{"id":46522,"date":"2018-05-08T02:10:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T02:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/08\/homeland-security-shooters-are-dumping-308-for-this-long-range-round\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:46:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:46:48","slug":"homeland-security-shooters-are-dumping-308-for-this-long-range-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/off-duty\/gearscout\/2018\/05\/08\/homeland-security-shooters-are-dumping-308-for-this-long-range-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Security shooters are dumping .308 for this long-range round"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">INDIANAPOLIS \u2015 The Department of Homeland Security plans to get rid of all its 7.62mm NATO, or .308 caliber, long-range rifle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/off-duty\/gearscout\/2017\/05\/13\/new-targets-cut-ammo-use-for-soldiers-zeroing-their-weapons\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">ammunition <\/a>and replace it with an intermediate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/2017\/09\/12\/us-air-force-approves-use-of-magpuls-signature-polymer-magazine\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">caliber <\/a>that Special Operations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/video\/2018\/04\/02\/marine-corps-to-get-new-sniper-rifles\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">snipers <\/a>will field next year \u2014 the 6.5mm Creedmoor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking Monday during a panel at the National Defense Industrial Association Armament Systems Forum here, Devin Patterson, a DHS engineer, told the audience that the switch would give their \u201ctactical observers,\u201d civilian speak for snipers, a more accurate round for their sensitive security missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/off-duty\/2018\/01\/24\/longtime-military-optics-maker-unveils-new-scope-for-army-snipers\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DOD_leupold-mark4-rifle-scope-m2010_cal0118.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Longtime military optics maker unveils new scope for Army snipers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Leupold Mark V rifle scope is a new and 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