Shown with a Meprolight Meslas sniper scope/automatic ballistic computer.

This past July, at Eurosatory 2014, IWI introduced its new sniper rifle, the DAN 338 chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum.

DAN features a 31″ (787.4 mm) fluted, free-floating, barrel with a 1:10″ twist and a built-in muzzle break or optionally threaded to fit a suppressor.  . The barrel is interchangeable without dedicated tools. The rifle is fed via a 10-round magazine with an ambidextrous magazine release and an ambidextrous safety.

The system is built on aluminium-alloy modular chassis that features full-length MIL-STD 1913 Picatinny rails along the top and bottom of the receiver. The chassis allows for configurable side rails to be installed at the 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock positions. The rifle features a folding stock that is adjustable for length of pull and comb height with an adjustable cheek rest.

This rifle weighs 15.2 lbs. without magazine, optics, or mount and is some 50.4 inches long – which shortens to 40.6 inches with the stock folded.

Currently the DAN is offered only in the .338 chambering, but IWI suggests that it could be chambered in any other caliber as customers require.

It’s unlikely that DAN will be offered commercially until well into 2015 but it has the makings of an excellent precision / tactical sub-MOA rifle.