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Army Sniper Recounts Amazing Shot
American Forces Press Service ^
| Chuck Cannon
Posted on 04/23/2010 5:19:25 PM PDT by SandRat
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:19:25 PM PDT
by
SandRat
To: SandRat
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:21:56 PM PDT
by
bboop
(We don't need no stinkin' VAT)
To: SandRat
To: SandRat
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:24:32 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: SandRat
"We measured the distance at 1,310 meters," McGuire said. That's most of a mile..I would of loved to have seen the face of the terrorist a milli-second after he was hit.
Good ridance! Great shooting!
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:25:26 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(I forgot what I was going to put here.)
To: Travis McGee
Reach out and touch someone, ping...
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:30:07 PM PDT
by
stevie_d_64
(I'm jus sayin')
To: SandRat
The hardest part used to be guessing the distance but that’s all changed with laser range finders. My son gave me one as a Christmas present and I didn’t think I need one since I go to the same area all the time. It surprised me as to how many times I have needed it. It’s also handy for learning how to read distances.
The fun part is also knowing the people I’m with can hit at ridiculously long ranges.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:30:40 PM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
To: PROCON
With all the planes,helocopters,tanks,and artillery we have,it’s still a good man with a good rifle getting the job done.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:31:59 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: PROCON
I don’t think you really want to see that face.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:32:03 PM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
To: Farmer Dean
A bumper sticker said:
“God Bless Our Troops.
Especially Our Snipers.”
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:36:28 PM PDT
by
21twelve
( UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)
To: PROCON
Phenominal shot! Did any of y’ll ever read point of Impact by Stephen Hunter.
To: SandRat
Simply amazing shooting!
This man will never be out of venison.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:36:41 PM PDT
by
Randy Larsen
( BTW, If I offend you! Please let me know, I may want to offend you again!(FR #1690))
To: SandRat
Best damn fighting force ever - U.S.A.!
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:36:51 PM PDT
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Issaquahking
(Help Sarah Palin! go to - http://www.conservatives4palin.com - You know what to do!)
To: SandRat
The shot was so effective that no one knew about it, other than McGuire, his spotter - and the target. Damn fine shootin'! I wonder though if the target really had time to know what hit him before he got to meet his 70 virgins.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:38:23 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(No Romney,No Mark Kirk (Illinois), not now, not ever!)
To: SandRat
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:39:22 PM PDT
by
weef
To: Shooter 2.5
I watched some sniper expert that consulted for the movie “Shooter” talking about the scenes. “Well, the long range shot was fake - for the movie. At that long of a distance the bullet is coming almost straight down. It spilts the person in two down to the waist - arms flying off, etc. Too graphic for a movie.”
Hard to believe there is THAT much damage, but....
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:40:30 PM PDT
by
21twelve
( UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)
To: 21twelve
Hard to believe there is THAT much damage, but.... ...a fitting end to a violent practitioner of the "Religion of Pieces"
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:45:58 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
To: SandRat
Being a relatively lousy shot myself, but knowing a little bit about ballistics, these guys amaze me. They have a Cray computer between their ears.
So many variables. Muzzle velocity, ballistic coefficient of the bullet, mirage, wind direction (which can change several times over that distance), temperature, altitude, humidity...it takes a ton of knowledge and practice to make those shots. And then there's sneaking within range, getting away after the shot without being nailed by a sniper yourself....world class stuff.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:46:39 PM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: Graybeard58
“70 virgins.”
You mean 70 raisins?
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:47:50 PM PDT
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
To: 21twelve
The .50 round ( many of them ) were used by P-47 pilots to take out Tiger Tanks. They did this by shooting at the road in front of the tank and bouncing the rounds off the road and up into the tank.
So, a .50 has a lot of energy in it. I would think the shock wave of hitting a basic water vessel of a human would pumpkin you all over the place.
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posted on
04/23/2010 5:48:36 PM PDT
by
Leisler
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