"A sniper with Canada's elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a staggering distance of 3,540 metres."
The McMillan Tac-50sniper rifle is produced in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States by McMillan Firearms Manufacturing. This long-range anti-materiel/anti-personnel weapon is based on previous designs from the same company, which first appeared during the late 1980s. McMillan makes several versions of .50 caliber rifles, based on the same proprietary action, for military, law enforcement and civilian use.
Anti-gunners like to talk about "powerful assault weapons" or "high powered rifles" like the AR's and AK's.
The ones to the right are the "assault weapon" cartridges, the middle ones are common hunting rounds, and the far left is the 50 BMG used in the sniper rifle:
From the radio report I heard, they were observing an Iraqi military operation and saw insurgents setting up an ambush. Couldn't get through to the Iraqis on the radio so he started firing at the insurgents trying to break up the ambush and warn the Iraqis. Doesn't say how many shots he fired but apparently it worked
Lets not forget that the military is developing longer range smart sniper rounds that use microelectronics to produce a miniature cruise missile type projectile.
That is exactly right. Anything that the public knows about is old news and there is something else better then what the public knows being tested already
Yes the smart rounds have been around for about a decade, however from some articles I have read, the effective range is almost 3 times what it was initially. If they are developed much more, not only could almost anyone be a sniper, the round could almost travel from one zip code to another.
That Canadian's shot was impressive , but soon marksmanship in the military may not hold as much meaning as it has to date.
An interesting side note that my gun dealer / gunsmith pointed out to me as I was looking at a .50 bolt action single shot rifle he had on display in his store was that in the American Revolution, the snipers of the period used black powder single shot rifles often in .50 caland today our snipers still often employ single shot bolt action .50 cal weapons as he has on display.
Anti-gunners like to talk about "powerful assault weapons" or "high powered rifles" like the AR's and AK's.
The ones to the right are the "assault weapon" cartridges, the middle ones are common hunting rounds, and the far left is the 50 BMG used in the sniper rifle:
Actually he used a system the Russian 7.62x54 was set up for.
If you have one of those from pre WW1 you will see they are graduated out to 10,000 angstroms , about 5000 yards or 3 miles.
They wouldn't knock a button off a shirt at those ranges with iron sights. But with a plattoon of men shooting at something moving at horse speeds they had plenty of time to disrupt things.
BFF you seem to have mixed a picture from another location with a label from the wiki ..50 bmg picture.
I suspect you are not seeing it the same way the rest of us are.
BFF you seem to have mixed a picture from another location with a label from the wiki ..50 bmg picture.
I suspect you are not seeing it the same way the rest of us are.
That's because you're looking at the wrong picture.
The pictures and captions aren't "mixed".
One picture was visible and the other was a link.
The only picture with labels was the one at the link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rifle_cartridge_comparison.jpg
WIKI often doesn't allow pictures to be posted to other sites so a link is the best one can get sometimes
Go back and look at the post.
A box followed by "IMG" or a box with an "X" indicates there was supposed to be another picture that didn't show. The caption and the link is for that picture.
Everything in the post means something.
In this case it means you assumed things without clicking the link.
Where does it say a synopsis is required? Don't be lazy, click the link. At first I thought the same thing and then....I clicked the "x" and low and behold the correct photo. No synopsis required!
Either way it was a great shot that he himself probably would have a hard time doing again. Shooting past 300 is hard enough for many let alone a 1000. Yes there is skill involved and a lot of it but probably more luck than anything.
He's referring to the general rule that when posting a link to an article, one should not copy and paste the entire thing, but rather only a paragraph or two to let people know what to expect.
When the link ends in ".jpg" it should be obvious a picture is worth 1000 words, and the caption I posted serves as a "synopsis".
Some just want to argue even when they have to invent a reason.
Where does it say a synopsis is required? Don't be lazy, click the link. At first I thought the same thing and then....I clicked the "x" and low and behold the correct photo. No synopsis required!
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It's not a matter of lazy some computer stations won't allow links to work.
It's a security rule I think.
And some are on dial up or limited data so it's a hardship.
It's not a matter of lazy some computer stations won't allow links to work.
It's a security rule I think.
And some are on dial up or limited data so it's a hardship.
Ya gotta try walking a mile in the other guys shoes.
When a dial up connection is slow some things just are not worth the waiting for.
And of course you could just follow the rules and treat people with respect
Others time out before loading.
Ya gotta try walking a mile in the other guys shoes.
When a dial up connection is slow some things just are not worth the waiting for. And of course you could just follow the rulesand treat people with respect
Others time out before loading.
I know all about slow dial up since that's what I have.
WIKI is one of the few things that generally always opens quickly, which is why I often use it.
You're still trying to blame me for your own mistake.
The rule is due to copyrights, not "viruses" or "data"
How would a synopsis help with viruses or data usage?
If it were what you say, the rule would be "no pictures".
There is no "synopsis" for a picture.
There was a caption though.
The rule is about "articles".
It's not my fault you're afraid to look at information to educate yourself.
I think you did look after your mistake though, because you said there was an article and a picture, which you couldn't have been sure of without looking.
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