A scoped .308 is an excellent rifle for sniping.
8 Rounds expended. Are there 8 corresponding rifle strikes on the fuel tanks?
Do you know what else is near those fuel tanks? Parking for the General Aviation and Charter side of McCarron International.
I still have a feeling that Paddock was killed almost immediately and that at least 1 other shooter did all the firing. The firing on the crowd was cover for an assassination at the airport.
I have always been puzzled why he shot the fuel tanks. At that range a 308 had little chance of puncturing the tanks. A 50 cal would but even that would have been of little consequence. The fuel tanks would have merely leaked and even using incendiary rounds not exploded. The vapor pressure of the fuel inside of the tanks prevents an explosive mixture. The best that could have been expected was a small fire from leaking fuel. The only way to set those tanks off would have been with an explosive shell. I do not know why he shot those tanks.