New Product Highlight: Barrett MRADELR

Nobody has ever accused Barrett of making boring, underpowered rifles, but the Tennessee gunmaker is upping the ante anyway with the new MRADELR.

Barrett designed the MRADELR for snipers and precision shooters to engage targets more than a mile away. The platform comes chambered for .416 Barrett and .375 Enabler, and owners can swap out barrels at home.

“This rifle is a testament to our unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in long-range shooting,” Bryan James, the president of Barrett Firearms, said in a company statement.

As the name implies, this is an extreme-long-range variant of the revered MRAD. It has roots in the world of military snipers and massive potential among civilians in the realm of competitions like the King of 2 Miles.

The MRADELR’s chassis system will be familiar to precision shooters and anyone who’s handled an AR. Operating the lower assembly’s pistol grip, reversible safety, and detachable magazine will feel like second nature to modern shooters.

The bolt-action upper assembly looks like something straight out of a PRS match, with a long Picatinny rail up top, M-LOK mounting points all around, and a 60-degree bolt throw that should keep you from bashing your knuckles against what we’ll assume is going to be a pretty massive scope.

Barrett rode its .50 BMG rifles to fame, and the company supports cartridges ranging from 7.62 NATO and 6.5 Creedmoor to .338 Norma Magnum. What has been missing until now is something to bridge the gap between .338-caliber and .50-caliber rifles.

The MRADELR solves that problem with .416 Barrett and .375 Enabler, two cartridges that offer more power than the various .338 options, and improved long-range ballistics compared to .50 BMG.

Harnessing these cartridges is a big job that requires a beefy barrel. Both the .416 Barrett and .375 Enabler barrels are 36 inches long with a heavy contour and a threaded muzzle, so you can use a brake or suppressor to tame recoil.

Since switching between cartridges is so easy, we expect to see more barrel options from Barrett in the future.

Individual barrels for the MRADELR have an MSRP of $995. You’ll also need to purchase additional magazines or a single-fee adapter to take advantage of both cartridge options.

Barrett lists an MSRP of $9,995.

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