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BuffaloJack
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy
Joined: 10 Aug 2004
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Location: Buffalo, New York
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 Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:31 pm Post subject: Sniper celebrates with cigar after killing Taliban officer |
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| Quote: | Sniper celebrates with cigar after killing Taliban officer
JUDE SHEERIN
A ROYAL Marine sniper from Edinburgh has described marking his first kill with a cigar after "slotting" a Taliban commander from more than 1000 metres.
British troops fighting in southern Afghanistan are embroiled in some of the most intense combat involving UK forces since the Second World War.
Meanwhile, Nato-led troops and Afghan police killed two suspected Taliban militants and detained four others in the latest round of fighting, a police official said today.
Crackshot Royal Marine (45 Commando) sniper Dallas Turner, 27, was among the soldiers who described their dramatic stories in their own words.
He said: "We were down in Garmsir [southern Helmand] on December 21 and we were in full view of the Taliban front line.
"They were firing at us all day but we could see only their heads pop up from time to time moving about their positions.
"They were hiding in abandoned compounds in the suburbs. I fired three rounds from an Afghan National Police sangar [sentry post] but I didn't hit anyone.
"The next day they [the Taliban] were back at the same position and one walked into view from behind a wall.
"He was just standing there. It was beautiful. He was only exposed a few seconds.
"I didn't need to adjust my rifle sights as they were set right from the previous day.
"Just like in training, I breathed slowly, inhaled and pulled the trigger.
"The 338 calibre bullet travels at about 800 metres a second so it would have taken just over a second to reach him.
"He was hit full in the upper chest. It took him a couple of seconds to drop but I knew he was slotted [dead].
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http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=39472007
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Bravo Zulu, Marine.
Excellent shot.
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redleg2
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| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. Well done marine. |
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Snipe
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Joined: 03 Jun 2004
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Location: Peoria, Illinois
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arkadyfolkner
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Joined: 12 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:20 am Post subject: |
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The weapon used was an Accuracy International L115A1 in .338 Lapua Magnum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L115A1
give our boys something chambered for this scary beast! |
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Deuce
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Joined: 19 Mar 2005
Posts: 589
Location: FL
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| Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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yep...given its 0.5 MOA, oughta be a good carry.
and it's only 15 lb to boot...beats humping a .50 cal!
and the rest of us can get it in .300 Win Magnum!
That was a good find Arky....
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tony54
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Joined: 01 Sep 2004
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Location: cleveland, ohio
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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I have a Browning Stainless Stalker in 300 win-mag.
With a 3x-9x leopold scope. I got it sighted in at 200 yds,
hits +- 2" low at 300 yards, +- 1" high at 100 yds.
300 yards is plenty in Ohio. "If I can see it I can hit it" without readjusting for distance.
There is nothing you can hunt in Ohio that raquires that much power.
But like the old saying goes:
"The second amendment is not about hunting ducks!" |
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Snipe
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Joined: 03 Jun 2004
Posts: 574
Location: Peoria, Illinois
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I have a good old M1 Garand hanging on the wall of my den. It might not be elegant, but it's been rebarreled and tweeked and will shoot into a minute of angle whenever I can manage to hold it there. I think that I'll go back to shooting monthly DMC matchs. I've been neglecting it for the last couple of years.
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