03A-041-987

NAME – MSG 90

NAME (NATIVE) – Militärisches Scharfschützen Gewehr 1990 [Military Sniper Rifle 1990]

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1987

CALIBER – 7.62x51mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 116.5 cm (45.87 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 60 cm (23.62 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Polygonal, 6 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 31.4 cm (12.36 in)

LOAD – M852 Match hollow point boat-tail full metal jacked

BULLET DIAMETER – 7.828 mm (0.3082 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 10.89 (168 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 808 m/s (2650 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3552 j (2620 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 6.40 (14 lb 2 oz) without telescopic sight

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 7.47 kg (16 lb 8 oz) with telescopic sight, loaded with 5 rds M852 Match

WEIGHT (MOUNTED) – 7.65 kg (16 lb 14 oz) on bipod, with telescopic sight, loaded with 5 rds M852 Match

MOUNT – Removable folding bipod

MOUNT WEIGHT – 0.18 kg (6 oz)

SIGHTS – No iron sights

OPTICAL SIGHT – Hensoldt Wetzlar ZF 800 10×42

OPTICAL SIGHT WEIGHT – 0.75 kg (1 lb 11 oz) with mount

OPTICAL SIGHT MAGNIFICATION – 10 Power

OPTICAL SIGHT ADJUSTMENTS – 100 to 800 meters (109 to 875 yards)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 800 m (875 yards)

OPERATION – Roller-delayed blowback, fires from closed bolt, hammer fired

TYPE OF FIRE – Semiautomatic

RATE OF FIRE – 15 to 20 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 5 or 20 round removable box magazine, double column, double feed

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 5-rd – 0.19 kg (7 oz), 20-rd – 0.28 kg (10 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 5-rd – 0.32 kg (11 oz) loaded with 5 rounds M852 Match

20-rd – 0.78 kg (1 lb 12 oz) loaded with 20 rounds M852 Match

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Two 5-round magazines and three 20-round magazines (80 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – 2.98 kg (6 lb 9 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf/Neckar, Germany

STATUS – Production completed

SERVICE – Military and law enforcement, commercial sales

     This is a heavily-modified G3 rifle, intended to be a less expensive, more militarized, lighter and simpler version of the PSG 1 Rifle while still retaining many of the earlier weapon’s capabilities.