Mein Gott, this is some sniper rifle, not a reconstituted hunting rifle or military gun!

This baby was built by military weapons engineers and gunsmiths, and when it comes to precision gun werks, there are few better than the Germans.

A pair of Deutsche companies - AMP Technical Services and DSR-Precision GmbH came out with the DSR-1 Sniper Rifle at the turn of the 21^st century and knocked the shooting world on its ear. This specialized sniper rifle is just what the doctor...or the SWAT and Special Ops guys ordered.

The DSR-1 was quickly adopted by Germany's GSG 9 counter terror group.

GSG 9, der Bundespolizei, is Herr Olaf Lindner's crack unit of 300 elite commandos, tasked with sorting out the baddest of the bad - hostage takers, kidnappers, terrorists and extortionists. This is the unit many special operations guys worldwide model their units after - the elite of the elite.

And many European law enforcement agencies were soon to follow. If the newspaper reports of fractional-inch MOA accuracy are to be believed, groups in the tenths of inches, center-to-center at 100 yards, the rest of the world's elite military/paramilitary forces may not be far behind the Europeans.

The DSR-1 has the look of a thoroughbred that has just left the starting gate.

This bolt-action rifle has it all.

It is chambered for .308 Win. (7.62x51mm NATO), .300 Win. Mag. and the hot, new .338 Lapua Magnum. The gun weighs 13 pounds unloaded, without its quick-detachable scope.

Look closely at magazine placement. The primary mag is situated behind the trigger guard, making it a bull-pup design. Look at the secondary mag (in the magazine holder) before the trigger guard. That's a spare magazine, great for extra rounds, or if the operator wants to change out, say to armor piercing. As said, the DSR-1 is extremely accurate. Its free-floating barrel helps, and the gun's super stealthy silencer, can you say WHISPER QUIET, is attached to the gun's receiver, not the barrel.

The barrel is just shy of a full 26 inches, punctuated with an effective muzzle brake that's great for magnum rounds (just don't stand at either side without muffs). The .308 packs 5 rounds into the detachable box magazine; the .300 Win. Mag. and .338 Lapua Mag. packs 4 rounds in the magazine.

The gun is cool - folding bipod (mounted to the upper rail), adjustable front grip (mounted to the lower rail), fully adjustable stock and cheek piece, aluminum, vented handguard and fluted barrel.

The DSR-1 has several neat variants - the DSR-1 Subsonic for stealth shooting and a .50 BMG variant for hardened targets and greater distance shooting. What more can Special Ops ask for?