SOCOM officials first reported seeking a new precision sniper rifle in a late-2009 announcement ... The Mk13 Mod 7 and M40A6 weigh 11.4 pounds and 16.5 pounds, respectively.

The Marine Corps wants to purchase 250 MRAD sniper systems under SOCOM’s ASR program for roughly $4 million to “replace all current bolt-action sniper rifles” currently used by the service ...