Straightshooter2
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Not specifically a sniper/counter-sniper rifle. 03 Springfield Mk1 action, double set triggers, .270 Win straight taper 26" target style barrel.
Show Us Your Sniper/Counter Sniper Rifles, I'll Start
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bushmaster1313
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I do not expect to do much sniping. But I enjoy quality time at the 100 yard rifle range at my club.
Armalite with a .223 Wylde chamber will shoot 1 MOA and better all day long with factory loaded
BTHP 69 grain Sierra Match King 5.56 Ammo made by IMI:
Armalite with a .223 Wylde chamber will shoot 1 MOA and better all day long with factory loaded
BTHP 69 grain Sierra Match King 5.56 Ammo made by IMI:
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Miami_JBT
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FNAR .308 with NV.
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The weight of some of these rifles have been mentioned. You have to be one tough guy to carry my SPR around the woods and mountains. That's not me these days, but the mass and Harris bipod will help with the recoil when you finally settle down for a shot. Ronnie Barrett's M-82 is an arm load.
BubbaBlades
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Back in the late 80s I traded 3 Colt AR15s for a French FRF2 "sniper rifle." I was told that my rifle was one of 20 imported into the USA for testing by the USMC. The rifle was made by GIAT Industries (French Government) and came equipped with a thermal shield barrel shroud and a Kahles long range scope.
I wrote to GIAT to obtain a owner's manual but all they sent me was brochure for a tank and some light armored vehicles. I did not want to need an unobtainable part for this rifle at some point in the future to prevent this from becoming a $7,000 door stop. I traded the FRF2 for a Remington 700 LTR, 700 PSS and a H&K SL8 (G36 clone). I was more accurate with both of the Remington 700 rifles than I had been with the FRF2.
Pictures of the FRF2 are available on-line but I don't have any of my rifle.
10 round 100yd 700LTR target
I wrote to GIAT to obtain a owner's manual but all they sent me was brochure for a tank and some light armored vehicles. I did not want to need an unobtainable part for this rifle at some point in the future to prevent this from becoming a $7,000 door stop. I traded the FRF2 for a Remington 700 LTR, 700 PSS and a H&K SL8 (G36 clone). I was more accurate with both of the Remington 700 rifles than I had been with the FRF2.
Pictures of the FRF2 are available on-line but I don't have any of my rifle.
10 round 100yd 700LTR target
Miami_JBT
US Veteran
I also have a Remington 700 VLS in .308 that looks just like this.
It is sub MOA with good ammo.
It is sub MOA with good ammo.
old tanker
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This fearless soldier had been VC, then one day a chopper caught and killed his whole patrol, so decided he was on the wrong side, and came over. This happened a lot, switching sides. He had a wife in our compound. He is the chap on the left with the XM 203, with a silencer and grenade launcher. They are my body guards, and often went out just by themselves at night, looking for VC tax collectors. Would bring back "evidence" of their success. The next lower one is a close up of him and his weathered M16. No one else had the 30m round mags, I certainly had only the 20 round mags. Sometimes he had his silencer on, sometimes not. I wonder what happened to him, when the South Vietnamese captured a turncoat, the turncoat would always "make a break for it", with a predictable outcome.
All the best, and stay safe. SF VET
All the best, and stay safe. SF VET
REM 3200
US Veteran
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well, reversed the pics, he is second from left.
Great pics. Chu hoi cuts both ways. Here is one of theirs. My hooch maid, Rose made the addition. There was an ARVN basic training camp just North of Tay Ninh and the whole bunch deserted, weapons and all.
Willy Pete can counter a sniper.
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These are the only sniper rifles I possess. Most of you will recognize the first as an M1903A4 from WWII. The second is a Russian Model 1891/30PU from the same era.
I do have some other more modern bolt-action centerfire rifles that I call my "flea flickers" for their ability to flick a flea off a dog's behind at some distance. However I do not call them "sniper rifles" for concern that such an appellation will cause them to be banned from possession or taxed into oblivion sometime in the next four years. I trust that my 1903A4 and 1891/30PU rifles will survive such condemnation inasmuch as they are almost as old as I am and should therefore rightfully be designated as antiques.
John
I do have some other more modern bolt-action centerfire rifles that I call my "flea flickers" for their ability to flick a flea off a dog's behind at some distance. However I do not call them "sniper rifles" for concern that such an appellation will cause them to be banned from possession or taxed into oblivion sometime in the next four years. I trust that my 1903A4 and 1891/30PU rifles will survive such condemnation inasmuch as they are almost as old as I am and should therefore rightfully be designated as antiques.
John
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