[Billthedrill]

Oh, great. Now Chuckie Schumer can say I've got a half-dozen "sniper rifles" in my safe.

I will say this - if I'm hunting people I want as much lead in the pipe as I can stuff. People sometimes shoot back.

[marteny]

I agree with you, Billthedrill. If you gotta play the sniper thing- be too far away to be heard locally and use a big honkin bullet with low drag (like a 7mm or so). I mean, assassinations are different than a true sniper function, aren't they? I think the sv-99 is great for some freaks to pull off a planned, thought-out murder. But I don't think it would do the job for the situations that most professional snipers would find themselves in. I mean, I'm not a sniper, but as a prior soldier, a lot of us have thought about that stuff a few times.

[RogueIsland]

Oh, great. Now Chuckie Schumer can say I've got a half-dozen "sniper rifles" in my safe.

You joke, but I think we both know that that's the antis' end-game.

[katana]

Point's well taken but people with perforated foreheads seldom shoot back, and if their friends didn't even hear the shot? I'd think the psychological effect of a silent kill at 100 meters on everybody around the target would be substantial.