Accuracy International AE

The Accuracy International AE (Accuracy Enforcement) was introduced in 2001 as a cheaper, simplified and less robust version of the L96/AW series intended for law enforcement, offered in place of the more expensive AWP or AW military models. The AW family itself descends from the PM rifle that entered British Army service in the 1980s as the L96A1 and was purpose-designed as a military sniper rifle.

The AE differs from its military relatives chiefly in its receiver, which is round rather than the larger, angular AW type, and lighter. It is bolted to the aluminium chassis with screws instead of being bonded with epoxy, so it can be removed. The rifle comes in a black finish and is not available in a left-handed version.

It is chambered for 7.62×51mm NATO / .308 Winchester, with a 610 mm (24 in) barrel. Overall length is 1,120 mm and weight 6.0 kg, for an effective range of about 800 m.

The AE Mk III of 2009 introduced AICS five- and ten-round magazines, a removable trigger group and a screw-adjustable cheekpiece, with the options of a 508 mm (20 in) barrel fitted with a muzzle brake or suppressor mount and of a folding chassis.

The AE has since been discontinued. It was succeeded in 2014 by the AT (Accuracy Tactical, AT308), aimed at law-enforcement and civilian buyers.