For many years, most nations outside of the U.S. looked at 300 meters as being the average maximum shooting distance for their infantrymen. So for all intents and purposes, what some nation called snipers were really more like "extremely accurate precision shooters for under 300 meters." And they didn't really do a lot of true long range shooting like our snipers could do. A good example is the sniper training done in Stalingrad in WW2. Many of the Russian snipers were trained inside of an old factory building with silhouettes painted on a wall across the length of the plant building. Russian snipers were used for precision shooting in urban combat so long distance shooting was not a high priority. Simo Hayha, the Finnish sniper of fame, had an average shooting distance of 400 meters with his bolt action rifle. And most of his shots were done with iron sights instead of trying to use a scope with a frozen scope glass on it. And the Germans used their K98 Mauser rifles for sniping both in WW1 and WW2. Many of the German Mauser sniper rifles are still used to this day by collectors and re-enactors. Most of the German sniper rifles had scopes on them that had 4 power magnification to them. With a good Mauser rifle with a scope mounted on it, once you get it down pat, you should be able to easily shoot targets out to 500 meters and beyond. And the Mauser rifles are thought to be among the best of all rifles for sniping or precision shooting needs. | 
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