Posted on 08/04/2006 12:15:58 PM PDT by Brit_Guy
How does a country that worries about knife amnesties still produce such great men?
Knife amnesties?
"the Army is creating an elite force of almost 700 snipers"
Smart bullets. We need to beef up also. A stuff animal for every kill.
"Corporal Matt Hughes killed an Iraqi gunman from 900 yards with a “wonder shot” in which he aimed 56ft to the left and 35ft high to allow for wind."
Absolute amateur gun guy question: Is this anywhere near real?
Talk about a force multiplier.
Amazing.
I have trouble hitting the side of a barn with a .40 caliber H&K from 20 yards.
The barn remains unharmed, BTW.
Get some, Tommy Lobster!
yea..as I recall (I may be wrong but the gist is correct), Britain wants to license(?) big knives or ban them all together because they're being used in crimes..
It's real...
When he gets home he won't be trusted to own a gun!
Come to think of it, the British Riflemen wore Dk Green, NOT Red, so he couldn't be called Tommy Lobster; just Tommy!
if any of you haven't seen the sniper video from I believe Afghanistan, freepmail me with your e-mail address and I'll forward it to you..it's freakin amazing..
One shot, one kill. That is amazing!
Good for him. I hope he takes out as many of the islamo facist nazis as he can, one bullet at a time.
The west still produces great men - it's only that the PC noise prevents us from hearing about more. Not to worry tho, such men will appear in greater and greater numbers as the conflict with the Islamic fascism intensifies. I truly believe that the enemy underestimates us. The same left wing propaganda and PC police that drowns out the stories of such skill and bravery is what the Islamists take as our great weakness. Well - I think the left and the Islamists will find out, to their demise, that the Western civilization rose for a particular reason - we don't like to fight wars anymore, but the western world truly raised the concept to heights Islamic world couldn't even conceive.
56 feet left and 35 feet high? I'm not a shooter, but those numbers sound more like he was shooting a longbow than a sniper rifle!
The British. Reaching out and touching people since the days of the Norman archers.
}:-)4
Al-Sadr would make a nice even 40!
Hehehehe... Terrorizing terrorists... I love it!
I believe that it should be inches and not feet.
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