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Remington 260...The new Sniper rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 509151" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>food for thought:</p><p> </p><p>90% of all deaths incured via fire arms in a combat situation are under 100 yards. Yet under fifty yards you take in about 80%. But to take this further apart, 85% of all combat deaths evolve from the use of field artillary. Airstrikes do about 10%, and infantry and the rest get the 5%. These ratios have been very stable since WWII. But you switch the game to law enforcement, and your still looking at 350 yards or less 97% of the time. Never getting past 700 yards. </p><p> </p><p>So your police department runs out and buys a Barrett for about the same price of four .308's (I talking Savage 110BSA or the comparable Remington). It just lays there gathering dust! We bought two of them on a Federal grant several years ago, and they are literally worthless. Yes they go out and qualify with them a couple times a year, but otherwise will never be used. Right now they guys are using Remington .308's and a few upgraded Rock River AR's. It's all they ever need. Looks like the Remingtons will be replaced with Savage's in the future, and will probably all be .308 (there will be two or three in .300 mag or .338). They get the most bang for the buck that way (and the tests they ran favored the Savage in everyway). The one thing all of them will tell you up front is that the generic .308 works 99% of the time, and the sub calibers work 85% of the time on the first shot. </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 509151, member: 25383"] food for thought: 90% of all deaths incured via fire arms in a combat situation are under 100 yards. Yet under fifty yards you take in about 80%. But to take this further apart, 85% of all combat deaths evolve from the use of field artillary. Airstrikes do about 10%, and infantry and the rest get the 5%. These ratios have been very stable since WWII. But you switch the game to law enforcement, and your still looking at 350 yards or less 97% of the time. Never getting past 700 yards. So your police department runs out and buys a Barrett for about the same price of four .308's (I talking Savage 110BSA or the comparable Remington). It just lays there gathering dust! We bought two of them on a Federal grant several years ago, and they are literally worthless. Yes they go out and qualify with them a couple times a year, but otherwise will never be used. Right now they guys are using Remington .308's and a few upgraded Rock River AR's. It's all they ever need. Looks like the Remingtons will be replaced with Savage's in the future, and will probably all be .308 (there will be two or three in .300 mag or .338). They get the most bang for the buck that way (and the tests they ran favored the Savage in everyway). The one thing all of them will tell you up front is that the generic .308 works 99% of the time, and the sub calibers work 85% of the time on the first shot. gary [/QUOTE]
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