Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:33:22 08/02/03
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On August 01, 2003 at 22:53:17, Dave Gomboc wrote: >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 It's a gun that fires the 50-cal BMG (Browning Machine Gun) round, something not much smaller than a coke bottle. Next best long-distance round is the .338 Lapua round, but it is a _long_ way from the BMG round.
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