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2006-01-02 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2006-01-02 12:06|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If Hollywood made a movie about guys like this they maybe able to get their number out of the trash can. But I guess they are more worried about important things of the day like gay cowboys emotianal 60' gorillas and comic book heroes of bygon past and of course the occational rewriting of history.

Posted by C-Low 2006-01-02 13:10|| 2006-01-02 13:10|| Front Page Top

#2 said Staff Sgt Gilliland, 28, who hunted squirrels in Double Springs, Alabama from the age of five

I won't say "Routine Shot" but remember us Rednecks been shootin for enough time to get really, really good at it.

Good shot, do it again.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-02 13:40|| 2006-01-02 13:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Minor nit to pick,
.308 is .30 caliber, 7.62 is .311-.312
Not quite the same. (Yes it does make a difference)

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-02 13:47|| 2006-01-02 13:47|| Front Page Top

#4 I love sniper stories. Something about prcision killing that excites me. It's like training, practice, preparation, honed skill, and chance crossing in a nano-second. It's like a game of tag being played on an airport sized school yard. TAG, you're it.
It's the poetry of the second amendment.

Posted by wxjames 2006-01-02 14:17|| 2006-01-02 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Redneck Jim,

.308 Winchester is the same as 7.62 NATO. The 7.62 NATO rounds and all FMJ (full metal jacket). If you load with .308 Winchester, you have your choice of hunting bullets with superior stopping power. Think of little holes going in and big exit wounds. The AK47 fires 7.62X39, the same diameter bullet backed by a shorter cartridge with less powder.

The same confusion exists when .38 rounds are fired in a .357 magnum, or that .38ACP pistol round is sometimes called 9mm Kurz (short).

Posted by usmc6743 2006-01-02 15:54|| 2006-01-02 15:54|| Front Page Top

#6 55-65? No problem sarge, excellent work, don't stop till you get to 1,000,000 or so. Unlike Alabama squirrels, there isn't any daily limit on these pieces of kak. Be careful soldier, they'll have a bounty on your head by now.

Posted by LarryTheCableGuy 2006-01-02 16:53|| 2006-01-02 16:53|| Front Page Top

#7 If Hollywood were to make this movie, it would be all about the soul-crushing guilt that ruined the snipers for the rest of their lives -- think of how Spielberg played it in Munich. I'll stick with the truth, if you don't mind.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-02 18:55|| 2006-01-02 18:55|| Front Page Top

#8 So you're saying Munich stinks? Darn, I was planning to see it.

Posted by Rafael 2006-01-02 20:42|| 2006-01-02 20:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Just like they ruined Saving Private Ryan by having a scene with a coward pissing in his pants while his countryman was being stabbed with a bayonette. Why do they do this, you ask ?
So that they can pretend that even in the real world, little gay fag boys like the Hollywood elite can participate, can make a difference, can play some vital role. Fortunately, there were no such assholes in Band of Brothers.

Posted by wxjames 2006-01-02 21:09|| 2006-01-02 21:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Thank God for men like him.

And piss on the islamo-pig"s grave.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-01-02 21:11|| 2006-01-02 21:11|| Front Page Top

#11 there's a good book out on a US sniper in Iraq: "Shooter" - I read it and my boys have as well

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-02 21:26|| 2006-01-02 21:26|| Front Page Top

#12 USNC, I reload, I know about bullet sizes and powder charges, thanks anyway.

I use Sierra and Hornady mostly.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-01-02 22:42|| 2006-01-02 22:42|| Front Page Top

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