255 Legal Kills!

Quite horrible when you compare that number to other things.

258 was the total number of British deaths in the Falklands war. Quite astonishing really, if it's true.

It's unfortunate that he should be put in a position where he has to kill so many. I'd imagine it's not the kind of thing you imagine yourself doing when undertaking sniper training.
 
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I have fired a mossy nagant and it kicks like a donkey. I put about a dozen rounds into a target at 100m with iron sights and my shoulder was bruised. They really bite but many a German soldier was sent down by Soviet troops during WWII.

Interesting read op. I couldn't take lives as freely but when it comes to sniping, I go for quality rather than quantity.

" British Army CoH Craig Harrison of the Household Cavalry successfully engaged two Taliban machine gunners south of Musa Qala in Helmand Province in Afghanistan in November 2009 at a range of 2,475*m (2,707*yd), using a L115A3 Long Range Rifle rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum. These are the longest recorded and confirmed sniper kills in history. "

Thats over a mile and a half and you can't fluke that kind of shooting.
 
I've done it again. :D

My reply to Vons post is Before Vons post. :D Only ever seen that Once before & I did it then as well. :cool:
 
Von Smallhausen said:
Thats over a mile and a half and you can't fluke that kind of shooting.
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Amazing bit of skill.

This is what it would have looked like through his scope at 25x zoom...

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edscdk said:
255 is amature, crew of the enola gay fragged 70,000 people in a millisecond from 10km.... thats 10,000 per crew member
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Yes, because that is the same as sniping.
 
edscdk said:
255 is amature, crew of the enola gay fragged 70,000 people in a millisecond from 10km.... thats 10,000 per crew member
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That is like comparing me having a Wee out of my bedroom window & filling an egg cup up at 300 metres or me just sitting on your face & crapping on ya.
 
G-MAN2004 said:
Amazing bit of skill.

This is what it would have looked like through his scope at 25x zoom...

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Yes, because that is the same as sniping.
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Man its a bleak country and the guy he shot, looked like he was already bleeding bad... or a communist ?
 
semi-pro waster said:
An interesting article although surely it would be 160 legal kills as the 255 is his own estimate? I wouldn't be surprised if his figures were closer to reality since many kills won't be confirmed for obvious reasons but I rather thought that to be a legal kill it had to have confirmation?

If you're looking for someone who was truly exceptional at sniping then Simo Hayha aka The White Death is your man.
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Or the female sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko with 309 confirmed kills.
 
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