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Ukraine sniper scalps Russian soldier at record distance with 'Lord of Horizon' rifle. Why is it so deadly?
First Post ^ | 20 Nov 2023 | FP Staff

Posted on 11/20/2023 3:41:13 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT

In a historic milestone, a sniper serving in Ukraine’s security service (SBU) claimed a groundbreaking world record by successfully neutralising a Russian soldier from an astounding distance of 2.36 miles.

(Excerpt) Read more at firstpost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: donatenow; niceshooting; submoa
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To: lodi90
BTW - you misspelled "Zaporozhye", which is currently getting hit by the rasutitsa [bezdorizhzhia]...
61 posted on 11/20/2023 6:49:07 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That rifle had a microscope instead of a telescope😆


62 posted on 11/20/2023 7:00:38 PM PST by californian by choice
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To: Openurmind

“Toyota Land Cruiser back in the day”

I remember them well, after helping a non-gearhead friend rebuild the motor on one.

1970s?
Word was that GM sold the tooling to Toyota for some of the motors.
IIRC GM parts worked for most but not all of the rebuild.
Rings, rods, mains ...


63 posted on 11/20/2023 7:09:06 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: dynoman

—”That’s not the gun pictured at the link.”

The caption at link:

“Picture showcases the Lord of the horizon rifle at display”


64 posted on 11/20/2023 7:12:44 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Bonemaker

—”In New York, you’d get arrested for having it...while the Russians had just invaded Long Island.”

Illinois too!
Sad but true.


65 posted on 11/20/2023 7:14:01 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Afterguard

—”Since it’s not full auto it doesn’t require a tax stamp, no? “

But you will need a full-size pickup and some interesting dies for the reloader if they fit.


66 posted on 11/20/2023 7:19:26 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: kiryandil; MeganC

BTW, control of language is historically a cornerstone of genocidal and illegitimate regimes the world over. This war isn’t the Kremlin’s first mass murdering spree here and its useful fools know exactly what sick games they play in support of it. The calendar may change years but our Quisling fifth column never changes.


67 posted on 11/20/2023 7:28:42 PM PST by lodi90
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To: usurper

Glad you’re happy too.


68 posted on 11/20/2023 7:42:25 PM PST by lonestar67 (America is exceptional)
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To: lodi90
Speaking of Quislings - it's your Biden's birthday today, lodi.

We can tell you've been celebrating, and started very early.

Your Biden's Ukraine Project is failing. Soon, the Ukraine grift spigot will be shut off by loyal Americans who don't support the old pedo.

It will be a sad day for all y'all Biden supporters on this board.

69 posted on 11/20/2023 7:46:32 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

That’s funny...I’ve actually been to one of those Las Vegas ranges. Went with the intention of shooting some type of rental machine gun. Wound up renting an M1A SOCOM 16 instead. I’d long wanted an M1A.


70 posted on 11/20/2023 7:50:49 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: mabarker1

Unholy Bony Maroni!


71 posted on 11/20/2023 7:59:26 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: dynoman

Sure looks like it at the link I went to.


72 posted on 11/20/2023 8:05:23 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: moovova

—”Went with the intention of shooting some type of rental machine gun.”

Full auto is fun and more so when the taxpayers get the bill.

I have played with many of them and the M3 grease gun was the most fun for me.

Not very fast and some are faster than others, you can feel the bolt moving back and forth while shooting.
Kind of relaxing and fun.


73 posted on 11/20/2023 8:42:09 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Kazan

“[Russia] has a large pool of manpower on which to draw.”

There are five “Russian” republics, including Siberia, who want to go their own way...


74 posted on 11/20/2023 11:12:10 PM PST by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................14% of the US population is foreign-born.....)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Can he set up this rifle within 2.5 miles of the Kremlin—once?


75 posted on 11/20/2023 11:13:23 PM PST by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................14% of the US population is foreign-born.....)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Yeah. I dont think so.

Too much crap on that barrel. Not enough material IN that barrel. I call BS.


76 posted on 11/21/2023 1:11:27 AM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: KC Burke

Have to know your DOPE and and and properly judge wind. PLUS your equipment needs to almost perfectly repeat itself time after time to have confidence in your DOPE and windage calls.

The rifle pictured gives me absolutely no confidence it is capable of repeatability.


77 posted on 11/21/2023 1:18:33 AM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: kawhill

He was down at a place specializing in such weapons and training in Alabama.


78 posted on 11/21/2023 5:36:01 AM PST by KC Burke
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To: lodi90

Related to your ping:

https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html

In particular this concise chart:

Distinctive Features of the Contemporary Model for Russian Propaganda

High-volume and multichannel
Rapid, continuous, and repetitive
Lacks commitment to objective reality
Lacks commitment to consistency.

Distinctive Features of the Contemporary Model for Russian Propaganda

1. High-volume and multichannel
2. Rapid, continuous, and repetitive
3. Lacks commitment to objective reality
4. Lacks commitment to consistency.


79 posted on 11/21/2023 8:11:29 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Just like the Ghost of Kiev taken straight out of a video game. Ukrainians are known liers and this is a pristine example.
Look a clips of a lot of their supposed war footage straight out of video games.


80 posted on 11/21/2023 8:46:16 AM PST by 4bye4
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