British Sniper - 1.5 mile shot(s)?

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Originally Posted by sniper7

shit you guys don't know anything about ballistics, i took down two prairie dogs yesterday at 2.87 kilometers with my ruger 10/22 and a simmons 3-9x40 scope I bought at wal-mart. no-name brand rings were used and it was federal 550 bulk pack ammo.

oh, and they were headshots, and when I pushed the safety over, yes, I did say "SAFETY OFF" quite loudly

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Oh Yeah-apparently you've never heard of "Men Who Stare at Prairie Dogs" I don't even need a gun Bro !!! [Beer]

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Originally Posted by StagLefty

Oh Yeah-apparently you've never heard of "Men Who Stare at Prairie Dogs" I don't even need a gun Bro !!! [Beer]

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[ROFL2][ROFL3][LOL]

good one!

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Originally Posted by cowboykjohnson

well I did that with my Sig mosquito and iron sights... so HA!

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Sissy! I do that with a home made sling shot!

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Originally Posted by jake

He's British, and he probably lives in London. If the Taliban go after him they'll be mugged, happy slapped and stabbed by a bunch of 15 year olds in about half an hour and it will be on youtube half an hour after that :D

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[ROFL1]

Use an ICBM and its not too bad.

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Originally Posted by RussDXT

Use an ICBM and its not too bad.

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Just has to get...

close enough!

[Coffee]

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Originally Posted by cdrissel

Hoser, is that issued ammo?

If so, I'll have to re-run my calculations.

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Yup.

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Originally Posted by sniper7

shit you guys don't know anything about ballistics, i took down two prairie dogs yesterday at 2.87 kilometers with my ruger 10/22 and a simmons 3-9x40 scope I bought at wal-mart. no-name brand rings were used and it was federal 550 bulk pack ammo.

oh, and they were headshots, and when I pushed the safety over, yes, I did say "SAFETY OFF" quite loudly

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I must've bought the wrong 10/22.......

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Originally Posted by sniper7

oh, and they were headshots, and when I pushed the safety over, yes, I did say "SAFETY OFF" quite loudly

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Now that's funny!

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Originally Posted by cdrissel

Question - is there a laser range finder that can measure that distance with less than a 5 yard error?

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http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/lldr/

this one is +/- 5 yds and accureate to 10K m on a stationary hard target, designates and ranges moving targets to 5K m. A bit heavy, but syill carried by FO/TAC-P teams for designating guided munitions.