windrunner

Type of Sniper rifle

The Windrunner M96 is a bolt-action, magazine-fed sniper rifle designed by American firearms designer William Ritchie and manufactured by his company, EDM ARMS. It is chambered for .50 BMG, and a variant designated the M98 is chambered for .338 Lapua Magnum. It was designed to be able to be broken down in less than a minute. The Windrunner rifle was also provided under private label to CheyTac in 2001 and sold as the CheyTac Intervention in .408 and .375 Cheytac. The Windrunner M96 was featured in an article on .50 BMG rifles in the January 2003 issue of Law Enforcement Technology.

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