"Mohammad Minion Murdered from 3/4 Mile"

Decorate that sniper. Hoo Rah.

A Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has the record for longest kill at 2430 meters, around 1.5 miles, but thats with a .50

A fella was telling me the other day about a sniper being interviewed by CNN. He was asked, "What do you feel when you shoot a terrorist?"

Perfectly deadpan, the sniper replied, "Recoil."

Hooyah! The man should be given the Medal of Honor.

Marine, right?

Damn. Shoulda been.

Holy crap! That fella is one hell of a shooter. Do you know what the wind drift is when you're shooting over 3500 meters with 7.62 ball? I don't know the number, but it's VERY significant. Think about the target standing in the door of a bus, and the sniper has to aim at the rear end of the bus to allow for "Kentucky windage". And that's if the target is standing still. A normal 7.62 round travels somewhere in the neighborhood of 800 to 1000 meters per second, which means that approximately FOUR seconds pass between the time the sniper pulls the trigger and the bullet hits the target. If the target was moving, even at a walking pace, that adds another variable into the equation.

I've got a hell of a lot of respect for the mental skills of our military snipers, but this amazes me.

...of course, it COULD just be a lucky shot, but I know that if I were in his shoes, I'd be like "Oh yeah, right where I meant to put that one".

D'OH! Always remember to keep your feet and meters straight. Three-quarters of a mile is 1200 meters, not 3500, which would still have a one to one-and-a-half second lag time on the shot.

Wow, now I know how those NASA engineers on the Mars program felt after their botched mission.

I would give his recruiter a medal. It's not easy for anyone in the Army to recruit a guy that was born a Marine.

You know, if I were a sniper, I'd carve the words "It's not you... it's me" into my stock.

I'd carve the words "You made a bad decision."

You know, if I were a sniper, I'd carve the words "It's not you... it's me" into my stock.

I'd carve the words "You made a bad decision."

"Your day is about to get worse"

"Delivered in .2 seconds, hot, or your next one's free!"

If I were a really cool, badassed sniper I'd carve, Today is the first day of the rest of your life cause being badassed and ironic at the same time is definitely the shit.

"It could be worse. It could be raining."

"Onomatopoeia!"

Warden, are you trying to say something about that whole Jungian thing? You know, the duality of man?

Or:

"You're not paying attention."

Or:

"72 virgins are about to get lucky."

Or:

"Yeah, you da man!"

Or:

"Let me light that cigarette for you."

Or:

"My spotter says you're ugly."

"This is not a Paul Metzler situation."

"Do you understand what I mean by 'Integrity.'"

I read in some other blog (reference long gone) that the sniper's hold point was some 12 feet over the target. That's not Kentucky windage, that's Alaska windage!!!

Sniper dirived from the name of someone who could bring downa fast flying shore bird THE SNIPE and well 3/4 of a mile is a increadible shot

I couldn't get into the battalion snipers as I wear glasses (disqualifying condition), but I do a lot of long-range shooting with them even on my off time. That is just about the razor edge of what you can do with a .308 Winchester. Dear God, I'm still amazed even though we heard this story on our grapevine weeks ago here in Baghdad (the reason I vanished from AoS is I'm not online 23.5 hours a day)

Anyway, the Army bought the Remington 700 long action model for the M24 system as there were plans to rebarrel some of them in .300 Winchester Magnum which has much better chops around the thousand-meter line, but only some SOCOM elements ever went through with it. The Marines have the short-action 700 as the core of the M40 system, believing in the virtues of a shorter and therefore faster bolt throw for a second shot. Gven how many rebuilt M14's are now in circulation and the fact Knight's is selling every Mk.11 it can make to the DoD, I think this might be a last hurrah for the bolt gun crowd.

"I think my targets would appreciate the subtle, ironic reference, except that they would be dead and everything."

Not to worry Ace, by the time they were within range of your marksmanship they could read the fucking stock.

T-Shirt of a sniper friend of mine
"Long Distance - the Next Best Thing to Being There"

I'd like to see snipers shoot smiley-faces into their targets - sort of like Mel Gibson at the pistol range in "Lethal Weapon"

Sure, 'one shot, one kill' is a sniper's goal.

But if the sniper has the time, ammo, and is going to be changing his position anyway, I think 'ten shots, interesting decorative shot pattern' would offer a tremendous psychological advantage.

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To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the sniper, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.