Boom! Headshot!

[Chunkee]

How about this feller here, sniping with an old school rifle, in the freezing cold, with no scope....HARD CORE!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

 

[Iron Woode]

Some of the best snipers in the world are Canadian.

Canadian soldier Corporal Rob Furlong, formerly of the PPCLI (Operation Anaconda, Afghanistan) - holds the record for the longest-ever recorded and confirmed sniper kill at 2,430 meters (1.509 miles) using a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) McMillan TAC-50 rifle.

 

[TheVrolok]

Woulda been more impressive if he no-scoped it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ha nice! Another afghan totally pwned. This is what they are fighting for. Kill more, just keep going! KILL KILL KILL!!!

Ok, that's enough.

KILL!!!

 

[marvdmartian]

Originally posted by: Train
I'm asuming this is a .306 round?

I'm unfamiliar with the Mk-13, all the snipers I knew used M40's IIRC

But even with a .306, this is an impressive shot. Afghanistan is friendly to snipers, nice dry, cool, clear air helps visibility

I did a quick search, and Wikipedia says that rifle comes in 2 flavors; .300 or 50-caliber.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Ha nice! Another afghan totally pwned. This is what they are fighting for. Kill more, just keep going! KILL KILL KILL!!!

Ok, that's enough.

KILL!!!

Tasty kool-aide?

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: Train
I'm asuming this is a .306 round?

I'm unfamiliar with the Mk-13, all the snipers I knew used M40's IIRC

But even with a .306, this is an impressive shot. Afghanistan is friendly to snipers, nice dry, cool, clear air helps visibility

I did a quick search, and Wikipedia says that rifle comes in 2 flavors; .300 or 50-caliber.

A quick search also shows that the Mk-13 is simply a modded M40.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Some of the best snipers in the world are Canadian.

Canadian soldier Corporal Rob Furlong, formerly of the PPCLI (Operation Anaconda, Afghanistan) - holds the record for the longest-ever recorded and confirmed sniper kill at 2,430 meters (1.509 miles) using a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) McMillan TAC-50 rifle.

Sick.

 

[ixelion]

No fair he was using an awp.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: rudder
Excellent work. Cost of one round... maybe $1... cost of a hellfire missile fired from a drone... $70,000. We should all pitch in and send these guys a keg for saving the U.S. taxpayer so much money.

Yep....wars are always good for saving money

 

[ryan256]

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Every Marine that graduates the USMC Scout Sniper School is required to effectively engage targets at 1000 yards with the M40 sniper rifle prior to graduating.

"Effectively engage"
Does that mean strike center mass? Would a shoulder or leg hit count?

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: rudder
Excellent work. Cost of one round... maybe $1... cost of a hellfire missile fired from a drone... $70,000. We should all pitch in and send these guys a keg for saving the U.S. taxpayer so much money.

Hardly, to make that shot he would have been using match grade ammo. The Mk 13 is a .300WinMag Good ammo for that is going to be $3-$5 a shoot. Still much cheaper than a hellfire that's for sure.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: dartworth
Carlos Hathcock > *

Chuck Mawhinney > Carlos Hathcock

By at least an order of magnutide

Adelbert Waldron>*
Adelbert has the most confirmed kills of any US sniper.
At least the guys in Nam didn't have aimbots.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: ryan256

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Every Marine that graduates the USMC Scout Sniper School is required to effectively engage targets at 1000 yards with the M40 sniper rifle prior to graduating.

"Effectively engage"
Does that mean strike center mass? Would a shoulder or leg hit count?

The intent of a sniper is to put the target down to where it can not be a threat in the short term and hopefully never in the long term.

A limb would not prevent a return shot

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: Train
I'm asuming this is a .306 round?

I'm unfamiliar with the Mk-13, all the snipers I knew used M40's IIRC

But even with a .306, this is an impressive shot. Afghanistan is friendly to snipers, nice dry, cool, clear air helps visibility

I did a quick search, and Wikipedia says that rifle comes in 2 flavors; .300 or 50-caliber.

If its listed as 1200 meter range, then I'm guessing its the .300 variety.

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: Train

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: dartworth
Carlos Hathcock > *

Chuck Mawhinney > Carlos Hathcock

By at least an order of magnutide

103 confirmed kills to 93 is hardly a large margin. Quality is way more important than quantity when it comes to sniping.

Hathcock scored hella points for taking out a General. in the NVA 1 general was worth about a million regulars. Did Mawhinney take out any high value targets?

Chuck is a neighbor of mine, and I went to high school with his kids, so I can always ask him about it.

He talks about Carlos being a huge attention whore though when asked about it. No one even knew (including us) about Chucks record until that book came out and the history channel came to our town to interview him.

While I appreciate a humble Chuck, that doesnt make him the better sniper.

Hathcock was known more for what he did after the war, had he just gone back to a quiet civilian life he'd probably be more like Chuck.

Hathcock is often referred to as the guy who "wrote the book" on Marine sniper program. Before him, snipers were just grunts who were identified as awesome shooters (similar to the "desingated marksmen" the corps has today). After him, there was an entire doctrine and school put in place to train them up in this specialty. Hathcock can be credited with passing down all his knowledge to create a whole generation of snipers that may have not even existed.

 

[schmedy]

Originally posted by: Train

Originally posted by: marvdmartian

Originally posted by: Train
I'm asuming this is a .306 round?

I'm unfamiliar with the Mk-13, all the snipers I knew used M40's IIRC

But even with a .306, this is an impressive shot. Afghanistan is friendly to snipers, nice dry, cool, clear air helps visibility

I did a quick search, and Wikipedia says that rifle comes in 2 flavors; .300 or 50-caliber.

If its listed as 1200 meter range, then I'm guessing its the .300 variety.

Actually comes in a few, .300wm, .308, .338 lapua, the .50 was like a MK-15, and I think there was a MK-12 in .223, this was some DOD site, I will get the link if you want.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Train

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: dartworth
Carlos Hathcock > *

Chuck Mawhinney > Carlos Hathcock

By at least an order of magnutide

103 confirmed kills to 93 is hardly a large margin. Quality is way more important than quantity when it comes to sniping.

Hathcock scored hella points for taking out a General. in the NVA 1 general was worth about a million regulars. Did Mawhinney take out any high value targets?

Over on AR15.com there was a thread the other day about a guy who just got his 120th confirmed kill. Can't remember the rifle, wasn't pertinent. Think he was just a DSM.

I guess after the first few, it's probably no different than bowling pins.

 

[ultimatebob]

Some of the best snipers in the world are Canadian.

Yeah... it did it with American rifle and American ammo, though. And it took him 3 shots make that 1.5 mile kill shot

 

[nerp]

Terrorists win.

 

[Jeeebus]

posting in a necro thread

 

[Gibsons]

If its listed as 1200 meter range, then I'm guessing its the .300 variety.

That's what I would guess too.

any one know if any U.S. branch uses 338 lapua at all?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

How about this feller here, sniping with an old school rifle, in the freezing cold, with no scope....HARD CORE!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4

Damn you I was going to post that...

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Simo Häyhä

Using a standard iron-sighted, bolt action rifle in the Winter War, he has the highest recorded number of confirmed kills in any major war. In temperatures between −20 and −40 degrees Celsius (−4 and −40 degrees Fahrenheit), dressed completely in white camouflage, Häyhä was credited with 505 confirmed kills of Soviet soldiers,and 542 if including the unconfirmed deaths. The unofficial Finnish frontline figure from the battlefield of Kollaa places the number of Häyhä's sniper kills over 800.

 

[JTsyo]

The range on rifles go up in Afghanistan due to the thinner air.