To: Brad from Tennessee
One of my favorite stories is how Carlos Hathcock modified a .50 in order to take out a particularly loathsome sniper. Hence the Barrett was developed, winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan, Iraq and wherever legs need to be running without their torsos.
To: NewRomeTacitus
I saw them used from time to time to snipe. The gun has a selector to switch from auto to semi-auto. This sniping was done from a base or a fortified outpost using the iron sights. The thing was just too heavy to carry into the bush. The only one I ever saw with a scope was in a picture and a story in Leatherneck magazine sometime in 1967. I’m sure a lot of people saw that article and began putting scopes on them.
35 posted on
08/06/2007 7:54:58 PM PDT by
Brad from Tennessee
("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
To: NewRomeTacitus
Yes, White Feather bump; the accuracy of the .50 is astounding.
BTW, my dad was injured by a M-2. Hot shell casing rolled up his arm.
36 posted on
08/06/2007 7:56:46 PM PDT by
Unknowing
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.)
To: NewRomeTacitus
Yes Marine Sniper an excellent book about Carlos Hathcock that mentions that.
80 posted on
08/07/2007 8:06:14 PM PDT by
mazza
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