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Help the Marine Corps decide on a new caliber for their sniper rifles
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<blockquote data-quote="Marine sniper" data-source="post: 426837" data-attributes="member: 4768"><p>I agree it would be nice to be able to have multiple rifles availible to snipers. I like the idea of a semi auto 308 in a 20 in barrel version; light, accurate, easily concealable, etc.</p><p></p><p>I am not a fan of 50's for much more than defensive positions. They are not nearly as accurate as a good medium caliber sniper rifle, they have a tremendous muzzle blast and are heavy and big. If I were tasked with extreme long range shots on people and not equipment (radar dishes, grounded airplanes, etc) I would much prefer a 338. The 408 Cheytac and various .375's are also excellent extreme range rounds. </p><p></p><p>The 50 was good when we had nothing else, but it is antiquated.</p><p></p><p>Fwiw, Dave Tooley is building me a 338 Yogi for some extra long range work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marine sniper, post: 426837, member: 4768"] I agree it would be nice to be able to have multiple rifles availible to snipers. I like the idea of a semi auto 308 in a 20 in barrel version; light, accurate, easily concealable, etc. I am not a fan of 50's for much more than defensive positions. They are not nearly as accurate as a good medium caliber sniper rifle, they have a tremendous muzzle blast and are heavy and big. If I were tasked with extreme long range shots on people and not equipment (radar dishes, grounded airplanes, etc) I would much prefer a 338. The 408 Cheytac and various .375's are also excellent extreme range rounds. The 50 was good when we had nothing else, but it is antiquated. Fwiw, Dave Tooley is building me a 338 Yogi for some extra long range work. [/QUOTE]
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