As a former Australian army sniper I get ticked off when people use the term sniper rifle because a sniper is someone who is highly trained and gone though a difficult course to earn the term sniper so I would call them long range precision rifles and any rifle can be a sniper rifle because its the sniper behind that weapon that makes it that,look at simo hayha he used a iron sighted mosin and Carlos hathcock using a m2 50cal on some ops so it's the training that makes the sniper so even a hunting rifle like a browning x-bolt could be a "sniper rifle".
