ORIGINAL: bigcountry
To be considered a "sniper rifle," the rifle has to be capable of holding a MOA (minute of angle), regardless of barrel weight, length, twist, or optics. But, most rifles that can do that have a heavy free-floating barrel, the perfect length and twist for the nodes and antinodes, and a good set of optics.
Actually OneShot I beleive was on here saying 1.5MOA. I was surprised. But if it was him, he knows what he is talking about I think.
from reading everyones post , noone knows the definition of the phrase "sniper rifle".
the definition of a sniper rifle is......there is no definition. well the liberals have a definition, their definition is this Sniper Rifle - Your bolt action hunting rifle. its just a intimidating phrase to be used to refer to a bolt action rifle........... kinda like a shotgun with black synthetic stocks and a shortened barrel is refered to as an "Assault weapon"..............