agencies in the Duty Arms Index with a current, sourced precision (marksman / sniper) rifle entry outside a SWAT-only listing. Each agency counts once per model family. Counts include only current entries with a public source; agencies not yet in the index, or without a sourced entry for this item, are not counted, so treat shares as a picture of the Duty Arms Index, not of every U.S. agency. Data last updated Oct 10, 2026.

Police sniper rifles ranked by agency count

Share is of 45 agencies with a sourced sniper rifle. Example agencies link to their full loadouts.

#Model familyAgenciesFor example
1Remington 700.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm30 (66.7%)Barstow Police Department, Belmont Police Department, Berkeley Police Department
2Accuracy International AT.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm5 (11.1%)Carlsbad Police Department, Folsom Police Department, Tracy Police Department
3Accuracy International AE.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm3 (6.7%)Brentwood Police Department, Newark Police Department, Kern County Sheriff's Department
4Tikka T3x TAC A1.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm3 (6.7%)Hawthorne Police Department, San Bernardino Police Department, Santa Rosa Police Department
5Knight's Armament SR-25.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm2 (4.4%)United States Secret Service, San Diego County Sheriff's Department
6SIG SAUER SIG716.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm2 (4.4%)Chico Police Department, Garden Grove Police Department
7Accuracy International AT-X.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm1 (2.2%)Alameda County Sheriff's Office
8Accuracy International AX.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm1 (2.2%)San Diego Police Department
9Barrett Model 99.50 BMG1 (2.2%)Berkeley Police Department
10Colt LE901.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm1 (2.2%)Union City Police Department
11Daniel Defense Delta 5 PRO.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm1 (2.2%)Avenal Police Department
12GA Precision Crusader1 (2.2%)Oakland Police Department
13LaRue Tactical OBR.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm1 (2.2%)Orange County Sheriff's Department
14McMillan TAC-50.50 BMG1 (2.2%)Orange County Sheriff's Department
15Noveske N6.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm1 (2.2%)Santa Barbara Police Department

By manufacturer

  1. Remington30 (66.7%)
  2. Accuracy International10 (22.2%)
  3. Tikka3 (6.7%)
  4. Knight's Armament2 (4.4%)
  5. SIG SAUER2 (4.4%)
  6. Barrett1 (2.2%)
  7. Colt1 (2.2%)
  8. Daniel Defense1 (2.2%)

By caliber / gauge

  1. .308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm44 (97.8%)
  2. .50 BMG2 (4.4%)
  3. .223 Rem / .30 caliber1 (2.2%)

By agency type

The top sniper rifles for each kind of agency, with the share of that agency type.

Which agencies carry each

Remington 700 · 30 agencies

Barstow Police Department (CA) · Belmont Police Department (CA) · Berkeley Police Department (CA) · Butte County Sheriff's Office (CA) · Carlsbad Police Department (CA) · Chico Police Department (CA) · Chino Police Department (CA) · Colma Police Department (CA) · Davis Police Department (CA) · El Dorado County Sheriff's Department (CA) · Galt Police Department (CA) · Garden Grove Police Department (CA) · Gilroy Police Department (CA) · Hayward Police Department (CA) · Hemet Police Department (CA) · Kern County Sheriff's Department (CA) · La Habra Police Department (CA) · Murrieta Police Department (CA) · Newport Beach Police Department (CA) · Orange Police Department (CA) · Salinas Police Department (CA) · Santa Ana Police Department (CA) · Santa Barbara Police Department (CA) · Santa Maria Police Department (CA) · Shafter Police Department (CA) · Solano County Sheriff's Office (CA) · Union City Police Department (CA) · Whittier Police Department (CA) · Woodland Police Department (CA) · Honolulu Police Department (HI)

All Remington 700 agencies with sources →
Accuracy International AT · 5 agencies

Carlsbad Police Department (CA) · El Dorado County Sheriff's Department (CA) · Folsom Police Department (CA) · San Diego County Sheriff's Department (CA) · Tracy Police Department (CA)

All Accuracy International AT agencies with sources →
Accuracy International AE · 3 agencies

Brentwood Police Department (CA) · Kern County Sheriff's Department (CA) · Newark Police Department (CA)

All Accuracy International AE agencies with sources →
Tikka T3x TAC A1 · 3 agencies

Hawthorne Police Department (CA) · San Bernardino Police Department (CA) · Santa Rosa Police Department (CA)

All Tikka T3x TAC A1 agencies with sources →
Knight's Armament SR-25 · 2 agencies

San Diego County Sheriff's Department (CA) · United States Secret Service (Fed)

All Knight's Armament SR-25 agencies with sources →
SIG SAUER SIG716 · 2 agencies

Chico Police Department (CA) · Garden Grove Police Department (CA)

All SIG SAUER SIG716 agencies with sources →

Questions

What sniper rifle do police use most?
The Remington 700 is the most common police sniper rifle in the Duty Arms Index: 30 of 45 agencies with a sourced sniper rifle (66.7%), ahead of the Accuracy International AT (5) and Accuracy International AE (3).
Which company makes the most police sniper rifles?
Remington: 30 of 45 agencies with a sourced sniper rifle issue one of its models, followed by Accuracy International (10).
What caliber are police sniper rifles?
.308 Winchester / 7.62x51mm at 44 of 45 agencies; also .50 BMG (2), .223 Rem / .30 caliber (1).