Yo, gun experts!
The media is beginning to talk about how the car was specially fitted out so the sniper could lie prone with the trunk lid shut and fire through a hole in the metal of the car.
It has been a while since I fired an M-1, but it just seems to me that a round fired in such a confined space would cause an awful lot of noise, shock and recoil.
Any comments? Is such a set up plausable?
Shooting through a hole in the trunk is wierd; what's the capture ratio from 20inches back from the opening for a person prone inside the trunk to see and identify a target?
An M-1 is a totally different animal. One shot out of a .223 semi-auto while inside the trunk of a car would not be all that uncomfortable...especially if you had an agenda and thats what you wanted to do. If the muzzle was protruding ever so slightly out of the trunk the muzzle blast would be minimal, and the recoil is so light that the MTV generation can cope with it on the battlefield.
I definatly wouldnt want to touch off an M-1 while inside a closed trunk! OUCH!!