The MacMillian Rifle discussed in the above story.
MacMillian Rifles webpage
Folks, this thing is hot. I want one.
Posted on 04/23/2002 4:56:01 AM PDT by Clive
OTOH, as you have said, the government has not been so reluctant to allow knighthoods and peerages to be accepted (Conrad Black excepted).
Comparison of the equipment of snipers compared to the rest of the PBI is simply comparing oranges to apples.
Why distinction? What qualifies a distinction recommendation?
But in a nice, friendly, understated Canadian way.
Only on an exceptionally cold morning would a Canadian then cut open the quarry's belly to warm his hands. ;^)
Were we not just talking about this last night?
The Bronze Star is the war-time equivalent of the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM). If you are serving in a combat zone, and someone puts you in for an MSM (for meritorious service between this date, and that date), then what you get will be the Bronze Star.
Again, the Bronze Star is given for meritorious service during a span of time in a combat zone - that's it.
Now, the Bronze Star with "V" Device is an entirely different medal. The "V" stands for Valor, and this medal is given for specific acts, on a specific date, while involved in direct ground combat with an armed enemy of the United States.
The only "exception" is in the U.S. Navy, where (as I understand it) you can get a Bronze Star with what they call a "combat 'V'" if you were actually in combat, but did not necessarily perform a specific valorous deed. [You Navy vets please help me out here - I've never fully understood how your regulation works on this.]
Hope this helps - it's really a pet peeve of mine that all of those generic Bronze Stars floating around out there are looked upon as "hero medals," which they are NOT.
Stay Safe MJ, nice to see ya come up for air now an then........
One con for the McMillan and a pro for the semi-auto Barrett 82A1 series. The barrett has a recoiling barrel and a buffer along with an advanced muzzle break that is analogious of shooting a round of trap/skeet in my experience.
I have fired hundreds if not thousands of rounds (with free goobermint ammo of course :o) per session with the barretts but I lose points off my IQ with that number of rounds with an AMAC/Daisy or other single shot (non-semi auto) without a very good break design.......
Stay Safe !
Not to be nitpicky, but that seems a bit far. Most 10-14x optics would have a tough time resolving a man size target at that range, and I've never heard of anybody practicing at that extreme range to get the range indexing for the scope right. What are the come ups for 2400m?? Or was he just doping!
Just offhand, I think 50BMG would drop about 400-500 inches at that range - about 40ft of elevation adjustment. If the dude really hit a human target at 2400m, he deserves more than a medal. That's not a gimme shot for a tank main gun.
Any of you guys in the 50csa know of a rifle/scope combo that can make hits at 2400m reliably?
While they paint a much bigger target than something at 10-14x, a man is still a very small dot at 2400 meters.
That's a helluva shot under fire.
During the next four days of fighting, the Newfoundland corporal set what is believed to be a record for a long-distance shot under combat conditions, hitting an enemy gunman at a distance of 2,430 metres.
This is not even 1.5 miles. Where did you come up with your 5 miles???
Wow. No comment, just...wow. Just over a mile and a half, while under fire.You mean at a mile and a half someone was firing back at him?
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