Golden Owl international sniper competition

[SSGcommandoPAK]

The fifth annual international sniper competition, known as Golden Owl–2014, took place in June at the Spassk Training Center near the city of Karagandy, Republic of Kazakhstan.1 This event was held under the auspices of the Central Asia Forum for Sniper Arts, as part of its contribution to the global fight against terrorism. The main purpose of the Forum, which was created in 2009, is to train members of Central Asia's security forces to become masters of marksmanship.
The first Golden Owl competition saw only three countries take part alongside Kazakhstan: Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Belarus. Every year since then, the number of participants has increased, and the meet now welcomes competitors from around the world. The 2014 event, which was organized by Kazakhstan's Ministry of Defense (MoD RK), was larger than any of the MoD's previous such competitions. Forty participants came to Karagandy from seven countries—the United Kingdom, Jordan, Kazakhstan, China, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States—to show off their skills and ability with sniper rifles over the course of five days. To prepare, representatives of the MoD RK had participated in marksmanship courses all over the world and brought back with them a variety of exercises to incorporate into the Golden Owl competition.
https://globalecco.org/the-golden-owl-returns-to-kazakhstan

 

[SSGcommandoPAK]

Weapons used by the armies in this competition ....


Pakistan Army : AWP

US army : M110

British Army : L121A1

Chinese Army : CS/LR

The rest I couldn't find !!!!



A question which came into my mind was that when countries like Pakistan use the AWP and US uses M110 , how can pakistan win when the opponent has a better hi-tech rifle compared to the AWP ?In these type of competitions the country which has the better riffle and equipment will have a upper hand in my opinion .
@Zarvan

 

[AlyxMS]

Weapons used by the armies in this competition ....
A question which came into my mind was that when countries like Pakistan use the AWP and US uses M110 , how can pakistan win when the opponent has a better hi-tech rifle compared to the AWP ?In these type of competitions the country which has the better riffle and equipment will have a upper hand in my opinion .
@Zarvan

AI's AW series is built to be accurate and it is quite famous for that.
In fact the world's longest sniper kill is achieved with a AWM(L115).

While M110 is basically an AR chambered for 7.62 with really long barrels.
It is accurate enough for what it's for, but a semi-auto rifle like this simply can't compete with bolt-action rifles in terms of accuracy.

Which is the reason that China chose CS/LR(A bolt action rifle). (Chinese teams in other matches even used American Remington rifles because PLA don't use bolt action rifles before.)

I'm guessing either the US team is not in for winning or they think semi-auto rifle would offer enough advantage in fire rate to compensate its accuracy.

Also, a well calibrated M-16 can beat a poorly maintained M-14 anytime. Calibration and maintenance is also an important factor. In terms of the rifle, Pakistan actually have an edge over the US M110.