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Military Losing the Sniper War Against Russia?
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<blockquote data-quote="JustMe2" data-source="post: 1939561" data-attributes="member: 42494"><p>Oh yes, I remember reading about those Pre-Charged Pneumatic (PCP) air rifles. However, as this article points out, they were not used as sniper rifles. It wasn't until the 18th century that the percussion rifle was used in a sniper fashion. These 1770s PCPs were only 800psi pressure, smooth bore and used ball ammo which isn't conducive to long range shooting. Today's PCPs use 3000psi pressure, rifled barrels, and conical bullets, that's a much different animal.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-girandoni-air-rifle/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustMe2, post: 1939561, member: 42494"] Oh yes, I remember reading about those Pre-Charged Pneumatic (PCP) air rifles. However, as this article points out, they were not used as sniper rifles. It wasn't until the 18th century that the percussion rifle was used in a sniper fashion. These 1770s PCPs were only 800psi pressure, smooth bore and used ball ammo which isn't conducive to long range shooting. Today's PCPs use 3000psi pressure, rifled barrels, and conical bullets, that's a much different animal. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/the-girandoni-air-rifle/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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