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To: ErnBatavia; Squantos; Travis McGee
Carlos Hathcock - the best of the best.

Well, more like *Carlos Hathcock, One of the very best.* He wasn't much either for bragging, nor for overstatment.

Simo Häyhä: The best of the XX Century: [515 in less than 4 months,during conditions when there were only about 4 hours of sunlight daily]

Simo Häyhä: back when he was about his task, circa 1940, equipped with his preferred tool, a Model 28-30 Finnish reworked Mosin-Nagant rifle, as used in Olymoic rifle competition of the period- in which he had previously been a competitor.

Simo Häyhä in 1978, a little older, but still the same guy- and still with his same old rifle. Beware the man with one rifle, who probably knows how to use it well...even a paper-target punching rifle with no telescopic sights!


26 posted on 10/05/2003 12:27:26 PM PDT by archy (Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
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To: archy
He said he didn't want a scope because it raised his head too high.
28 posted on 10/05/2003 12:33:15 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (Don't punch holes in the lifeboat.)
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To: archy
That Simo must have had a pair of eyes on him!
52 posted on 10/05/2003 3:11:09 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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