[gunnygail]

Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock nailed a VC tax collector in VN with a .50cal with a scope at over 3,000 yards! Just under a 3 mile shot.

[Murtyo]

3000 Yards = 1.70454545 Miles

[johnny7]

When that caliber tumbles and finally strikes its target... you're talkin blown-off limbs and a big clean-up on aisle 5!

Hathcock was one hell of a sniper. Good 'ol boy too!

[BIGZ]

How about a mile and a half?

[John Jorsett]

3000 yards would be just over 1.7 miles. That would still be an awesome shot.

[11Bush]

Gunny's shot was made with a M2HB on single shot. That fact makes it the most remarkable shot ever made.

[Double Tap]

Actually, that is under 2 miles. A very long shot still, but let's keep our figures straight.

[Aarchaeus]

"over 3,000 yards! Just under a 3 mile shot."

3,000 yards is about 1.7 miles.

[Aarchaeus]

"over 3,000 yards! Just under a 3 mile shot."

3,000 yards is about 1.7 miles. It is just under 3 kilometers.

[Major_Risktaker]

Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock nailed a VC tax collector in VN with a .50cal with a scope at over 3,000 yards!
Just under a 3 mile shot.

Moran's website.

A weapon which AMERICAN LEFTIST TAX COLLECTORS ALSO FEAR but mislead the public saying that a terrorist would use them on us.

"Just imagine if a terrorist got their hands on one of these guns and trained their sights on a train pulling hazardous cargo through the heart of Washington, D.C. It's a horrifying scenario that only a terrorist would want to see unfold," Mr. Moran said.

Washington Times Ban sought on .50-caliber rifles

Personally I believe every American Family Should be trained and own one!

[Michael121]

Hathcock PING

There was an officer standing behind him who said it could not be done.... he was incorrect.

The snipers modified the Browning 50 cal MG to fit their scopes from their rifles... they took it off their 30 cal bolt action and put it on the .50 for the range and the cyclic rate is slow enough to fire one rnd at a time.