Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this ULTRA RARE semi-auto rifle today for a penny start auction, this is the Barrett Firearms Mfg. Co. M82!
This is something that you don’t see every day — an ORIGINAL Barret M82 (not an M82A1) .50 BMG semi-automatic rifle. And there’s more! This is probably one of the lowest serial numbers out there aside from the first rifle ever made SN 0100, (which is in Ronnie Barrett’s personal collection). Feast your eyes on serial number 0167. Production started in 1982 with SN 0100 and only 115 were made until 1987 when the model underwent design changes and was renamed 82A1!
Per Barrett, up to a few hundred of these rifles were produced and sold in small quantities to a few countries like Sweden and the U.S. As the vast majority were sold to militaries, very few are in private hands. We were able to find evidence of just one other rifle having been sold at auction.
A rifle like this is a ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME type chance to see! It is sure to be the center of any gun collection! Don't miss your chance on it today!
This is something that you don’t see every day — an ORIGINAL Barret M82 (not an M82A1) .50 BMG semi-automatic rifle. And there’s more! This is probably one of the lowest serial numbers out there aside from the first rifle ever made SN 0100, (which is in Ronnie Barrett’s personal collection). Feast your eyes on serial number 0167. Production started in 1982 with SN 0100 and only 115 were made until 1987 when the model underwent design changes and was renamed 82A1!
Per Barrett, up to a few hundred of these rifles were produced and sold in small quantities to a few countries like Sweden and the U.S. As the vast majority were sold to militaries, very few are in private hands. We were able to find evidence of just one other rifle having been sold at auction.
A rifle like this is a ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME type chance to see! It is sure to be the center of any gun collection! Don't miss your chance on it today!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Barrett Firearms MFG. Co.
Model: Original M82
Serial: 0167
Date of Manufacture: 1982-1987
Caliber: .50 BMG (alternatively the 12.7×99mm NATO cartridge)
Finish: Parkerized
Barrel Length: 33" with Muzzle Brake
Optics/Sights: Mounted Swarovski-Optik Tirol Habicht 3-12x56 Nova Scope with Leupold Base
Stock/Grips: Parkerized Metal with Black Synthetic Pistol Grip and Black Rubber Recoil Pad
Action: Semi-Auto
Markings: The left side of the receiver is stamped "BARRETT FIREARMS MFG. CO. / MURFREESBORO, TN. / USA" and "CAL. 50 / MOD. 82 / SER. 0167 / PAT. PEND".
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
In 1982, Ronnie Barrett was a professional photographer taking photos of a military patrol boat on Tennessee’s Stones River. The patrol boat was armed with two M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun mounts. Barrett was intrigued by the guns and wondered if a rifle could be designed to fire the .50 BMG bullet. With no firearms design experience or training, Barrett hand-drew a design for a .50 caliber rifle. Barrett drew the rifle in three dimensions, to show how it should function, and then took his design to local machinists. Nobody was interested in helping him, believing that if a .50 caliber rifle was useful someone would have developed one by then. Barrett finally found one sympathetic machinist, Bob Mitchell, and the two set to work. Less than four months later, they had a prototype rifle.
Barrett’s first rifle, the Barrett .50 BMG, was completed in 1982. The Barrett .50 BMG was a shoulder-fired, semi-automatic rifle designed around the .50 BMG cartridge. Unique among firearms, the Barrett rifle’s barrel recoiled backward after firing. A rotating-lock breech block equipped with an accelerator arm used part of the recoil energy to push back the block on firing. This cycled the action, cocked the firing pin, and loaded a new round from a ten-round steel magazine.
The result was a weapon that should generate sufficient recoil to make repeated firings uncomfortable, but the use of recoil energy to cycle the action and the weapon’s weight reduced felt recoil. A double baffle muzzle brake that vented exhaust gasses to the left and right was added later and further reduced recoil.
The M82 is the original .50 BMG rifle that gave Barrett Firearms its start. This is the direct descendent of the M82A1 and M107A1, although it shares no parts with those newer guns. This is a production rifle and not a prototype. Per Barrett, up to a few hundred of these rifles were produced and sold in small quantities to a few countries like Sweden and the U.S. As the vast majority were sold to militaries, very few are in private hands. We were able to find evidence of just one other rifle having been sold at auction.
