Field Testing a 50 Calibre Sniper Rifle (Do NOT open if you are SKWEEMISH)
 

Canadian Sniper wiping out Taliban Snipers in Afghanistan.

These video shots are not made through the shooter's telescopic sight. They're made looking through the spotter's scope.. The spotter lies right next to the sniper and helps the sniper to find and home in on the target.

The sniper is using a 50-calibre rifle. A 50-cal. round is about 7-8 inches long and the casing is about an inch in diameter. The bullet itself is one-half inch in diameter and roughly one and one-half inches long..

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 shot fired, watch what happens. The sniper is also about a half mile away... or more. 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 recorded and confirmed sniper shot in history. The previous record of 2,250 meters (7369 ft/1.4 miles) was set by U.S. Marine sniper Carlos 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. Canadian sniper units often operated in support of U.S. infantry units, which were grateful for their help.. The record lasted only one day, until a second Canadian sniper hit an enemy soldier at 2,400 meters (7860 feet/1.48 miles). The Canadian snipers fire special 50-calibre McMillan tactical rifles, which are bolt-action weapons with five-round magazines. The Canadian snipers were the only Canadian troops operating without helmets or flak jackets as they had too much other equipment to carry. Each three-man team has one sniper rifle, three standard rifles Canadian (C7s), one of them with a 203mm grenade launcher.

WARNING: Do NOT open if you are skweemish.....Contains body parts

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That's the way to go out. At such range you'd be in pieces and likely unable to hear anything by the time the sound wave arrived. I'm impressed at how well they can pick out the troops against the rock.

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One youtube people are claiming they are shooting at sheep.

Either way that .50 cal rapes.

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Not so sure about the first one, I don't think a hit from a .50 cal would throw a human body that far into the air, the third one looks a lot like the hind quarter of an animal flying up.......still good shots though

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Last time this video was posted here (this thread makes it three times I can remember), someone posted a link or something de-bunking the video as fraudulent. Too lazy today to go looking for it.

A .50 cal is not going to "throw" someone in the air. Sorry.

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that was probably me. I've seen the same videos on a site that offers tours hunting prairie dog with the .50 cal.

http://www.dogbegone.com/

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Yep, its not people.

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It seems any round that will throw a human target should just as well throw the human shooter which is why the really big guns are mounted to something. That a high-velocity round will cause impressive explosions of the cranium is not to be argued and I would suspect that it would throw off an arm if the shot was placed just so.

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