It would be interesting to know more about the rifle that's being used, and the bullet and load, but I suspect it's classified.
Those shows on the Discovery Channel talk about the equipment snipers use. I think the show was actually called "Sniper" or "Military Sniper" or something. They went in depth. Cool stuff.
somone posted a pic of the m40 based on which is based on a Remington 700 action......308 winchester or 7.62 and the load data is most likely similar to long range 1000 yard match ammo......bet it was a 168 grain ...........
"It would be interesting to know more about the rifle that's being used, and the bullet and load, but I suspect it's classified."
Not really. Try this site:
http://www.thegunzone.com/m40a3.html
And notice, they are most probably using 175gr. bullet.
Not at all clasified, THE United States MARINES does not care if hodgy and our other eanemies know what weapon systems they use, they can not stop it anyway. The weapon system used by this Recon Sniper is the long lived weapon of choice by the United States Marines, it is an icon of freedom, the Remington 700 or M40. As advertised itll wake the enemy up, just long enough to put em to sleep. The rem 700 shoots a .308 winchester round, however if i remember the story corectly, the marine hero in story rounded out on day one, for the rcord shot i believe he was using a similar round given to him by canadians it WAS jacketed differently and burned cooler than the winchester round giving it increased distance. But remember regardless of the weapon system a shot like this requires skill unmatched by any other than a Marine and his weapon.