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This New Russian Sniper Rifle Is Redefining 'a Safe Distance
Popular Mechanics ^
| Dec 8, 2017 703
| David Hambling
Posted on 12/09/2017 11:37:27 AM PST by Mean Daddy
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Gives new meaning to the phrase, reach out and touch somebody.
To: Mean Daddy
This is absolutely true, this is where the army just pull out a tow missile and drop it on their heads.
Not cheap, but effective.
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posted on
12/09/2017 11:39:32 AM PST
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dila813
(Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
To: Mean Daddy
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posted on
12/09/2017 11:41:33 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: Mean Daddy
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posted on
12/09/2017 11:41:42 AM PST
by
gaijin
(Basically Obama lawyers would blatantly make up some totally groundless allegation against a fat cas)
To: Mean Daddy
Sounds like a job for the “120mm Lapua Magnum”
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posted on
12/09/2017 11:43:52 AM PST
by
headstamp 2
(My "White Privilege" is my work ethic.)
To: Mean Daddy
Distance is definitely your friend.
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posted on
12/09/2017 11:48:15 AM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: dila813
But there’s gotta be a tow missile in the neighborhood, if not a few good people will go down. The one shot - one kill thingy snipers do will ensure that.
To: Mean Daddy
Its a knock off 338 Lapua.
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posted on
12/09/2017 11:52:31 AM PST
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: Mean Daddy
Networked drones with hyperspectral imaging are going to change this game.
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posted on
12/09/2017 11:58:58 AM PST
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Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: Mean Daddy
"... it has a capacity of 12 tonnes (12,000 liters, 3,170 US gallons) of water ... Four retractable water scoops, two forward and two aft of the fuselage step can be used to scoop a total of 12 tonnes of water in 14 seconds. The aircraft can empty its water tanks over the site of a fire in 0.8 to 1.0 seconds when flying above the minimum drop speed of 220 km/h (135 mph, 120 kn)"
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posted on
12/09/2017 11:59:32 AM PST
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PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Mean Daddy
opps sorry wrong thread. Apologies.
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posted on
12/09/2017 12:00:28 PM PST
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PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Mean Daddy
http://www.orsis.com/production/item/31
It is actually for sale to civilians under standard ‘pink ticket’ license in Russia.
Although pricy to say the least, like five times more expensive than Dragunov.
To: Mean Daddy
Not unless you master reading the wind, Coriolis effect, barrel temperature, air temperature and a few other details.
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12/09/2017 12:02:52 PM PST
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NY.SS-Bar9
(Those that vote for a living outnumber those that work for one.)
To: Mean Daddy
It is getting to where half inch at 100 yards is getting fairly common for high quality weapons.
I have never done any long range shooting but once was surprised that my old 98-09 Argentine Mauser was pretty easy to hit with at 400 yards.
The rifle was unbelievably well made and I got it unfired with the original test target. Herr Ritztmann of DWM, Berlin, had fired a two inch group at 200 meters with iron sights. He then signed the target. I noticed the test target which was shot in 1909, had an aiming point and then the group was on a square around 3 inches higher than the aiming point.
The sights being on at 400 yards made all the difference in the world.
After 400 yards all kinds of problems arise. Among them are heat waves, wind drift, accurate distance measurement, temperatures, and I am sure, much more.
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12/09/2017 12:07:36 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: headstamp 2
On the other hand, a GAU-8/A works well, and there is no need to get up close and personal. Then there is that spooky guy ...
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posted on
12/09/2017 12:08:33 PM PST
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PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: PIF
Talk about dropping a lot of cold water on a thread...
LOL
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12/09/2017 12:13:19 PM PST
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DoughtyOne
(McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
To: redfreedom
My point is, if need be they will employ what ever brute force tactic to dispatch.
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12/09/2017 12:13:48 PM PST
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dila813
(Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
To: DoughtyOne
Seems I’m not potty trained yet :)
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12/09/2017 12:14:00 PM PST
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PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: Magnum44
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posted on
12/09/2017 12:15:33 PM PST
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: PIF
California could use several of these right now!
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posted on
12/09/2017 12:17:32 PM PST
by
painter
( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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