Description
The Barrett MRADELR Flat Dark Earth is the extreme long range version of the MRAD, chambered in 416 Barrett and wearing a 36 inch match grade barrel. It is a purpose built competition rifle for a discipline where targets sit past a mile and the conversation is about staying supersonic, not about group size at 100 yards. Finished in Flat Dark Earth Cerakote, it is a striking rifle and an uncompromising one.
Barrett built the MRADELR around a simple problem: the standard MRAD chassis was never meant for a case the size of the 416 Barrett at the barrel lengths extreme long range shooting demands. The ELR receiver is longer, the top rail runs 24.6 inches, and the whole rifle weighs 23 pounds empty. None of that is accidental. Mass is what makes a 416 Barrett shootable off a bipod, and rail length is what lets a scope with enough elevation actually get on target at two miles.
Chassis, Trigger and Bolt on the Barrett MRADELR Flat Dark Earth
The fixed stock carries an oversized recoil pad with push button adjustment for height and length of pull, plus a height adjustable locking polymer cheek piece. Setting the rifle up to your own body takes minutes and no tools, which matters on a 23 pound rifle where a badly positioned comb turns a long string into a miserable one.
The trigger is an adjustable single stage module that pulls out of the rifle without tools. Swapping or adjusting it is a bench operation rather than a gunsmithing job, and that modularity is one of the quieter reasons the MRAD platform has held up as well as it has.
The bolt runs a 60 degree throw with an electroless nickel plated bolt head, feeding from a five round single stack polymer magazine. Overall length is 62 inches and weight is 23 pounds, which tells you plainly that this is a rifle carried to a firing point rather than up a mountain.
What Sets the Barrett MRADELR Flat Dark Earth Apart
The barrel is 36 inches of heavy match grade stainless with a 1:12 twist, and it is user changeable with a single tool. That last part matters more than it sounds. Barrels in this discipline are consumable, and being able to swap one at the bench rather than ship the rifle to a smith is a real operational advantage.
The upper receiver is M-LOK compatible with a continuous integral 10 MIL top rail measuring 24.6 inches. That built in cant is there so a scope has the internal elevation left to reach extreme distance instead of running out of adjustment at 1,500 yards.
A high efficiency three port muzzle brake handles recoil from the 416, and the muzzle is compatible with Barrett’s QDL mount. MAG5 Firearms does not sell NFA items, so if a suppressor is part of your plan it would be a separate purchase requiring ATF approval and its own transfer.
Barrett MRADELR Flat Dark Earth Specifications
- Manufacturer: Barrett Firearms
- Model: MRADELR
- Caliber: 416 Barrett
- Barrel: 36 inches, heavy match grade stainless
- Twist rate: 1:12
- Overall length: 62 inches
- Weight: 23 pounds
- Capacity: 5 rounds, single stack polymer magazine
- Top rail: continuous integral 10 MIL, 24.6 inches
- Handguard: M-LOK compatible
- Muzzle: high efficiency three port brake, QDL compatible
- Trigger: adjustable single stage, tool free removal
- Finish: Flat Dark Earth Cerakote
- Part number: 19612
Why it is worth considering
- A 36 inch match barrel and a 10 MIL integral rail built for targets past a mile
- User changeable barrel system, so a worn tube is a bench job rather than a shipping job
- 23 pounds of mass and a three port brake make the 416 Barrett genuinely shootable
- Tool free stock adjustment for length of pull, comb height and recoil pad position
- Flat Dark Earth Cerakote over the full chassis and receiver
Who it suits
This rifle is for the extreme long range competitor and the serious distance shooter who already owns the optic, the data and the range access to use it. It is not a hunting rifle and it is not a first centerfire purchase. If you shoot past a mile and want a factory platform that lets you change barrels yourself, this is the one to look at.
Ammunition, Optics and Transfer Notes
416 Barrett is a proprietary cartridge and it is not something a general sporting goods counter stocks. Factory loads push a heavy solid past 3,000 feet per second, and the round was designed from the outset to stay supersonic well beyond two miles. Most owners buy factory Barrett ammunition or handload to a proven recipe, and either way the cost per trigger pull is part of the decision to own the rifle. Commercial cartridge and pressure standards are published by SAAMI.
Optics are not an afterthought here. The 24.6 inch integral rail has 10 MIL of built in cant precisely so a first focal plane scope with generous elevation travel still has adjustment left at extreme distance, and mounting a short hunting scope on this rifle wastes most of what it was built to do. Rings need to be tall enough to clear the objective over that rail, and a scope level is not optional when a tenth of a degree of cant becomes feet of drift at two miles.
When the barrel is finally worn out, the Barrett barrel maker kit in 416 Barrett is what lets a smith fit a replacement, and the five round 416 Barrett magazine is worth adding at the same time. More of our inventory sits on the MAG5 Firearms shop page. The Barrett MRADELR Flat Dark Earth ships to a licensed dealer of your choosing, where you will complete a 4473 and a NICS check before taking it home.
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