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| weaponinfo = The Timberwolf rifle was originally developed as a civilian long range hunting and sport shooting rifle for super magnum cartridges by the Canadian company Prairie Gun Works, now PGW Defence Technologies Inc. The civilian Timberwolf rifle is offered in several chamberings, up to the .408 Cheyenne Tactical cartridge and the .416 PGW cartridge, a wildcat cartridge based on the .408 Cheyenne Tactical. These rifle cartridges are dimensionally larger and are more powerful when compared to the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge used in the C14 Timberwolf used by the Canadian military.
During the 1990s the Canadian Armed Forces formulated a requirement for a sniper rifle that could fulfill an anti-personnel role up to 1,200 m (1,312 yd). This long-range anti-personnel rifle would replace the aging C3A1 bolt-action rifle which fired the smaller 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge which had been in service since the 1950s. The C14 was able to fulfill the 1990s requirements, with an effective range of 1,500 m (1,640 yd). During the 2001 trials at CFB Gagetown, the C14 was selected to fill the Canadian Armed Forces' dedicated anti-personnel rifle, being ordered for production by the Canadian Land Forces Command in 2005. Along with the trials at CFB Gagetown, it was also tested at the Munitions Experimental Test Centre in Valcartier, Quebec.<ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110609200556/http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/news-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=1669 Canadian Forces Award Canadian Sniper Rifle Contract]</ref> The rifle operates with a rotary bolt, with two front locking lugs in the front, and an additional one in the rear. The barrel and action are made of 416 stainless steel, while the military-issued receiver is made of aluminum, PGWDTI also offers a titanium receiver as an alternative option. Accuracy from the C14 is impressive, being capable of achieving sub 0.75 MOA with proper ammunition. On the highest end, the C14 is able to fire with a maximum muzzle velocity of 838 m/s (2750 ft/s) using Sierra Matchking 300 gr cartridges. Since its official adoption in 2005, the C14 has been used by the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as the SAS and the Royal Saudi Land Force. Having appeared in the War in Afghanistan, Yemeni Civil War, Saudi intervention in Yemen, and the Saudi-Yemeni border crisis, the C14 is no stranger to conflict. While it may not be as well recognized as the Canadian Armed Forces' anti-material rifle, the TAC-50, it is still a rifle which has met the most stringent of standards. Soldier, police officer, sport shooter: the C14 does it all.
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