tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post478333516064640771..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: British sniper achieves a "Quigley" in Afghanistan.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-34314868233147729782011-03-14T14:09:52.596-05:002011-03-14T14:09:52.596-05:00PatH: Remains to be seen which side he'd take ...PatH: Remains to be seen which side he'd take - I'm hoping it would be the RIGHT side, but I certainly can see your point!<br /><br />All the more reason for the rest of us to practice and train as much as we can...Dedicated_Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375339835638311982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-31811387903255091912011-03-14T13:51:13.244-05:002011-03-14T13:51:13.244-05:00Ah, Pat? The article _I_ read was about a pair of...Ah, Pat? The article <b>_I_</b> read was about a pair of <b>BRITISH</b> snipers. I see no reason they would be shooting at us.<br /><br />Those boys are <b>SOLDIERS</b>, taking out <b>TALIBAN</b> (you know? <b>REALLY BAD</b> rug huggers?) in a war. <br /><br />While I expect some active duty snipers to dishonor themselves and break their oath to the Constitution, I expect some active duty snipers to HONOR their oath. I also expect there will be a good number of trained snipers who have separated but continue to maintain their skills. I do not consider it at all unreasonable to believe the majority of them will be active on the insurgent side. I was at the range a couple of weeks ago with a former SEAL who had already committed to Oath Keepers. He gave me some good pointers on my FNAR.<br /><br />Fortunately, I cannot SEE a target well enough at 1,200 yards to go for it. I'm going to settle for 400-500 yards. One would hope that would keep it supersonic. <br /><br />And Pat, you're not one of those loonies who would shoot former Active Duty military out of hand, are you? In my book that would make YOU a legitimate target because of your destructive bent.<br /><br />Bad Cyborg XBad Cyborgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-43145031943450351872011-03-14T09:00:21.233-05:002011-03-14T09:00:21.233-05:00Uh, guys, that guy isn't on our side, he's...Uh, guys, that guy isn't on our side, he's a genuine US government serial killer who happens to be operating in Afghanistan, murdering there.<br /><br />He'll be in America, if necessary, killing us without remorse.<br /><br />He is a Lon Horiuchi, a man all should be familiar with, a man who learned his trade in the US army, doing exactly the same thing the thug in this story is doing now.<br /><br />Isn't celebrating the US governments crimes a little beyond the pale?<br /><br />Mike? Mike?Pat H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18297461069687246149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-74990080992485355522011-03-14T07:05:42.841-05:002011-03-14T07:05:42.841-05:00Good work by the guys.
"Hand of allah" ...Good work by the guys.<br /><br />"Hand of allah" smiting the taliban :-)<br /><br />Shame about the errors in the ballistic info given in the review:<br /><br />2,600 fps muzzle vel, is only mach 3 at seriously high altitude!<br /><br />at 1,200 yards, not even a 190 grain match king out of a 7.62 NATO is supersonic, forget all about the 145 to 168 grain military bullets being anything like supersonic at that range, and accuracy drops as a result.<br /><br />Saying that, some of the 200gr plus VLDs are still supersonic at 1,200, which avoids the increased dispersion caused by dropping through the trans-sonic range, Those extra heavy bullets with higher Ballistic Coefficeints also have less wind drift! <br /><br />Check out the long range ballistics article on the Border Barrels website for some very useful background. Apparently the owner has a doctorate in physics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-32340993519451428272011-03-13T21:56:54.196-05:002011-03-13T21:56:54.196-05:00Wow! Glad he's on our side....Wow! Glad he's on our side....Maddawg308noreply@blogger.com