Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:51:00 08/01/03
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On August 01, 2003 at 19:07:21, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On July 29, 2003 at 00:31:17, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>>Distances they shot at in world war 1 and 2 with sniper rifles must have been a >>>few hundreds of meters. >> >>In WW1 my grandfather was a sniper. He shot at ranges up to 1000 yards. >> >>In WW2 my father was a sniper. He shot at ranges up to 1000 yards. >> >>Today, a neighbor down the street is a sniper. He shoots at ranges up to 1000 >>yards. >> >>_nobody_ shoots a sniper rifle at ranges of "kilometers" today. "kilometer" >>perhaps. With an occasional attempt at up to 2km with a big 50 cal "rifle". > >I have to disagree here. I read in the news back at the time that in the war in >Afghanistan a Canadian military sniper got the world record for a sniper >distance kill. He picked off some al-Qaeda guy from over 2.5 kilometers (over >2700 yards) away. > >Dave What are you disagreeing with. I said "with an occasional attempt at up to 2km with a 50 cal." You just said that. :) It _is_ rare. And no sniper would say "I can produce a 50% kill rate at 2KM+."
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