jhungary
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I respect your expert opinion but Philippines army loves their sniper rifle's bipods with springs and they don't have the time and luxury for two sets of bipods in the middle of terrorist siege. Besides the few bolt-action type sniper rifles of the army have ball-edged charging handles like its MS24s and Robar SR-60s unlike the Chinese' CS/LR4s that China donated recently.
Springs
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M24
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And here's a an CS/LR4 chambered, albeit with ball-edge type handle.
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Compare to my smoking gun..
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All images CTTO.
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Most Special Force member like to modify their weapon, it's not about time or anything but rather about personal need. The problem is the Peripheral are usually modded in a way every weapon uses by Special Force member can be distinguish to each individual member, meaning you can literally know who was there by the look of their weapon. The ball edge is actually an add on like a piece of rubber you put on the tip of your pen so you can grip better.
But you cannot change the bolt unless you have the time and money to craft your own, because each bolt have to suit a particular barrel with twist and grooving. To change the bolt, you will need a gunsmith specialise in this (Literally he/she know how to forge a barrel) otherwise if the barrel and the bolt don't match, your weapon will misfire. This is something even an experience gun smith, gun dealer like me cannot do, most of the time if you want to craft a bolt, you will need to go back to the company and ask them to make you one, this do exist from time to time but I don't think Philippine SF have the ability to do that with donated weapon, usually you use as is. However, Scope and Bipod or designator like PEQ-15 are what we call QD (Quick Detachment) you can fix it on your rifle within seconds.
I can very definitely say the weapon used by the sniper in your pic is not a CS/LR4, you can see the barrel is a different shape than a LR4 and the bolt is different. From that angle, it could be either a M24, or L119.