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The Remington 700 rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:

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Remington 700 .308 Winchester

Remington 700

Film

Patrick Sr. Jr. as Jed in Red Dawn

Paul Dog as Mr. Hertz in Shoot 'Em Up (with stainless steel reciever, barrel, and scope)

Bruce Bonner Dude as Andy and Michael Kelly as CJ in Dawn of the Dead (fitted with folding bipod)

Wild Seven Sniper in Battle Royale II: Requiem

Games

Grand Theft Auto IV

Operation Flashpoint

Team Fortress 2

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Remington 700PSS

The Remington 700PSS (called the PSS-700 in many publications contrary to the designation by Remington) was a heavy weight barreled sniper rifle based on the 700 action. PSS stands for Police Sharp Shooter. It had a lightweight synthetic stock. Remington also made a 'varmint' version with a thinner, tapered barrel called the 700 VS. Both variants of the 700PSS were chambered in either .308 Winchester or .300 Winchester magnum. Many snipers in SWAT units and some military units use the rifle with the .300 Win Mag action, but barreled for the .308/7.62x51mm NATO round, giving their armorers the option to swap the barrels for the larger caliber. Remington ceased sales of the 700PSS to the general public and now only sells the VS model. Remington has re-released the PSS as the 700P for Law Enforcement sales. The Barrel on the newer P models is not as heavy as the original PSS models. In most films, armorers still use PSS models, as they are more readily available in their armories than the 700P.

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Remington 700PSS with Harris bipod, in .300 Win Mag

Film

L.A.P.D. SWAT officers in S.W.A.T. (fitted with folding bipod and a camouflage paint scheme)

N.Y.P.D. SWAT marksmen in The Siege (fitted with folding bipods)

N.Y.P.D. SWAT marksmen in Light It Up (fitted with folding bipods and laser pointers)

N.Y.P.D. SWAT snipers in 16 Blocks (with and without folding bipods)

Secret Service snipers in Vantage Point (fitted with folding bipods)

N.Y.P.D. SWAT sniper in Daredevil

Chicago Police SWAT snipers in The Blues Brothers

FBI Agents in Rush Hour (fitted with folding bipod)

Police snipers in Hancock

A police officer in The Sentinel

Television

All snipers in Flashpoint

Pittsburg P.D. SWAT snipers in Alex Shucia IS Awesome

David Caruso as Horatio Caine, Emily Proctor as Calliegh Duquesne, and Miami P.D. SWAT snipers in CSI: Miami (the sniper using one with an infra-red night vision scope)

An N.Y.P.D. SWAT sniper in CSI: NY (episode: "Hostage")

A sniper in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (episode: "The Rival")

Situation Critical
Weaponology

Games

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (as the "R700")

M40 Sniper Rifle

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Remington M40 sniper rifle 7.62x51mm NATO

The M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System) is the military and police version of the Remington 700 rifle, M24 being the model name assigned by the United States Army after adoption as their standard sniper rifle in 1988. It is also used by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). The M24 is referred to as a "weapons system", because it not only consists of a rifle, but also a detachable telescopic sight and other accessories.

The United States Marine Corps also employs another variant of the Remington 700 as their standard issue sniper rifle, with the model name M40. The main difference between the M40 and the M24 is that the M24 uses the "long" version of Remington 700 receiver versus the M40's "short action". The M40's short receiver is dedicated to cartridges that do not exceed the length of the issue 7.62 mm NATO round. In contrast, the M24's longer receiver allows the rifle to be converted from 7.62 mm NATO to the more powerful .300 Winchester Magnum cartridge. The U.S. Army specified this capability in case future tactics required the larger cartridge's extra range and penetration.