Nice shot!
 

http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn20...256F7D006744CD

I used to shoot targets at 1,000 yds with a 7.62 quite regularly (not people though obviously ;) ) still, not a bad shot for an American! :D ;)

what? you mean americans actually shoot people other than their own side?

I cant believe they are being awarded for something like that... strange if you ask me

The first bit reads like a Mills & Boon for gun freaks! :eek: They'll be knocking one out over that :rolleyes:

hes been credited with it...not got a prize!

and its his job so no different to any other...he's done it very well so his own industry is selling "look, this was good work"

T

lol.. surely getting credit for killing someone from long range is the prize ;)

The yanks do get it right every now and again. Firing a sniper rifle is one of the coolest things I've ever done, but again only at targets. It does seem a bit bizarre when it's for real.

The site doesn't seem to be responding now:

I think we just broke the US Marine Corps' web site! :o

:D

Edit: no, it's back but running dog-slow! :D

Oops. you've taken it out ajm.

You gotta love sniper rifles :D

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/...2%5Dsniper.jpg

https://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static...3%5Dbarret.jpg

God damn h4xx0r campers !

My father was a 'sharpshooter' when he was in the army; he used, I believe, to regularly qualify on targets at out to 1700+ yards using a .303 No.4 and later a .308 Winchester (7.62 Nato) conversion No.4.....

Simon

Thats a big rifle; but .50 calibre rifles are inherantly innacurate in use because there isnt an 'match' .50 ammunition available; its the same stuff that gets loaded onto belts/into tins for heavy machine guns.

Now I can see why so many were killed in friendly fire:

''...squeezed a few pounds of pressure to the delicate trigger of the M40A3[/b]

where's luke and his PSG1 when you need him :D

Bit big
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...hy/PLR1135.jpg

is that you jamie?

if so you have an impressive weapon :D

Pah.........x20 scope!

Do the same distance with iron sights and I'll agree him being a good shot!:)

Probably couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo without it........

Yeah, that was kind of my point, 1,000 yds is nothing special on a target range, and this is using aperture rear sites!

Funnily enough, I used to shoot the good old 7.62 Enfield no.4 at school. It was amazingly accurate for such a simple piece of engineering! :cool:

Never had a chance to shoot the original .303 unfortunately, but a lot of the old timers said they preferred it....

Nah wish it was me ;)

I think thats way out of date, IIRC the record is over 2000 yrds at the mo, set with a Barrett .50 in Afganistan. A sniper hit a target at over 1900 yrds during Gulf war 1.

my grandad reckoned he could shoot the light bulbs out of german sentry boxes at 3000 yds with his bren gun - I didn't believe him when I was 10, even less so now :)

as far as i'm aware (corect me if i'm wrong), the barreta 82 had the longest confirmed kill? at something that was measured in miles?

damn beat to the trigger lol

Is that a Beretta/Barret handgun/rifle hybrid? ;)

Apparently the conversion piece used to fly out with the spent case if you cycled the bolt too enthuiastically..... I believe that accurised No.4's were used for a long time after the Bristish army adopted the .308 round, Im not sure hed take to being called an old timer just yet.

lol, .50 sniper rifle as put in a previouse post

Remember back in 56 - 57 hitting a couple of cows @ about 5 miles with a 25 pounder !!!!!!

For the record, the .50 cal rifle (cannon?) is now legal to buy in the US again (according to the 60 Minutes programme). The only restrictions are on armour piercing, explosive and/or incendary rounds (ordinary armour piercing rounds are fine thank goodness). Quite what a sports shooter/hunter would need with a .50 cal is beyond me...

As for the record kill distance, maybe the operative word here is "confirmed"?

For the coveted prize; the Elk in Second Chance body armour.....

seems odd, if you can see em' to drop the crosshairs on them you should be able to see the space where thier head used to be?