Five of Chris Kyle's favourite sniper rifles.

From what I understand there were some problems when it first entered service but were later ironed out.
 
One of the biggest problems of the Mk11 was the use of Black Hills Ammunition.

Both are great products, but they don't work well together. Was on course with a guy running the same combination, and had a lot of problems. Half way through he switched to military issue match ammo, and never had another problem.

Some things just don't go together.

Mac
 
Colquhoun said:
Interesting read.....the one thing that stands out for me in the blog was the quote "I want the trigger to surprise me every time" Can't imagine him or any other competent shooter saying that.
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Never shot target rifle before? Surprise is the wrong word, but on aim without a lot of extra effort would be my words.
 
Colquhoun said:
Interesting read.....the one thing that stands out for me in the blog was the quote "I want the trigger to surprise me every time" Can't imagine him or any other competent shooter saying that.
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A high level shooter trains so much that the actual breaking of the shot is done by the sub-conscious. (You tie your shoe laces by letting your sub conscious brain do the commands to your fingers.) In that short period of time after the conscious brains says "Any time now" the sub conscious takes over to fire the perfect shot. This, for example, will be between heart beats.

After the shot, which will come as a surprise to the conscious mind, he would say "Good shot", because everything would have looked perfect at the instant of the shot.
 
I'm shocked this is new to someone. Not knocking anyone but I thought it was really common practice!

I guess I can understand how someone shooting a really heavy bench rest rig with a 1/2 lb trigger doesn't have to wait for the break as long as someone like myself shooting a 2.5lb trigger. I might take 1-2 seconds to slowly apply pressure to the trigger before the shot breaks, depends on conditions.

Something else to consider is that Chris was using factory installed triggers and we all know what those can be like
 
Everyone has preferences. Rob Furlong loves his leupolds, Chris Kyle likes his nightforce, although not confirmed by anyone I am willing to bet a bacon sandwich Craig Harrison likes his Schmidt & Benders.

Same preference can be given to rifles. There are tons of good optics out there other than the aforementioned stuff(no vortex fanboys sit down) same can be said for rifles. Moral of the story tack drivers are expensive, and need good ammo to be tack drivers with good optics and most importantly a GOOD shooter behind the trigger.
 
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