SAS sniper annihilates ISIS commander with ONE SHOT from over a mile away with .50 ca
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Did you read article....total B.S
......"One source familiar with the operation said: “The .50 Cal has got a phenomenal range and is very accurate even though it is almost 40 years old.
“It can be fired on single shot. The sniper fitted a special sight to the machine gun and got a spotter to estimate the wind speed......
The sniper field mounted a "special sight" to a 50 BMG machine gun and fired a single round at 1.5 miles.....and made a 1 shot kill???
If it's true I want one of those sights....
......"One source familiar with the operation said: “The .50 Cal has got a phenomenal range and is very accurate even though it is almost 40 years old.
“It can be fired on single shot. The sniper fitted a special sight to the machine gun and got a spotter to estimate the wind speed......
The sniper field mounted a "special sight" to a 50 BMG machine gun and fired a single round at 1.5 miles.....and made a 1 shot kill???
If it's true I want one of those sights....
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The reporter that wrote the article sounds like a complete village idiot. The fail in this is epic. At best,someone might have got a lucky shot with a burst from a .50 cal Browning. The rest of the story sounds like an embellishment over a couple of beers.
The M2 is very accurate on the first shot, an American in Vietnam took a guy out at 2500yds with one.
A one-off fluke....?
A cold bore 1 shot kill with a field mounted optic that wasn't previously zeroed or test fired.
I believe the Vietnam "story" might have some truth to it but he mounted the optic, zeroed the rifle and likely practiced with it?
A cold bore 1 shot kill with a field mounted optic that wasn't previously zeroed or test fired.
I believe the Vietnam "story" might have some truth to it but he mounted the optic, zeroed the rifle and likely practiced with it?
Read up on the Sniper history of the Vietnam war.
Carlos Hathcock II made a confirmed 2500 yard one shot/kill with a M2 .50 cal. on a VC bicycle courier.
He had a Seabee make up a special mount for his scope so he could attach it to the M2.
If you control the trigger right you can fire single shots from the M2.........
Thomas D'Arcy McGee
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In 1967, Hathcock set the record for the longest sniper kill. He used an M2 .50 Cal Browning machine gun mounted with a telescopic sight at a range of 2,500 yd (2,286 m), killing a Vietcong guerrilla.
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That record was broken in 2009 by Cpl. Robert Furlong (PPCLI) in Afghanistan and was eclipsed again by a British Household Cavalry sniper a couple of years later.
They used a heavy machine gun?
Once again not denying it couldn't be done.....the way it was wrote in the article was total bull.
There would have to be some testing and zeroing done.
In the Hathcock story he admitted to test firing the weapon first.
In the article they made it sound like they Mcgivered affixing a sight on spur of moment and took one shot and scored a kill.
There would have to be some testing and zeroing done.
In the Hathcock story he admitted to test firing the weapon first.
In the article they made it sound like they Mcgivered affixing a sight on spur of moment and took one shot and scored a kill.
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M2's have been used extensively for long range sniping......here is the USMC set-up on an M2.
Ehmm no it doesn't its pretty clear in what occurred and one bad guy take out in a garbage bag, SAS best in the world
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Furlong's (3 PPCLI)shot was in 2002, and was 2430m, and "eclipsed" is pretty bold, Craig Harrison, the British sniper beat Furlong's record in 2009 by 45m, so 2475m. Now the current record this held by a Canadian JTF2 sniper who destroyed the old record by killing an insurgent in iraq at 3540m in June 2017, JTF2 best in the world. As for the 1 mile shot with the ma deuce, i don't doubt it happened and it is still pretty impressive and I'm sure alot of the details were omitted in the article.
Lot’s of details are always omitted, it makes for a better story, these “teams” that have took these long kill shots worked their position, had confirmed distances, had took previous shots to confirm zero, some even had teams on the ground that monitored variances in wind conditions for them.
Rob talks about all this in an interview, he talks about how luck plays a part, he talks about having to walk his shots in, says it’s a team effort with his spotter and such. Anyone who thinks you grab a .50 dial the scope and shoot a man size target at 2500yards consistently has never shot that far and doesn’t shoot ELR, watch a bit of king of 2 miles at those teams that have invested huge time and money into the sport, not that easy of a task.
So think of it how you want about best trained this and that, luck plays a huge part in the shot, what these men have over us regular joes for training is they are making these shots fatigued, tiered, thirsty, hot dusty conditions, not being able to have a rest stretch the legs, being in danger of getting shot themselves, huge mental stress, that is what makes them the best of the best, and I would never try to undermine anything they do, but luck does play a part of a one shot long distance kill, their skill just narrows the amount of luck needed.
That being all said, I still enjoy the stories, embellished a bit or not, a brave man from our side takes out a slime ball terorist, what’s not to love about that.
Rob talks about all this in an interview, he talks about how luck plays a part, he talks about having to walk his shots in, says it’s a team effort with his spotter and such. Anyone who thinks you grab a .50 dial the scope and shoot a man size target at 2500yards consistently has never shot that far and doesn’t shoot ELR, watch a bit of king of 2 miles at those teams that have invested huge time and money into the sport, not that easy of a task.
So think of it how you want about best trained this and that, luck plays a huge part in the shot, what these men have over us regular joes for training is they are making these shots fatigued, tiered, thirsty, hot dusty conditions, not being able to have a rest stretch the legs, being in danger of getting shot themselves, huge mental stress, that is what makes them the best of the best, and I would never try to undermine anything they do, but luck does play a part of a one shot long distance kill, their skill just narrows the amount of luck needed.
That being all said, I still enjoy the stories, embellished a bit or not, a brave man from our side takes out a slime ball terorist, what’s not to love about that.
Not to take away anything from Rob Furlong, but Hathcock's record was broken by MCPL Aaron Perry.
CPL Rob Furlong then broke Perry's record the next day IIRC.......Both were PPCLI.
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LOL I'm fairly sure he shouldered a MacMillan TAC 50. Carlos Hathcock's weapon of choice and the one he used when he allegedly did "the kill shot down the enemy scope"
feat was a Winchester M70 .30-06Sprg.
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Thomas D'Arcy McGee
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That myth was busted
The myth was not busted.
The first time Mythbusters did this test they used a modern scope which had more lenses and internal hardware.
After a media backlash they revisted the test and used a period correct scope and determined the shot was plausible......
