Yeah but the fear factor induced on your enemy when yer co-terrorist in mayhem starts squirtin body fluids from a hole he wasn’t born with is the key IMO and experience. A real WTF Allah moment per se, regardless of terminal ballistics. Yes I want a clean kill at distance. But 99% of the time a snipers opportunity shot is based on inducing fear in the enemy, a multiplication of force etc .... assassinations imposed on orders are few and these days a UCAV Predator at 20k MSL with hellfires or as Pilot Dave knows a fast mover like his Phantom with CBU’s is the best way for a sure kill of an “important” target.
I don’t want to kill the SOB 1800+ meters away. I want to hurt him, impose on his friends and family to bear the cost of his wounds, care and feeding and the visual and audio imput of him screaming like a stuck pig and dying slow from infection etc ....
The guy ya “”” have to kill “”” is the one that can bring the application of deadly force within effective range at the moment. Example the Muj with the 12 ga shotgun is no real threat at 200 meters like the man at 7 meters with his AKSU.
But in a PC world even that concept if flawed....because now “we” have to foot the bill for said Muj’s leaking torso.
I like simple tools that have less complexity in combat. Less likely Murphy will show up.
I will take a plain brown wrapper M40A1 Bolt gun with good ammo , optics and a solid secure rest with a small security team any day over this new and improved stuff.
Just my opinion of course.....nothing more that a SWAG on my part !!!