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That's kinda interesting about the second shooter, who is not as skilled. I was thinking, if you have one rifle, and two shooters, then it's awfully tough to come across two people who "shoot the same zero".

Basically, a scoped weapon is set to the shooter. Now another person can shoot the rifle, but if he can't get his head in the right position to see through the scope (without any black; sides, top or bottom of view) then his shot will always fall a bit off zero.

Anyway, one other thing. The brass they're finding is NOT from the shooters rifle, and here's why. First of all, it doesn't take a "skilled marksman" to shoot someone from 300 yrds. Not if the rifle is a scope mounted bolt, or a single shot or something. These rifles are very accurate. And they will not automatically eject the brass like a AR-15 or the likes.

Now it is vaguely possible that in the heat of the moment, our perp worked the action out of reflex. I know that immediately after I take my first (and only) shot at that great big muley looking at me, I work another round into the chamber almost before the first one lands. So if you've shot for a while, instinct tells you to reload. But if your on a killing spree, and do not want to get caught, then instinct better tell you to "keep your brass".

Anyway, just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents.

This mom doesn't know anything about guns (at least for now) so I can't comment on the technicalities you mentioned. It's very interesting what you said about each weapon being set to the shooter. So do we have 1 weapon for 2 equally skilled shooters or 2 weapons for 2 shooters with different skills? I tend to favor the second because it seems to me a very skilled shooter wouldn't want to use someone else's rifle or would be able to adjust its aim. So I think we have 2 shooters and 2 rifles.

Also I posted on another thread:

I thought the perps were AQ too until I read a post mentioning someone's comments about he/they being addicted to violent video games and wanting to get a new level of thrill by shooting real people instead of virtual ones. Considering the extreme level of violence of some of the more "realistic" games on the market nowadays, I do find this hypothesis very interesting and wouldn't be surprised at all if it were the case. They might even be school age kids and it would shed a different light on the last shooting.

So, do we have 2 young adult killers playing very violent video games and each having access to a rifle?