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Lazz 7.21 (.284) Firebird 162-168gr to 1000Y
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 1706590" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>Just so you'll know, Charles Henderson wrote the book "Marine Sniper-93 Confirmed Kills", not Carlos Hathcock. And he (Hathcock) was No.4 in the highest kills in Vietnam. The soldier with the most kills was an Army Staff Sargant named Albert F. Waldron. He was in the 9th Inf. Div., and is credited with, variously, either 109 confirmed kills or 113 confirmed kills. I think the official number is 109. There were also two other Marines who had more kills than Gsgt Hathcock: Charles (Chuck) Mawhinney, with 101 confirmed, and Eric England with 98 confirmed kills. And SSG Waldron was one hell of a shot. He once shot an enemy sniper in a tree, firing from a moving boat on the Mekong river. The shot was 900 yards. The shot was confirmed. This is all public record. And I know how they did confirmed kills because while I didn't go to sniper school, I did work as one a few times. And I shoot with at least three retired snipers, along with my younger brother, who is a Special Forces trained sniper, and a qualified counter-sniper from Texas. I spent 20 years in the Infantry and taught both basic and advanced marksmanship with rifle, pistol and machine gun, so I studied the careers of these men and others (Maj. Lamb, USMC) to learn how they did it. And no, I don't know everything, not even a patch on what the men above knew. But I know ballistics, and I can read a reloading manual, and I've shot around 60 or 70,000 rifle rounds, from 5.56 up to 45-70 and 50-90 Sharps. I've shot at distances to 1100 and 1200 meters, and I've hit in full value crosswinds up to 25 mph. I've been shooting regularly since I was 12 years old, and still get in around 100 rounds a week most of the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 1706590, member: 60453"] Just so you'll know, Charles Henderson wrote the book "Marine Sniper-93 Confirmed Kills", not Carlos Hathcock. And he (Hathcock) was No.4 in the highest kills in Vietnam. The soldier with the most kills was an Army Staff Sargant named Albert F. Waldron. He was in the 9th Inf. Div., and is credited with, variously, either 109 confirmed kills or 113 confirmed kills. I think the official number is 109. There were also two other Marines who had more kills than Gsgt Hathcock: Charles (Chuck) Mawhinney, with 101 confirmed, and Eric England with 98 confirmed kills. And SSG Waldron was one hell of a shot. He once shot an enemy sniper in a tree, firing from a moving boat on the Mekong river. The shot was 900 yards. The shot was confirmed. This is all public record. And I know how they did confirmed kills because while I didn't go to sniper school, I did work as one a few times. And I shoot with at least three retired snipers, along with my younger brother, who is a Special Forces trained sniper, and a qualified counter-sniper from Texas. I spent 20 years in the Infantry and taught both basic and advanced marksmanship with rifle, pistol and machine gun, so I studied the careers of these men and others (Maj. Lamb, USMC) to learn how they did it. And no, I don't know everything, not even a patch on what the men above knew. But I know ballistics, and I can read a reloading manual, and I've shot around 60 or 70,000 rifle rounds, from 5.56 up to 45-70 and 50-90 Sharps. I've shot at distances to 1100 and 1200 meters, and I've hit in full value crosswinds up to 25 mph. I've been shooting regularly since I was 12 years old, and still get in around 100 rounds a week most of the time. [/QUOTE]
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