Sniper Basics For The SHTF Survivalist

Alt Market ^ | 30 January 2014 | Brandon Smith

[Errant]

Ping

[matthew fuller]

For future reference.

[SkyDancer]

Nice. I made my own ghillie suit for the Pacific Northwest. Lots of forest where I live when not in Australia.

[verga]

Ping worthy

[Ciexyz]

Vasilii Zaitsev - sniper at Stalingrad in WW 2, his story was portrayed by Jude Law in film Enemy at the Gates.

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping

[Scrambler Bob]

M4L

[RC one]

My front focal plane Vortex Viper, 6-24x50mm just came in today. It will be going on a Remington Sendero 300 win mag. let’s just say, I absolutely agree with the premise of the article.

[Monitor]

I didn’t read every word, but what I did read tells me the author knows his stuff.

[ottbmare]

self ping

[wku man]

Instead of listening to yet another so-called "expert" blather on and on, get yourselves to an Appleseed shoot. Lots of people (yours truly included) go into Appleseeds thinking they're hotshots, but come out with the unsettling realization that they're not nearly as good as they thought...that I thought. But even if you don't qualify the first time, you'll take away all sorts of knowledge and new skills that will help improve your shooting the next trip to the range.

Here's the link:

Project Appleseed home page

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[MrEdd]

#1. Military defense works orders of magnitude better in a group.
#2. Chose a faction, and become part of an organized force.
#3. If you fail to accomplish #2, have a grave ready for when they take you out with mortars after spotting you with thermal optics.

[mylife]

.308 is your friend.

[Cicero]

Very thought provoking. This is a bit beyond me, at my age, but it’s certainly food for thought. And he’s quite right. If you’re going to be out there surviving, and defending your family or community, then sniping makes a great deal of sense.

The Swiss come to mind, as well as the Finns.

[Errant]

“The more liberty minded people who have this skill, the better.”

[mylife]

This guy was not just surviving.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

He was driven.

[Errant]

You’re bad to the bone. I went with a store bought one. ;)

[ChildOfThe60s]

Ditto. It helped me a great deal. Wish I had that opportunity when I was 20 years younger.

If I could, I would do several Appleseeds every year.

[Errant]

.308 is your friend.

Agree