one of the top snipers of our time

[TenX]

Maybe the shot actually hit the scope at one rare angle, where deflections caused by the glass 'helped' it to go across...

[nagarifle]

may be, we will just never know unless we can get a post- mortem report.

otherwise its guess work.

still TenX i would like to know if it is a rare angel like u say.

however it goes to prove a scope shoot is possible.

otherwise its a mist airy

[Mack The Knife]

Ever seen a Soviet made scope, Nagarifle?

[nagarifle]

yes i have

not of the 1960/70 eara but 90s one.

[TwoRivers]

Not knowing how Myth Busters proceeded, I'll have to guess that their scopes weren't mounted on a rifle being held by a sniper aiming right at the shooter? So their test situation was not the same. And just because you couldn't accomplish something in three attempts doesn't mean it couldn't be done by a highly skilled person having fired thousands of shots.. The Russian scopes of that era had steel bodies, and would probably guide a bullet quite well. It all depends on the angle, if the objective lens is hit center and dead on, any military bullet will smash right through and out the occular; and will do it with today's scopes as well. Optical glass is not hardened glass, it is quite soft as far as glass goes. Cheers.

[Mack The Knife]

yes i have

not of the 1960/70 eara but 90s one.

I am not sure which scope/s you have seen (don't suppose you remember the name...) but the couple I came across look more than durable to me and their optics aren't too shabby.

[nagarifle]

Hi

Not knowing how Myth Busters proceeded, I'll have to guess that their scopes weren't mounted on a rifle being held by a sniper aiming right at the shooter?

they had scope monted on rifle and they put the test dummy behind it, the dummy was hold in the rifle and scope was resting against its eye.

And just because you couldn't accomplish something in three attempts doesn't mean it couldn't be done by a highly skilled person having fired thousands of shots..

quite right i agree with u, however its best to see the footage of the myth busters doing the test.

like i said before we need to have the post-mortem report.

I am not sure which scope/s you have seen (don't suppose you remember the name...) but the couple I came across look more than durable to me and their optics aren't too shabby.

hi Rusty
used the dragnov sniper rifle with its scope.

[Mack The Knife]

That would most likely be a POSP then and similar to the one I saw. The other being a Pilad. Both of them are very rugged scopes.

[nagarifle]

hi Rusty

i thought we were taking about Carlos and his shot?

[Mack The Knife]

Yes but your claim needed correcting. However, I'll play the game your way. Any out of context posts on any threads from you get zapped. Agreed?

[cottage cheese]

Hi

in the world of shooting there are many men of vest talent and experience weather they be in civilian world or in the Armed forces of the world.

One of the most exceptional would be the late Mr. Carlos Hathcock, A Marine in the American Forces during the Vietnam war.

He hold the longest sniper shot in the 20th century until few months back the Canadian sniper in Afghanistan broke the record.

please check out the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock

Maybe I'm wrong but I think the Canadian-Afghanistan thing took place a year or two back (not months)...I remember that since I was discussing that with a bunch of friends.

Ya anyway good to see something on Carlos revived.

[nagarifle]

hi Rusty

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Yes but your claim needed correcting.

which claim is that?

[nagarifle]

Hi CC
quite right u are it was few years ago, march 02 i think.
still for a man who does not have a watch whats time.

[ketan]

Dear all,


"One shot, One Kill" The name behind that is one of the greatest marine snipers that ever lived. Carlos Hathcock. With 93 confirmed kills, and record for the longest confirmed kill ,2500 yrds. Carlos was the most famous American Sniper since WW I . He was one of the fore fathers of the sniper schools that we have today and has trained many great students. Carlos was a hero in many ways, other than sniping. He saved men from a burning armored vehicle and got burned over 90 percent of his body in the process. Carlos will be missed very much. I will always remember him and pass his legacy on to my children and hopefully them to theirs. This is my tribute to one Great American Hero, among many!!!

Thanks & Regards
Ketan

[badshah0522]

I also have a Sniper vidio game on Carlos.