Posted on 03/08/2004 11:22:32 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants
Edited on 03/09/2004 6:26:26 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Pick up the Yellow Pages and go to "Guns." Call the first gun store you find. Ask what you'll need to purchase a semi-automatic military-style sniper rifle like the one used by John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo to kill 10 people during their 2002 Washington, D.C.-area murder spree.
"You have a driver's license?" said the man at the Long Island store I called yesterday to ask about buying the assault rifle known as the Bushmaster XM-15.
"Sure," I said, "but what else do I need to bring?"
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The Bushmaster really is accurate at nearly half a mile. Since that is 880 yards, then say 700 is nearly that and it shouldn't be too hard to hit man-sized targets at that range.
The AR-15 series rifles in my experience have been unusually accurate, in fact maybe even bette than your average bolt action. Using heavy bullets in the 7 inch twist barrels and they will group pretty well at 700 yards.
Oddly enough, I think a high powered .22 such as the 22-250 using heavy bullets might make a fine sniper rifle if the twist was fast and the bullets were say 70 grain.
For that matter about any high powered rifle using heavy bullets of great sectional density and good ballistic shape should do fine.
One of the reasons the 6.5 Swedish Mauser did so well in long range shooting is because they loaded them with long heavy bullets with a fast twist.
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