270 sniper rifle?

So I'm not in the military nor have I been. However I had someone tell me they had a friend who was ranger and was a sniper and he had an issued .270 sniper. Now I'm calling bull crap but I don't know.


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I had a friend tell me the same thing at one point though I have no idea either if it really happened.

also 243. Which i have a moderate amount of LC , FC NM and Match

This is just a guess but I would imagine that some snipers can choose what they shoot?

I think some hunting rifles were used in Vietnam. My dad was part of a program that used nuclear weapons in space to knockout Russian spy satellites. You don't hear much about it either. You can google "270 sniper rifle Vietnam" and get some references to SEAL team use. I wasn't there, so I can't really say.

I would be interested in the when and where questions. Was this one day of training during WWII? Was this '06 Afghanistan? I hesitate to call BS without knowing context.

It's gonna be recent like past 10 years


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Unlikely. I could maybe see Vietnam, where they were grabbing rifles off the shelves at AAFES, but recently? No.

I did offer to provide overwatch for the clean up crews on the Exxon Valdez oil spill, I was in the navy and had my Rem 700 in 7mm Mag in the ships armory.