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Offline Harley

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« on: December 24, 2003, 11:15:57 AM »
I bet Mr. Anderson can do that!
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« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2003, 11:23:21 AM »
That's an M40A3, check the stock. That also makes him a Marine, who have for a long time (before the Army used M24's, at least) used M40's.
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« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2003, 11:30:14 AM »
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Paco</i>
<br />...(Paco:  not much to say here - nice - EoTech holosight, rails and harris bipod)<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Yeah, nice.  Check out the duckbill flashider on the other guy's M24.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">(Paco:  Now, if it's a holosight with no magnification, why does he have one eye closed?  Not going to argue with 8 confirmed kills, but I'm curious...)<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Hmm... I dunno.  Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">(Paco:  not only do they still use M40's, but the shoot out of moving helicopters - nice - I'd definitely call it "advanced sniper training".  Also, I bet this guy could take off his MARPAT and you STILL couldn't seem him - lol)<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Gotta love his method of holding his rifle up. [:P]
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« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2003, 11:35:01 AM »
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ninja</i>
<br />That's an M40A3, check the stock. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Of course it is; just as it says in the caption I put under the pic.  [:)]
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« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2003, 01:06:09 PM »
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ninja</i>
<br />That's an M40A3, check the stock. That also makes him a Marine, who have for a long time (before the Army used M24's, at least) used M40's.
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I think the MARPAT camo was a give away too Bart. [;)]
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« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2003, 01:08:34 PM »
Everyone's a critic. John caught me though, I meant to mention the MARPAT makes him a Marine. Touche, gents.

So much for the free-float with that carabiner yanking on the barrel. [:p]
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« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2003, 01:10:48 PM »
Not the best way to steady it for sure.  That combined with shooting out of a moving helicoptor makes him one heck of a marksman if he can hit his target like that.
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« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2003, 01:14:03 PM »
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Paco</i>
<br /><b>Since mid-December,</b> Davis has been credited with eight confirmed kills and two “probables,â€￾
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Holy crap! He's been busy in the past WEEK.
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« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2003, 01:26:24 PM »
"(Paco: Now, if it's a holosight with no magnification, why does he have one eye closed? Not going to argue with 8 confirmed kills, but I'm curious...)"

Probably just habit from shooting through a regular scope.  Or perhaps he's left eye dominant and needs to close it for better accuracy.
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« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2003, 01:32:06 PM »
Could also have been a staged photo. "Now get down at look like you're sniping someone. No, close that eye."
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« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2003, 01:48:24 PM »
and then again maybe he had some dust in his eye.. no not magic dust either!
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« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2003, 02:57:22 PM »
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ninja</i>
<br />Could also have been a staged photo. "Now get down at look like you're sniping someone. No, close that eye."
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I think most photos like that probably are "staged."  I know I wouldn't be in front of someone taking a picture like that if they were shooting.
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« Reply #12 on: December 25, 2003, 06:00:01 PM »
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Ninja</i>
<br />So much for the free-float with that carabiner yanking on the barrel. [:p]
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My thoughts exactly! [8D]
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« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2003, 10:40:48 AM »


Spc. Christopher Wilson, left, and Sgt. Randall Davis, a sniper team for Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, hold sniper rifles used during operations in and around Samarra. Leaders maintain that the Stryker brigade’s abundance of snipers is ideal for limiting collateral damage and civilian casualties during guerilla-style fighting. (Paco:  not much to say here - nice - EoTech holosight, rails and harris bipod)



Sniper Sgt. Randall Davis peers down the holographic scope of the M-14 sniper rifle he used during operations in and around Samarra. Since mid-December, Davis has been credited with eight confirmed kills and two “probables,â€￾ a count no soldier in the brigade has matched. (Paco:  Now, if it's a holosight with no magnification, why does he have one eye closed?  Not going to argue with 8 confirmed kills, but I'm curious...)



CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan - Pfc. Josh Freeman aims in on the island he is targeting with the PVS 10 day/night scope attached to the M40A3 sniper rifle during advanced sniper training.  (Paco:  not only do they still use M40's, but the shoot out of moving helicopters - nice - I'd definitely call it "advanced sniper training".  Also, I bet this guy could take off his MARPAT and you STILL couldn't seem him - lol)
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