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U.S. Army Sniper Nails Record Shot
Military.Com ^
| 1/16/2006
| Washington Times
Posted on 01/16/2006 8:55:34 AM PST by rightfielder
Gazing through the telescopic sight of his M24 rifle, Army Staff Sgt. Jim Gilliland, leader of Shadow sniper team, fixed his eye on the Iraqi insurgent who had just killed an American soldier. His quarry stood nonchalantly in the fourth floor bay window of a hospital in battle torn Ramadi, still clasping a long barreled Kalashnikov. Instinctively allowing for wind speed and bullet drop, Shadow's commander aimed 12 feet high. A single shot hit the Iraqi in the chest and killed him instantly. It had been fired from a range of more than three quarters of a mile, well beyond the capacity of the powerful Leupold sight, accurate to 3,300 feet. "I believe it is the longest confirmed kill in Iraq with a 7.62mm rifle," said Sgt. Gilliland, 28, who hunted squirrels in Double Springs, Ala., from the age of 5 before progressing to deer, and then to insurgents and terrorists....
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: armysnipers; bang; banglist; iraq; oif; terrorism; war
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To: rightfielder
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:56:40 AM PST
by
Flavius
(Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: rightfielder
To: rightfielder
posted a couple of weeks ago. But kudos for good shooting!
To: rightfielder
Kentucky Windage, it'll get 'em ever' time!........
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:58:13 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
To: rightfielder
He should get the head stuffed to hang on his wall.
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:58:49 AM PST
by
Pessimist
To: Flavius
Repost indeed Very stupid to put his name in the article the first time and this time there goes his anonymity
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posted on
01/16/2006 8:59:00 AM PST
by
al baby
(Father of the Beeber)
To: SF Republican
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:00:06 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: al baby
---AMEN in large capital letters---
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:00:40 AM PST
by
rellimpank
(Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media---NRABenefactor)
To: bulletinthegun; eyespysomething
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:00:52 AM PST
by
SittinYonder
(That's how I saw it, and see it still.)
To: rightfielder
BANG!
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:01:05 AM PST
by
mattdono
("Crush the RATs and RINOs, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags" - Arnie)
To: rightfielder
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:01:46 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: rellimpank
Sorry to hear about your native daughter Ramona Bell
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:01:49 AM PST
by
al baby
(Father of the Beeber)
To: Flavius
post the link for reference...it helps
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:02:52 AM PST
by
wallcrawlr
(http://www.bionicear.com/)
To: rightfielder
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:03:23 AM PST
by
truemiester
(If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
To: rightfielder
A single shot hit the Iraqi in the chest and killed him instantly
Damn. I would have wanted him to writhe in excruciating pain for a while before he expired.
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:04:15 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
To: rightfielder
One Shot one Kill..
If you've never read this book "One Shot One Kill" or other like "Marine Sniper" do it! They are fascinating books that tell how one skilled shooter can make an dramatic difference on the battlefield.
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:04:22 AM PST
by
skyman
To: rightfielder
Nice shot, I have trouble over 200yds.
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:05:20 AM PST
by
conservativewasp
(Liberals lie for sport and hate our country.)
To: Pessimist
He should get the head stuffed to hang on his wall. What an ugly mug to hand on a wall. I'd rather have a Dahl sheep any day.
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:06:20 AM PST
by
ArmyTeach
(Pray daily for our troops.)
To: ArmyTeach
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posted on
01/16/2006 9:07:01 AM PST
by
ArmyTeach
(Pray daily for our troops.)
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