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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 388478" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Your post is a fair assessment of the article as reported to us, and a fair, straightforward application of the word luck. Last time the Canadian sniper's killing shots were discussed on this Forum, any mention of luck was equivalent to blasphemy. Roll up the shirt sleeves and let the brawl begin. Because our snipers are trained professionals - so the story went - luck doesn't enter the mind, or actions of a trained sniper. To infer luck degrades the professionalism of our snipers. As for me, luck goes both ways. I'll take all I can get, when the gett'in is good. Clearly I'm a misfit with respect to sniper school, training, or any career... if my entire career is invested and only bad luck is acknowledged along the way.</p><p></p><p>As to the third shot disabling the Taliban machine gun, the sniper probably took aim on the trigger and clipped it cleaner than a whistle out onto the scree and tallus-covered mountain side. Either that or he peg-holed the bore, welding it shut, as I posted earlier.</p><p></p><p>If these articles scare the bejeezes out of the Taliban, then let's print some more. But I rather doubt the Taliban snipers out on the mountainsides accept the story as completely factual, any more than some of us do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 388478, member: 4191"] Your post is a fair assessment of the article as reported to us, and a fair, straightforward application of the word luck. Last time the Canadian sniper's killing shots were discussed on this Forum, any mention of luck was equivalent to blasphemy. Roll up the shirt sleeves and let the brawl begin. Because our snipers are trained professionals - so the story went - luck doesn't enter the mind, or actions of a trained sniper. To infer luck degrades the professionalism of our snipers. As for me, luck goes both ways. I'll take all I can get, when the gett'in is good. Clearly I'm a misfit with respect to sniper school, training, or any career... if my entire career is invested and only bad luck is acknowledged along the way. As to the third shot disabling the Taliban machine gun, the sniper probably took aim on the trigger and clipped it cleaner than a whistle out onto the scree and tallus-covered mountain side. Either that or he peg-holed the bore, welding it shut, as I posted earlier. If these articles scare the bejeezes out of the Taliban, then let's print some more. But I rather doubt the Taliban snipers out on the mountainsides accept the story as completely factual, any more than some of us do. [/QUOTE]
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