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It depends upon what is defined as a sniper. At 300 yards a 20-06 is jusy getting started. There was a high school kid two years ago shooting at small targets at 1,000 yards with an M14. I think his name was Schuster. 100 yards is not sniping in my book. It's close range. The idiot in Maryland is not a sniper in all probability. He can use any caliber or weapon he wants. Thirty years ago I used to regularly shoot at 100 yards with a Ruger single .22 pistol. (Today, I can't even see 100 yards. I'm down to three inch targets at 75 feet with pistol.

At 300 yards a 20-06 is jusy getting started.
I presume you mean the 30-06 used by the US army in WW1 and 2?

A .223 seems to be quite effective in the hands of this SOB.

It depends upon what is defined as a sniper. At 300 yards a 20-06 is jusy getting started. There was a high school kid two years ago shooting at small targets at 1,000 yards with an M14. I think his name was Schuster. 100 yards is not sniping in my book. It's close range. The idiot in Maryland is not a sniper in all probability. He can use any caliber or weapon he wants. Thirty years ago I used to regularly shoot at 100 yards with a Ruger single .22 pistol. (Today, I can't even see 100 yards. I'm down to three inch targets at 75 feet with pistol.

Ha, I know the feeling. When I was a kid I could light a match with a .22 at a hundred yards using iron peep sights.

When I started shooting on Uncle Sam's ranges, 150 yds with a M-16 and iron sights was easy.

At 50, I can't see my front sight and the target at the same time.