Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 19:53:17 08/01/03
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On August 01, 2003 at 22:51:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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+." I guess I'm disagreeing with "up to 2km". :-) But then, I don't know what a 50 cal. is, and it's not a big deal to me. Dave
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