To make this rifle even more desirable it is topped with an Austrian Made Swarovski-Optik Tirol Habicht 3-12x56 Nova Scope with serial number 304546! The scope has variable 3X - 12X Power and The scope has 30mm aluminum tube with rail, length is 38,5 cm / 15 1/4'', diameter ocular 40 mm, diameter objective lens outside 62 mm / inside 56mm. See by 3x POWER through 12x POWER. SWAROVSKI - KAHLES are the " HIGH END " from Austrian rifle scopes.
Condition:
This rifle is in INCREDIBLE condition showing no evidence of regular use or handling that we can see! It will ship with the magazine seen pictured above.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: Original M82
Serial: 0167
Date of Manufacture: 1982-1987
Caliber: .50 BMG (alternatively the 12.7×99mm NATO cartridge)
Finish: Parkerized
Barrel Length: 33" with Muzzle Brake
Optics/Sights: Mounted Swarovski-Optik Tirol Habicht 3-12x56 Nova Scope with Leupold Base
Stock/Grips: Parkerized Metal with Black Synthetic Pistol Grip and Black Rubber Recoil Pad
Action: Semi-Auto
Markings: The left side of the receiver is stamped "BARRETT FIREARMS MFG. CO. / MURFREESBORO, TN. / USA" and "CAL. 50 / MOD. 82 / SER. 0167 / PAT. PEND".
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
In 1982, Ronnie Barrett was a professional photographer taking photos of a military patrol boat on Tennessee’s Stones River. The patrol boat was armed with two M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun mounts. Barrett was intrigued by the guns and wondered if a rifle could be designed to fire the .50 BMG bullet. With no firearms design experience or training, Barrett hand-drew a design for a .50 caliber rifle. Barrett drew the rifle in three dimensions, to show how it should function, and then took his design to local machinists. Nobody was interested in helping him, believing that if a .50 caliber rifle was useful someone would have developed one by then. Barrett finally found one sympathetic machinist, Bob Mitchell, and the two set to work. Less than four months later, they had a prototype rifle.
Barrett’s first rifle, the Barrett .50 BMG, was completed in 1982. The Barrett .50 BMG was a shoulder-fired, semi-automatic rifle designed around the .50 BMG cartridge. Unique among firearms, the Barrett rifle’s barrel recoiled backward after firing. A rotating-lock breech block equipped with an accelerator arm used part of the recoil energy to push back the block on firing. This cycled the action, cocked the firing pin, and loaded a new round from a ten-round steel magazine.
The result was a weapon that should generate sufficient recoil to make repeated firings uncomfortable, but the use of recoil energy to cycle the action and the weapon’s weight reduced felt recoil. A double baffle muzzle brake that vented exhaust gasses to the left and right was added later and further reduced recoil.
Barrett built thirty initial production rifles and placed an ad in The Shotgun News. The initial order quickly sold out and Barrett increased production. The Central Intelligence Agency saw the ad and placed an order for rifles to equip the Mujahideen guerrillas that were fighting Soviet Army occupiers in Afghanistan. The CIA saw the Barrett rifle as the ideal weapon for engaging the Soviets from long range. The Barrett’s ability to destroy enemy war material such as communications equipment, vehicles, weapons and other items with the heavy .50 BMG round created a new category of weapon—the antimaterial rifle. The Barrett M82 was fifty-seven inches long, had a twenty-nine-inch barrel, and weighed 28.44 pounds. The M82 delivered previously unheard levels of energy and distance in a sniper rifle.
The M82 is the original .50 BMG rifle that gave Barrett Firearms its start. This is the direct descendent of the M82A1 and M107A1, although it shares no parts with those newer guns. This is a production rifle and not a prototype. Per Barrett, up to a few hundred of these rifles were produced and sold in small quantities to a few countries like Sweden and the U.S. As the vast majority were sold to militaries, very few are in private hands. We were able to find evidence of just one other rifle having been sold at auction.
To make this rifle even more desirable it is topped with an Austrian Made Swarovski-Optik Tirol Habicht 3-12x56 Nova Scope with serial number 304546! The scope has variable 3X - 12X Power and The scope has 30mm aluminum tube with rail, length is 38,5 cm / 15 1/4'', diameter ocular 40 mm, diameter objective lens outside 62 mm / inside 56mm. See by 3x POWER through 12x POWER. SWAROVSKI - KAHLES are the " HIGH END " from Austrian rifle scopes.
Condition:
This rifle is in INCREDIBLE condition showing no evidence of regular use or handling that we can see! It will ship with the magazine seen pictured above.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Shipping Details
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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