The Galactic Horizon 7.8x74mm Designated Sharpshooter Rifle is Galactic Horizon’s attempt to modernize Nepleslia’s Designated Sharpshooter Rifle, Model 1. As such it is more commonly referred to as the Designated Sharpshooter Rifle, Model 2, though the company's own internal shorthand for the rifle is to call it the GH-DSR.
They began being manufactured in YE 42 primarily for use by Marine Snipers who were already well acquainted with the rifle’s older sibling. The rifle is designed to be quickly assembled and disassembled for concealment and ease of transportation. There are a few modified variants designed to be used in specific environments, one example being a variant with a shorter barrel used in urban environments by groups such as the National Police Force of Nepleslia. Though the parts all remain interchangeable between these different models, which makes it easy for Marine Snipers to tailor a rifle to suit their needs and preferences.
The GH-DSR is a light-weight precision rifle designed to be quickly broken down for concealment and transportation. It’s a simple modernization and partial redesign of a classic NSMC Sniper rifle, capable of firing the older 7.8x74mm Magnum munitions in addition to the more potent rounds cooked up by Galactic Horizon.
Statistical and Nomenclature information related to this rifle.
The GH-DSR is visually very similar to its older sibling though the few changes are rather obvious. The rifle’s Steenplast furniture abandons the traditional “hunting-rifle” style stock in favour of giving the rifle a separated pistol grip and folding stock, it has a much shorter front end and stops just ahead of the rifle’s chamber rather than continuing along the length of the barrel’s underside. The furniture’s “standard” colour is a matte grey with darker tiger-like stripes to give it a more natural appearance and help break up the visual cues of the rifle, of course it is available in many colour and camouflage combinations but this is simply the “default”.
The majority of the weapon’s metal components are made from Durandium Alloy coated with a durable layer of matte black Diacry-treated paint, exceptions being the firing pin, rifled inner sleeve of the ported barrel and the adjustable two-stage trigger which are made from anodized Skusten. The barrel is affixed to the front of the chamber via an obvious spring-loaded cuff that protects the heavy-duty threading, the free-floating barrel’s exterior features heavy fluting and finally it should be noted that the stock comes standard with a thick rubber recoil pad, with space available to accept a cheek riser should the shooter desire.
Information related to what munitions this rifle is designed to fire.
| Galactic Horizon 7.8x74mm Magnum/7.8x74mm Magnum Damage Quickchart | |
|---|---|
| Type | Purpose |
| 7.8x74mm Magnum | Tier 3, Heavy Anti-Personnel |
| 7.8x74mm Hydra Magnum | Tier 3, Heavy Anti-Personnel |
| 7.8x74mm Strix Magnum | Tier 3, Heavy Anti-Personnel |
| 7.8x74mm Wolfram Magnum | Tier 4, Light Anti-Armour |
| 7.8x74mm Ratel Magnum | Tier 4, Light Anti-Armour |
Information related to how the rifle functions.
The GH-DSR is designed to include a few little features not immediately obvious to those not intimately familiar with the rifle. These include a threaded cap on the underside of the M3-style pistol grip that covers a small storage cavity, a rifle cleaning kit stored beneath the rifle’s recoil pad in its stock, and a replaceable bolt that can easily be swapped between left and right-handed configurations with no tools required.
The rifle makes use of polymer magazines with Durandium Alloy feed lips, and the most commonly used five-round magazine is designed to sit flush with the base of the rifle’s body when properly seated in the magwell.
Assembling the rifle is as simple as removing the threaded caps from the barrel and receiver, pushing the rear of the barrel into the front of the receiver and then fastening a spring-loaded cuff, to disassemble the rifle one simply reverses the process. The hinge for the stock is unlocked by squeezing two buttons, one on the underside and one on the top of the hinge’s axis, allowing it to pivot 180 degrees until it locks into place on either side of the rifle’s receiver or is fully extended.
Despite being ported the rifle’s barrel can still make use of muzzle devices such as suppressors and beefier muzzle-breaks thanks to the threading behind the vents, though it generally is not designed to be used with muzzle devices for the original DSR-01 without also using a previous-generation barrel, previous generation suppressors will still work perfectly fine with the newer barrels however.
Galactic Horizon provides these rifles solely to the Star Military of the Democratic Imperium of Nepleslia as well as the National Police Force of Nepleslia and as such they are not commercially available.
A list of officially supported attachments for this rifle.
This rifle is chambered in 7.8x74mm Magnum, capable of using both 7.8x74mm Magnum and the higher-pressure Galactic Horizon-manufactured rounds.