Notes: The current standard Brazilian sniper rifle, the Fz-308 is used by both military and police forces. It is a typical bolt-action sniper rifle, and is in fact somewhat reminiscent of the Remington 700 series, though according to IMBEL it is a domestic design.

The Fz-308 uses a conventional layout, with a wooden stock and a Mauser-type action. Range and accuracy, as reported by IMBEL themselves, is surprisingly short and inaccurate – 500-600 meters and 1 MOA (poor accuracy for a 7.62mm NATO sniper rifle, and that’s with match/sniper ammo!). This is despite a cold hammer-forged heavy barrel, target-crowned barrel nearly 24 inches long. This would seem to mean that IMBEL is keeping the actual accuracy and effective range secret, or the rifle is manufactured poorly. I have decided to go with the former for game purposes.

The length of pull of the stock can be adjusted by the use of spacers; the stock has a raised cheekpiece and a deep pistol grip wrist, along with a rubber recoil pad. Conventional iron sights are not provided, but the top of the receiver has a short MIL-STD-1913 rail atop short riser mounts. These mounts can also be used for conventional sight rings or other types of mounts. Feed is from an internal magazine. An attachment point is provided at the front of the fore-end for a bipod; in Brazilian service, this is usually a Harris-type light bipod adjustable for height and cant.