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manipulating the gas adjustment, the shooter will have to guard against creating a situation that could result in muzzle depression. Snipers, for concealment reasons, will most often prefer the optional muzzle suppressor as opposed to a muzzle brake. Recoil will still be significantly less than a bolt action of the same caliber. Gun techies might muse that a semi-auto is inherently a bad design for snipers since the seating of the first round is often ever so slightly different than the seating of the subsequent rounds. This impacts accuracy. Consequently the first round point of impact (POI) varies from following rounds that are seated through the actioning of the gun. This is true and that is a problem. But this is a problem that snipers routinely already address in the course of correcting for a first shot cold barrel. Every good sniper knows that his first round down range in a cold barrel will impact differently from subsequent shots from a warm barrel. According to Clint all a sniper needs to know is what he is already trained to know… “What is the difference in POI on my first round from a cold barrel vs. my POI from a warm barrel?” The same thing applies to a manually seated round vs. an automatically seated round. Clint concludes, “They are really already trained to accommodate this first round variance.” While I did not conduct extensive range testing, better shooters than I already have and they have published their results. Their data with various loads substantiates the phenomenal accuracy of the OMEN. I have fired this weapon enough to attest that recoil, muzzle rise, and weight balance meet or exceed NEMO’s claims. In fact how do you spell s-w-e-e-t? I fired rapid three round bursts and can say that this is the first and only 300 Win Mag that caused me to remark, “That was fun!” NEMO is already in the process of collaborating with firms such as Proof Research and Tracking Point. When I asked Clint if he thought the future was going in the direction of so called “smart bullets” or “smart firing”, he said they were already working closely with firms involved in those technologies. Clint remarked that he could envision a future where Tracking Point’s precision guidance system and/or Trijicon’s CCAS internal ballistics calculator will be incorporated into the OMEN. Using Tracking Point, the shooter tags the target, the scope tracks and the trigger fires when optimal conditions exist. Stay tuned for future articles on these types of advanced technologies. NEMO is strongly Research and Development focused and they are leaving no stone unturned. As a clever sidebar, the very word “NEMO” is OMEN spelled backwards. You have to really look into this firm to see and appreciate the dedication, craftsmanship, and flexibility. What will keep NEMO on the cutting edge of technology is that they know what they don’t know and that makes them smart. But with what they do know, they do a damn good job. I think this is a pony worth riding. The NEMO OMEN Range Spec Sheet NEMO RECON Carbine .300 Win Mag PRAKTA .300 Win Mag 6 Spec Sheet MATCH 2.0 .300 Win Mag AR Spec Sheet WATCHMAN .300 Win Mag AR Spec Sheet RECON .300 Win Mag Carbine NEMO Contact Details NEMO Arms 3582 Hwy 93 S Kalispell Montana 59901 USA Telephone: (406) 752-NEMO (6366) Email: [email protected] Web: www.nemoarns.com