03A-041-973
NAME – G3 SG/1
NAME (NATIVE) – Schützengewehr 1 [Marksman’s Rifle]
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany
DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1973
CALIBER – 7.62x51mm
OVERALL LENGTH – 104 cm (40.94 in)
BARREL LENGTH – 45 cm (17.72 in) without flash hider
RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Polygonal, 4 Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 30.5 cm (12 in)
LOAD – Federal Gold Medal Match, hollow point boat-tail full metal jacked
BULLET DIAMETER – 7.828 mm (0.3082 in)
BULLET WEIGHT – 10.89 (168 grains)
MUZZLE VELOCITY – 766 m/s (2514 fps)
MUZZLE ENERGY – 3197 j (2358 ft/lb)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 4.45 kg (9 lb 13 oz)
WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 5.40 kg (11 lb 15 oz) with telescopic sight
WEIGHT (LOADED) – 6.19 kg (13 lb 10 oz) loaded with 20 rounds Gold Medal Match
WEIGHT (LOADED AND MOUNTED) – 6.49 kg (14 lb 5 oz) on bipod, loaded with 20 rounds Gold Medal Match
TYPE OF MOUNT – Folding bipod
WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 0.3 kg (11 oz)
SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Post in hooded sight ring, Rear sight, Flip-up leaf with apertures for 200 and 300 meters (219 and 328 yards)
OPTICAL SIGHT – Zeiss Diavari-DA 1.5-6x
OPTICAL SIGHT WEIGHT – 0.50 kg (1 lb 1.5 oz) without mount
OPTICAL SIGHT WEIGHT – 0.95 kg (2 lb 2 oz) with mount
OPTICAL SIGHT MAGNIFICATION – 1.5 to 6 Power
OPTICAL SIGHT FIELD OF VIEW – 200 to 65 m @ 1000 m (600 to 195 ft @1000 yds)
OPTICAL SIGHT ADJUSTMENTS –100 to 600 meters in 100 meter increments (109 to 656 yards in 109 yards increments)
EFFECTIVE RANGE – 600 m (656 yards)
OPERATION – Blowback, Delayed roller locked bolt system
TYPE OF FIRE – Selective, Semi and Full automatic
RATE OF FIRE – 10 to 20 rpm Semi, 100 rpm Full
FEED DEVICE – 5 or 20 round removable box magazine, double column, double feed
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 5 rd – 0.190 kg (7 oz), 20-rd – 0.280 kg (10 oz)
FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 5 rd – 0.318 kg (11 oz) loaded with 5 rounds Gold Medal Match
20 rd – 0.79 kg (1 lb 12 oz) loaded with 20 rounds Gold Medal Match
BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Two 5-round magazines and three 20-round magazines (80 rounds)
LOAD WEIGHT – 3.006 kg (6 lb 10 oz)
MANUFACTURER – Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf/Neckar, Germany
STATUS – Production completed
SERVICE – German military and law enforcement use, international commercial sales
