Marine sniper credited with longest confirmed kill in Iraq

.Marine Corps News ^ | Jan. 02, 2005 | Cpl. Paul W. Leicht

[HMFIC]

I LOVE my 03A3. Made in 1943, issued to my beloved Corps, it shoots like no one's business.

HOWEVER, the M1A is an AWESOME weapon. I like the .308 simply because the heavier grain of the projectile enables it to avoid being affected by the wind. I have watched the vapor trails of the 5.56mm as they get buffeted by a gust of wind. The .308 or 30.06 for that matter, is one damn good round. You'll pay a little extra for the M1A but you get what you pay for.

[HMFIC]

LOL!

You're right, I was BS'ing the whole time.

Hakim and Ahmed, you are safe from Marine rifle and sniper fire if you are 500 yds of more away from them. You can stand up and walk around no problem.

[6ppc]

You probably can't buy the exact model the snipers are using, but there are lots of benchrest gunsmiths who can build one for you. Check out http://www.benchrest.com

[Taliesan]

I agree too. It's all a bunch of war propaganda. Those Baathist patriots should fell pretty secure as long as the Marines are at least 800 yards away from them. They should write that into their manuals.

[nicko]

and he also forgot "hold muh goatass"

[Big Giant Head]

Hold Muh Hookah!

~gets my vote. LOL

[Eagles6]

"From the information we have, our chief scout sniper has the longest confirmed kill in Iraq so far," said Capt. Shayne McGinty, weapons platoon commander for "Bravo" Co. "In Fallujah there were some bad guys firing mortars at us and he took them out from more than 1,000 yards."

Now that's gun control.

[Smartaleck]

(Humblegunner) GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!

Picture Hillary in a bikini? Maybe that will help?

Regarding the article......don't mess wif Texas. ;-)

[Young Werther]

During the Civil War a sniper shot of more than a mile was claimed. It was a shot to kill the commanding officer of the opposing forces. with him down the battle would be lost.

I'll look for a link.

[Pharmboy]

too much information.

Sorry...

[HipShot]

M40A3 ping

[RaceBannon]

I like that one, Hold Muh Goat!

[chris1]

I take a martial arts/self defense course that is taught by a Marine, won't say the name, and he is getting shipped off today. Let me say this, those Iraqis and killers have no idea what they are in for.

[trisham]

Still don't like them giving out snipers names.

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It concerns me as well.

[RaceBannon]

The M-16 was good for me at 500 yds, but the new A2 will do 600.

However, the former sniper I knew tells me the M1 would be better, the 7.62 round travels farther anyways, and the newer barrels of the M1's will easily handle it.

[Sensei Ern]

Everyone sing along: "Reach out...Reach out and touch someone!"

[HMFIC]

Like my sniper buddy says:

"BOLT ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!"

[OKSooner]

Yes, of course you can get close to the same thing. Of course, this would be kinda like buying the same clubs that Tiger Woods uses. Very cool to have, but a regular person wouldn't get quite the same utility from it.

There are other ways to start shooting for a whole lot less money, and THEN get a good high-powered rifle to enjoy later.

[trisham]

Come on, everybody knows these stories are being made up to sell the war to the public.

A confirmed 1000 yards kill, give me a break.

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Buh-bye.

[HMFIC]

Learning the hand-to-hand huh? I made it to grey belt before retiring. Rough stuff. My favorite is breaking out of a head lock and launching the individual on their grape! They switched to a sweep after a few Marines got hurt! Figures.