| From: | Dave Post caelric@****.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | I'm Back...and I have questions... |
| Date: | Thu, 11 Mar 1999 18:44:08 -0800 |
>"Paul J. Adam" <Paul@********.demon.co.uk>
>> >Well, no. Carlos Hathcock, arguably the greatest sniper ever, and
>> Scoped Browning M2HB heavy machine gun. The use of the M2 in single
>
> And what so many people fail to mention (or realiase, becuase
>thier source doesn't mention it) is that it took two or three shots to
>hit the kid, who had sufficent time to remove a rifle and magazine
>from a cargo bundle on bike, get the magazine in, and IIRC get off
>a couple shots.
> I also think that it may have been 1200m, not 2000m. (I don't
>have his bio handy right now.) Still, a mile is damn impressive
>shooting. Hitting a smallish human at that range, after three
>rounds over a couple seconds, is nothing to sneeze at.
>
> Sick of hearing people talk about thier thousand yard shots,
>without bothering to tell us how many times they missed and thier
>time between shots--
>
>Kevin Dole /:|
>kdole@***.vsc.edu
Actually, the shot was 2500 meters, which is the current record. About the
number of shots, I am relatively sure it was the first shot, although I may
be wrong on this. However, the 2500 meters, I'm pretty durn sure about.
dave
