To: bitterohiogunclinger
$8000 for a sniper rifle? Hell, I could take any off the shelf Remington 700 tactical and put a Leupold on in and be out the door for 2 grand and shoot the wings off a bumblebee at 500 yards. That's exactly what Carlos Hathcock (RIP) did in Vietnam.
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
At the kind of ranges encountered in Afghanistan, the 5.56 bullet will be much more suseptible to wind, as well as the loss of velocity and bullet drop. I have been saying for over forty years that the M-16/M-4 is a popgun. Please check out the experiences of the Marines in Fallujah when engaging insurgents doped up with a cocktail of cocaine and adrenolin. The Philipine insurrection of 1902 all over again.
93 posted on
04/03/2010 2:59:03 PM PDT by
JayVee
(Joseph)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
That's exactly what Carlos Hathcock (RIP) did in Vietnam. So they went down to the PX and bought
Remington model 700's and Redfield Widefield scopes
149 posted on
04/03/2010 5:57:47 PM PDT by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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