Exhibit A
Posted on 01/30/2014 8:03:04 PM PST by Errant
I believe there is a movie out about him. It may even be on Netflix?
Saw one in .338 lapua.
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Exhibit A
Lots of information on shooting ... WHICH IS NOT THE PRIMARY JOB OF A SNIPER.
There needs to be much more focus on camaflage, concealment, movement, navigation and radio communication. The primary job of a sniper is intelligence gathering through observation and reporting, engaging the target is only a small part of the job.
That being said, improving marksmanship is always a good skill to work on.
Nice. For a bolt action and for the price mentioned, the rifle the author is using looks interesting. I’m not familiar with it at all though.
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I have no useful first hand knowledge but I have seen 2 movies.
In “the Patriot” (Mel Gibson), there is an unwritten rule where the snipers don’t fire at the officers. Gibson breaks that rule, killing a great many British officers angering Cornwalis but also demoralizing his army.
In “Enemy at the Gates” is the real story of a Russian sniper in WWII who kills a great many german officers.
Apparently, snipers have been despised because the snipers fire once which reveals their location and then the sniper moves on to another location. So snipers pick high value targets like Generals which makes them valuable but despised members of the miltary.
This is 75 videos about technique and tools. Search YouTube for it.
“SNIPER 101 - Part 1 Introduction - Rex Reviews”
“Lots of information on shooting ... WHICH IS NOT THE PRIMARY JOB OF A SNIPER.
There needs to be much more focus on camaflage, concealment, movement, navigation and radio communication. The primary job of a sniper is intelligence gathering through observation and reporting, engaging the target is only a small part of the job.”
From the two movies I have seen, the sniper is not so much about killing the rank and file, it is about killing the guys in charge.
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Hillary sustained snipper fire.
Impressive.
I shake to much.
Carlos Hathcock was a heck of a sniper in Viet Nam. He said he had grown up squirrel hunting in NW Arkansas. I saw him in a TV interview where he told about one mission where he was crawling across a field with weeds and grass about a foot high. He said he could only move when the wind blew. It took him 24 hours to crawl one mile. He let the “target” finish breakfast before taking him out.
Windage is not a problem with that cal at that range.
Bump, and silent sniper .22 subsonic ready.
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