New sniper record

[hammer]

It will also kill someone without hitting them.

This is a popular myth, but I can find only anecdotal evidence (so far) to refute it. OTOH, there is no evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, which supports it.

[Swoop]

It will also kill someone without hitting them.

Only if it hits a brick in the wall behind which they're standing.....the brick then kills them.

[Bodhi]

I own an Armalite .50 with some very nice optics on it.  It has some very serious range.   That said, I am buying a Barret in .416 because of recommendations from a friend who is an operator that uses that weapon now as opposed to the .50.

[JunkyII]

This is a popular myth, but I can find only anecdotal evidence (so far) to refute it. OTOH, there is no evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, which supports it.

Im just using what my NCOs have told me, my sqaud leader said he had a problem with the timing on his M2 one time.....shot 1 round at an enemy(of course before the 50cal was banned from use against Infantry) and a limb flew off. Maybe a lucky shot, but not likely....he was going to aim with tracers.

[BowHTR]

Actually.............................your kinda wrong and Flench is kinda right.....


I forget its M-whateverorsuch but the Barretts 50 cal round is our best bullet as far as ballistics go.

It will also kill someone without hitting them.

 

he didnt say best round. he just stated that the .308 (7.62) is a round used by snipers in the military/police. which is true.

[NOT]

he didnt say best round. he just stated that the .308 (7.62) is a round used by snipers in the military/police. which is true.

yep...

[rogwar]

(of course before the 50cal was banned from use against Infantry)

really? seriously?

[JunkyII]

he didnt say best round. he just stated that the .308 (7.62) is a round used by snipers in the military/police. which is true.

misread, nobody is perfect.......btw your avatar

[Curlew]

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[Plawranc]

Damn. I thought the Marine snipers were good.

This guy takes it to a WHOLE new level.

[Penguin]

Really, the .50 cal was banned, hmm, then I suppose m1a1's story about how is gunner blew a raghead's brain out isn't true.

-Penguin

[Die Hard]

Under the St. Petersburg Declaration of 1868 the use of explosive projectiles with a weight of under 400 grams and incendiary ammunition against personnel is forbidden. .50 cal ball ammo is not illegal to use against personnel.

[JunkyII]

The M2 is a anti vecihcle weapon, a 50 cal round is over kill...thats why we got those new miniguns and 240s on top Humvees, and MRAPs now.

[Spikes]

The M2 is a anti vecihcle weapon, a 50 cal round is over kill...thats why we got those new miniguns and 240s on top Humvees, and MRAPs now.

Meh...overkill or not, the guy's gonna go down...don't see why people want to act 'nice' about killing.

[68ZooM]

Nothing instills fear in the Enemy more than watching one of your Comrades Head bust open like a Zit on prom nite and not know where it came from, there not so liable to poke there heads out, The 50 is a powerful fire platform, and so are the others hands down, it just comes to personal preference's, Now didn't the 50 come with rounds that could penetrate Concrete block walls then exploded in the Inside of the room?  i think i seen it on Future Weapons, as far as the Mini-guns on the Humvees, its about time, those will throw the lead