Canadian sniper makes record shot

Canadian Press via Globe and Mail (Toronto) ^ | July 9, 2002 | Stephen Thorne

[Husker24]

Didnt Timothy McVeigh take off the head of an Iraqi soldier with a .50 cal at about a mile out, or is that just an urban legend.

[patton]

"By the grace of God, it was a dud," said Bill. "It landed 15 metres from the B company (U.S. 101st Airborne Division) trenches. A guy got up, walked out of the trench and kicked the thing."

Funniest thing I have read in years. Stupid, but funny.

[elbucko]

"The U.S. rounds, they discovered, "fly farther, faster," said Cpl. "Bill",...

Of course they do!

[chuknospam]

bump

[jeremiah]

But more important to the Canadias are the gestures, from their American brethren who, while nearly killing them several times over with friendly fire, owe many lives to their shooting skills--------An American sniper, tossed him his rifle, and said, you know how to use this better than I do

Excuse me, but this sounds like propaganda, to make our neighbors to the North feel like they are a part of things. Number one, the mentioning of sloppy soldiering on the part of the Americans (constantly putting the Canucks in danger from friendly fire) and number two, a soldier giving his rifle to another AND admitting he is inferior to the other. This story may be true, but I wouldn't bet any money on it.

[Threepwood]

I'm hoping we'll have a big parade when the Patricias come home, they really did a great job.

[Djarum]

Quantity Records

[willyone]

Not to mention the heavy vegetation that made seeing that far quite a feat. And the VC had reaction teams that responded to snipers.

[Shooter 2.5]

I fired a .50 and it felt like my eyeballs were pulled out from the recoil. It's not pleasant.

[SamKeck]

We made a correction and the next round hit exactly where we wanted it to. Well, a bit to the right."

Up one, right one, Corporal.

[wku man]

More than likely it's urban legend. He was a Bradley gunner during Desert Storm, and the 25mm chain gun has quite a reach, but even using the Brad's optical sights, there's no way he could see if he took someone's head off at that range. Even if he did, I can guarantee it was a lucky shot...the 25mm is an area target weapon, not a point target weapon like a sniper rifle.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Nuke'm Glowing]

That is one hell of a shot.

[Shooter 2.5]

Nope. Sandbagged M2 "Ma duece" .50 cal. machine gun with a 8X Unertl scope fired single shot. The first shot hit the kid's bicycle front wheel hub and the second hit him in the chest.

[Travis McGee]

Bumper sticker I saw:

EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED AT SNIPER SCHOOL.

[Travis McGee]

"kicked the thing"

(Not recommended.)

[Travis McGee]

If Carlos Hathcock was able to use the modern high speed low drag gear in clear mountain terrain, he'd have done better by a mile....literally.

[patton]

Yeah, but you gotta admit its funny. Like, when I was in FRG, anybody with a truck garden had EOD on speed dial.

[weikel]

Nice shot kid that was one in a million.

[Squantos]

It's the canadians story and they can tell it like they want but my BS flag is at full mast on this one. Real snipers don't brag about their shots as I have encountered em.

Just my opinion of course.

Stay Safe ya'll :o)