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Old03-06-2009, 04:35 AM #1
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DefaultCanadian Snipers in Afghanistan

Canadian Snipers in Afghanistan
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> They never saw it coming. Canadian Sniper wiping out
> Taliban Sniper In Afghanistan
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> These video shots are not made through the shooter's
> telescopic sight. They are made
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> looking through the spotter's scope. The spotter lies
> right next to the sniper and helps the sniper to
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> find and home in on the target.
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> The sniper is using a 50 caliber rifle. A 50 cal. round is
> about 7-8 inches long and the casing is about an inch in
> diameter. The
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> bullet itself is one-half inch in diameter and roughly one
> and one-half inches long.
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> Pay close attention to the beginning of the video. A
> Taliban is laying on top of the peak in front of you... when
> you hear the
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> shot fired....watch what happens. The sniper is also about
> a half mile away or more.
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> A Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has been confirmed as
> hitting an enemy soldier at a range of 2,310 meters (7565
> ft/1.43 miles), the longest
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> recorded and confirmed sniper shot in history. The previous
> record of 2,250 meters (7369 ft/1.4 miles) was set by US
> Marine sniper Carlos
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> Hathcock in Vietnam in 1967. The Canadian sniper was at an
> altitude of 8,500 feet and the target,across a valley, was
> at 9,000 feet.
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> Canadian sniper units often operate in support of US
> infantry units, which were grateful for their help.
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> The record lasted only one day, until a second Canadian
> sniper hit an enemy soldier at 2,400 meters
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> (7860 feet/1.48 miles). The Canadian snipers fire special
> 50-caliber McMillan tactical rifles, which are bolt-action
> weapons
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> with five-round magazines. The Canadian snipers were the
> only Canadian troops operating without helmets or flak
> jackets as they had too much
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> other equipment to carry. Each three-man team has one
> sniper rifle, three standard rifles Canadian (C7s), one of
> them with a 203mm grenade
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> launcher.

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Old03-06-2009, 04:46 AM #2
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DefaultThe video to the thread.

I thought it had a link in the video, but it doesnt show up.sorry I cant link it in the post ., Should work now

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OK first off THESE ARE NOT EFFING SNIPERS and defiantly not some ***** CANADIAN SNIPERS. Unless you call a longhaired guy named Tim with a Win model 70 in 243 and Dave who has a few 22-250 AI custom built rifles SNIPERS. This is a rock chuck shooting video well it is a segment of rock chuck shooting out of a 3 hour varmint hunting movie. Oh and since when did the military even canadian start using a white chevy and a red dodge pick-up to get to their "SNIER HIDE".

I personally know the guys that made the dam video. STOP saying it is a sniper video.

You people are effing stupid. Since when does a terrorist sun him self on top of the rock in the middle of Colorado? Since when is a terrorist weigh 25# and have fur al over his body.

Next time do some dam research before posting a video.

Rocky Mountain Varmint Hunters

Your right I am pissed off why because you people are stealing from two good guys that worked their butts of making these videos and are kind enough to share their fun with us.

If you want to see the real video shell out the money and buy Varmint Safari II and then you will see the real video and it is about 15 minutes into the 3 hour movie.

This just gets my goat every time I see it.

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Easy Tango - Geez. You need a hug me thinks.

That e-mail has been going around, probably, since two weeks after the guys made their video, so it's not like CCW357 was stealing from them. He just got something that he thought was cool, probably sent to him by someone else, and posted it.

Honest Mistake.....

But I agree, it's not a sniping video....

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I got the email late last night and I probably should have looked at the video closer,sorry about that.
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