A Competition Rifle Inspired By Military-Grade DMR’s

The “SPR” in IWI’s Zion-15 SPR 18 stands for Special Purpose Rifle. SPR is a 21st century military acronym born from the M4 carbine’s service wide displacement of the traditional, 20 inch barrel M16 rifle. The M4s do a lot of things well, but, with a 14.5 inch barrel, long range accuracy will never be its strong suit. A weapon with equal firepower and greater long range accuracy was needed within regular infantry fireteams to span the gap between the M4’s maximum effective range of 300 meters and sniper rifles minimum range of 600 meters. That something was the Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR).

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