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Canadian sniper sets world record with 2.2-mile pickoff of ISIS fighter
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| Michael Obel
Posted on 08/14/2017 10:19:31 PM PDT by Strac6
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This sniper probably used to fill his deer permit without ever leaving the balcony of his downtown Toronto apartment, eh!
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posted on
08/14/2017 10:19:31 PM PDT
by
Strac6
To: Strac6
LOL, and he got his ISIS head without having to even smell him.
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posted on
08/14/2017 10:23:07 PM PDT
by
Joe Miner
To: Strac6
Gosh, those Canadians can shoot! Is he as good as Kris Kyle?
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posted on
08/14/2017 10:24:20 PM PDT
by
Lopeover
(The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
To: Strac6
He used a rifle and scope that cost about the price of a Cadillac. He had a spotter of extreme skill and perhaps a bit of gods hand in guiding the bullet.
Good shooting Mr. Canuck.
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posted on
08/14/2017 10:30:55 PM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud-man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist, CONSTITUTION WORTH DYING FOR!)
To: Strac6
Wonder if they ever heard the report of the rifle?
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posted on
08/14/2017 10:40:29 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Strac6
So many factors come into play at that distance, variable wind speeds and directions, the up or down angle of the shot, the rotation of the earth, the bullets spin drift, the air pressure, air temperature, the temperature of your gun powde, humidity, lot to lot inconsistencies in your gun powder, cases, bullets, primers, etc, a clean bore vs a fouled bore. Everything matters at that distance.
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posted on
08/14/2017 10:47:12 PM PDT
by
RC one
(The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
To: Strac6
I wonder how far the shots were that killed folks at the University of Texas in 1966? Not just in length but factoring the distance downward from the Tower? He was picking off people that were literally blocks away.
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posted on
08/14/2017 10:50:45 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
To: Strac6
He fired 312 inches up and 37 inches left?
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posted on
08/14/2017 11:55:58 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Strac6
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posted on
08/15/2017 12:09:10 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: Vendome
37.26 inches left. Dummy.
;^)
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posted on
08/15/2017 12:12:28 AM PDT
by
Gargantua
(Just a spoonful of sugar, or a digerridoo! ;^)
To: Gargantua
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posted on
08/15/2017 12:31:28 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Strac6
This was posted several times a month or so ago.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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posted on
08/15/2017 12:34:09 AM PDT
by
sargon
("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
To: Vendome
LOL! I was hoping you’d know I was kidding.
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posted on
08/15/2017 12:36:34 AM PDT
by
Gargantua
(Just a spoonful of sugar, or a digerridoo! ;^)
Redcoat. So Canada has decided to remind us.
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posted on
08/15/2017 12:39:57 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: sargon
Yep. Old news. I guess the Canadians just wanted to rub it in again if they are reprinting this old news.
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posted on
08/15/2017 1:17:55 AM PDT
by
Boomer
(Have RINO republican pols been radicalized somehow?)
To: Lopeover
Different than Kyle. Chris specialized in protecting troops from ambush in urban environments, not so much open country shooting. That said I wouldn’t want to be Chris’s target in any environment. BTW Chris generally used a 300 Win Mag, the Canuck used a 50 cal. Difference between an SUV and a monster truck.
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posted on
08/15/2017 1:22:16 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
To: mad_as_he$$
I’d read that Kyle preferred the .338 Lapua. At least that’s what I remember from his book.
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posted on
08/15/2017 1:28:55 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Vote for your guns!)
To: Strac6
I thought Mark Wahlberg held the record?
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posted on
08/15/2017 1:33:55 AM PDT
by
anton
To: Strac6
Dang! And I was congratulating myself on 4 “hits” in a row, first try, on an old repellent can @ 30 ft., when I tried out my new 4” barrel CO2 BB pistol!
I’m glad this guy (and weapon) are on our side.
(I’ll bet I can’t do it again!!)
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posted on
08/15/2017 1:35:06 AM PDT
by
Paul R.
(I don't want to be energy free, we want to be energy dominant in terms of the world. -D. Trump)
To: RandallFlagg
True he used both during his tours. Not sure about when he used either; there seems to be some confusion regarding the timing. Some of the images claim he is holding his CO’s “300 Win Mag” some claim, including in his book(as I recall), a 338. I think it most likely was the weapons evolved and he changed as one grew on him. I guess a 338 would be like a mud truck and a 50 would still be the monster truck.
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posted on
08/15/2017 1:40:18 AM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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