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<blockquote data-quote="436" data-source="post: 2472554" data-attributes="member: 16609"><p>I think most of the information about Swat and Military (spec-forces) snipers using hand loads came from the old days when many of the teams were just getting started from what I recall. This would include Secret Service, FBI, and Dept like LAPD... On the Military side, the one that comes to mind is Delta aka The Unit... as well as the Military Marksmanship Unit, which I believe did at the time load ammo on the side for some of the Teams snipers back then. It was short-lived, basically because ammo manufacturers started developing great match-grade ammo with an OTM bullet and other specialty ammo. As you can recall I believe the M118 was a copy of the FGMM 168gr OTM The PD's snipers adopted the match ammo due to victorious liability for the Swat sniper/counter snipers, most of this came down from; State, County, and City attorney... the Governors, Commissioner's, and Mayor's who didn't want the State, County, and City taking any heat for bad shootings, yeah... it's deeper than that. </p><p>The Military at first had to work around the M118 with the OTM so if you older guys recall, all the original M118 had a cannelure just above the base of the case rim so it wouldn't be used in combat. Of course, later the OTM... was redesignated a none hollow point, none expanding bullet and the cannelure was removed from the cartridge case. As I said earlier, many of the rumors of reloads, fact or none- facts came from the usage; Dept, by Dept and Unit by Unit, back at the beginning of it all in the 60s, and I believe that's where the stories of reloads came from, both true and false. Just my 0.2 Cheer's </p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]348971[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="436, post: 2472554, member: 16609"] I think most of the information about Swat and Military (spec-forces) snipers using hand loads came from the old days when many of the teams were just getting started from what I recall. This would include Secret Service, FBI, and Dept like LAPD... On the Military side, the one that comes to mind is Delta aka The Unit... as well as the Military Marksmanship Unit, which I believe did at the time load ammo on the side for some of the Teams snipers back then. It was short-lived, basically because ammo manufacturers started developing great match-grade ammo with an OTM bullet and other specialty ammo. As you can recall I believe the M118 was a copy of the FGMM 168gr OTM The PD's snipers adopted the match ammo due to victorious liability for the Swat sniper/counter snipers, most of this came down from; State, County, and City attorney... the Governors, Commissioner's, and Mayor's who didn't want the State, County, and City taking any heat for bad shootings, yeah... it's deeper than that. The Military at first had to work around the M118 with the OTM so if you older guys recall, all the original M118 had a cannelure just above the base of the case rim so it wouldn't be used in combat. Of course, later the OTM... was redesignated a none hollow point, none expanding bullet and the cannelure was removed from the cartridge case. As I said earlier, many of the rumors of reloads, fact or none- facts came from the usage; Dept, by Dept and Unit by Unit, back at the beginning of it all in the 60s, and I believe that's where the stories of reloads came from, both true and false. Just my 0.2 Cheer's [ATTACH type="full"]348971[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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