Sgt. Joseph Swafford Jr./Released) The Army today awarded a contract valued at up to $28.2m for Remington to upgrade up to 3600 fielded M24 sniper rifles from 7.62mm NATO to .300 Winchester Magnum.

300 Win. Mag.) for use at greater ranges ... The stock of the M24 represents a joint design effort by Remington and H-S Precision. It is made from Kevlar-reinforced fiberglass and is ambidextrous ...

300 Win. Mag. with the introduction of the XM2010 rifle system in 2010. It is based on the combat-proven M24 and the Remington 700 action. The system was pressed into service in 2011 during the ...

The military will, for the first time, fit the M24 with a suppressor, which reduces the rifle's noise and distorts the telltale sound (called the signature) that enemies use to identify a shooter.

For several decades, the U.S. Army’s standard sniper rifle was the M24, essentially a slightly modified version of the Remington 700 ... is chambered in the .300 Winchester Magnum cartridge.