OT Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq

[ripcityboy]

Canadian Snipers.... what's their tag line. "You picked the wrong day to be sorry, eh?"

 

[Chris Craig]

Wait the US is 5th...unacceptable

 

[Chris Craig]

Incredible, that is over 2 miles!!

I didn't know a bullet could go 2 miles...damn

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I didn't know a bullet could go 2 miles...damn

In outer space they'll go forever.

 

[oldfisherman]

I didn't know a bullet could go 2 miles...damn

The military M16 fires the 5.56 mm bullet on the left. It is not a long range round, and makes a small hole. I do not like this bullet our military uses.

The 50 mm bullet on the right is the size that was used to make the record breaking shot. It has a much longer range, and makes a much bigger hole. I love this bullet.

 

[riverman]

In outer space they'll go forever.

or until they hit something like space junk or a planet

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

That diagram really puts it in perspective. I was gonna post it if nobody else did. Just crazy. At two miles you're basically lobbing a bullet.

They need to practice lobbing them at this bitch.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/authorities-texas-mom-left-kids-hot-car-punishment-48254674

 

[MarAzul]

The military M16 fires the 5.56 mm bullet on the left. It is not a long range round, and makes a small hole. I do not like this bullet our military uses.

The 50 mm bullet on the right is the size that was used to make the record breaking shot. It has a much longer range, and makes a much bigger hole. I love this bullet.

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Yeah, the 5.56 is for using up a lot of them. I kind of prefer one and done. The .50 is too damn big without wheels, tracks, or a boat under it. The .338 will do, it's good for 2000 yards, although I have never tried to use it beyond 1000. I sold my, soon after the last time the scope bashed my eyebrow. The same scope doesn't work right with both 200gr and 300gr rounds. Yeah it was a .300 that got me.

 

[julius]

I bet it hurt upon impact.

 

[MarAzul]

I bet it hurt upon impact.

Yes, I left the full description to the imagination.

 

[oldfisherman]

Yeah, the 5.56 is for using up a lot of them. I kind of prefer one and done. The .50 is too damn big without wheels, tracks, or a boat under it. The .338 will do, it's good for 2000 yards, although I have never tried to use it beyond 1000. I sold my, soon after the last time the scope bashed my eyebrow. The same scope doesn't work right with both 200gr and 300gr rounds. Yeah it was a .300 that got me.

The M16 firing the 5.56 round is a spray a pray weapon. Throw out a bunch of lead and pray you hit something a bunch of times to knock it down.

There are a lot of good rounds, but yeah the 50 caliber is overkill, unless you are hunting bulldozers.

I know it is not the absolute best round, but I stay with the 30.06. It is a one and done round, with lots of powder and projectile options, available everywhere.

Every time I consider upgrading my 30.06 to a flatter shooting round, the small improvement does not come into play until very long distance. My eyes are not as good as they used to be, and I have no plans to shoot over 300 yards anymore. It put an elk and a deer in my freezer last fall.

 

[MarAzul]

It put an elk and a deer in my freezer last fall.

Hey! That will work. I think I will wait for some one to bring me some, otherwise the butcher shop will do. If I have to do my own then I probably get out the old .308 99 Savage I have had for sixty two years now.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Syrian sniper vs Isis sniper.



She's pretty calm about that.

"Haha! My head was almost removed from this plane of existence. Hehehe"

 

[speeds]

Bright blue is great camo. Might as well wear an LED strip on her forehead.