10 years after it was first introduced to the world, Barrett Firearms is finally doing production and planning to deliver the MRAD (Multi-Role Adaptive Design Rifle) to the USSOCOM. The contract was first announced last year in March 2019 winning the Precision Sniper Rifle bid, with the MK22 version being the specific rifle that is requested for special operations units.

The MRAD has a user-changeable barrel system being a part of the modularity of the design. The rifle is available in .338 Lapua Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum, .308 Winchester, .260 Remington and 6.5 Creedmoor. According to the company, the precision grade barrel can be removed by simply loosening two bolts using a standard Torx wrench.

The contract is worth around US$50 million and it is a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract.  The rifle gives the operators that capability to be able to hit man-sizes targets at greater distances, from around a mile or even further.

Press release below from Barrett Firearms:

Barrett® Receives First MK22 Delivery Order from USSOCOM

Murfreesboro, Tennessee – Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc. is pleased to announce that the submission of its initial production MRAD MK22 (Multi-Role Adaptive Design Mark 22) rifles have met all requirements for the U.S. Department of Defense contract for ASR (Advanced Sniper Rifle) in support of USSOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command). Since being awarded the contract in March 2019, the MK22 has completed all aspects of the Production Qualification Testing and Operational Testing phases.

As a result, Barrett has received the initial production order and deliveries will commence in January 2021.

“We are pleased to have reached this milestone with the project and look forward to providing our warfighters with this highly capable platform,” stated Joel Miller, Director of Global Military Sales.

USSOCOM initially announced in 2016 they were in search of a modular, multi-caliber bolt action sniper rifle capable of converting between .300 Norma Magnum, .338 Norma Magnum and 7.62x51mm through a “full and open competition.”

For more product information please visit https://barrett.net/products/firearms/mrad"