Meet the MRADELR
Amid a Safari Club show of highly engraved traditional doubles dressed in fancy-grade walnut, Barrett stands alone. What snags the attention here is size: in the receiver, magazine, and of course, tank-sized muzzle brake.
Barrett’s MRADELR is all about being big – that is, big on accuracy, big on features, and also, just plain big. That’s a 36-inch heavy barrel on a bolt-action repeater chambered in .416 Barrett or 10.3x84mm. The tank tips the scales at 23 pounds even, with an overall length of 62 inches or just over 5 feet, making it taller than a number of show attendees if stood on end.
The match-grade, hand-lapped stainless barrel is 3 feet long with a 1:9 twist. The upper receiver is M-LOK compatible with an integral 24-inch top rail. The most noticeable feature is that palm-sized brake, which is actually a three-port, high-efficiency number. The barrel is compatible with a QDL brake, as well. The bolt head is electroless nickel-plated for corrosion resistance.
It feeds from a five-round, single-stack polymer magazine that ships standard. The 60-degree bolt throw cycles quickly. A user-changeable barrel system opens the door for modularity, as shooters can swap barrels and thus chamberings with a single tool. A single-stage adjustable trigger can be removed sans tools altogether.
The piece on display showed off flat dark earth stock coloration, but a pair of other options in what look to be black and gray are also on the docket. The fixed stock is fully adjustable, with an oversized recoil pad, push-button comb rise, and length of pull modularity. The end goal of the platform is extreme long-range, military-grade precision in a production rifle.
A Competition Winner
Though but a youngster, the recently debuted MRADELR has already staked its claim on the competition circuit. At the King of 2 Miles competition held in September 2023 at the NRA’s Whittington Center in Raton, New Mexico, Barrett’s team finished in second place shooting this newbie.
Barrett built this rifle “to deliver precision accuracy typically achieved only by custom-built rifles,” with the MRADELR being an off-the-shelf production piece. Suggested retail for the hefty rig comes in at $9,995, and those in that space will recognize that as an accessible price given the custom-level competition. Which trophies the young build garners in 2024 and beyond remains to be seen, but we fully expect it to remain in tight competition.
The ‘New’ Barrett
The MRADELR joins a healthy Barrett stable of bolt actions and semi-automatic rifles. Barrett has long been headquartered in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where it built a reputation for innovation in the .50-caliber rifle space.
Barrett marked 40 years in business in 2022, and in 2023, became part of the Australia-based NIOA Group. No matter what’s happening behind the scenes, the MRADELR makes it clear the company is charging forward with innovative long-range designs.
