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It’s called the M249 SAW – a gas-powered, air-cooled light machine gun capable of firing 200 rounds of 5.56mm belt-fed ammunition at targets 870 yards away. The U.S. military has been using it in combat for decades, and gun stores in Texas sell a civilian semi-automatic version called the FN M249S.