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Jul 15, 2024 · The Secret Service Special Operations Division runs the Counter Sniper Team, which is made up of officers from the Uniform Division rather than special agents. These were the personnel seen on top of the buildings with bolt action rifles.
The U.S. Secret Services used a Mk 13 Sniper Rifle equipped with fitted with a Nightforce ATACR 7-35x56 Scope and a RAPTAR range finder to kill the shooter during the Trump assassination attempt. (Picture source: X Account @EvstPalaiologos)
Jun 2, 2020 · A U.S. Secret Service counter assault team member carries a sniper rifle through Lafayette Park as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a photo opportunity in front of St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House.
Mar 12, 2022 · Rifles. Normally, Secret Service details work in crowds and in close proximity to their protected asset. So, short-barreled rifles and pistols are most common. But, they also have overwatch and counter-sniper duties, and as such, need the greater range and accuracy of long guns too.
Jul 24, 2024 · The US Secret Service has released a Request For Proposals (RFP) hinting at a search for a new ‘Precision Bolt Action Rifle System’. The search for new rifles comes just 10 days after the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Jul 18, 2024 · The counter snipers, code named “Hercules,” can respond to a threat from a distance with their .300 Winchester Magnum rifles, according to Ronald Kessler’s 2009 book, “In the President’s Secret Service.”
Jul 14, 2024 · Watch: How Secret Service snipers brought down the suspected shooter who fired at Donald Trump. The gunman, positioned on an elevated structure about 200 to 300 feet from the rally, was armed...
