Path: spln!rex!lex!extra.newsguy.com!lotsanews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!gemini.tycho.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Approved: sci-military-moderated@retro.com Return-Path: netcom@news1.mtl.metronet.ca Delivery-Date: Wed Aug 08 06:25:14 2001 Delivery-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 06:25:14 -0700 for <sci-military-moderated@retro.com>; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 06:25:12 -0700 (PDT) for <sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org>; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:10:15 GMT (envelope-from netcom@news1.mtl.metronet.ca) Message-ID: <3B7139F7.7F4F@aei.ca> From: Dean Williams <dwill@aei.ca> Reply-To: dwill@aei.ca X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; I) Newsgroups: sci.military.moderated Subject: Re: Sniper rifles References: <9kjfho$4fj$1@lust.ihug.co.nz> Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: AEI Internet Inc <http: //www.aei.ca/> Cache-Post-Path: news.aei.ca!unknown@ppp-32-2.mtl.aei.ca X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 13:10:12 GMT X-NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.123.6.7 X-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 07:10:12 MDT Content-Length: 1359 Lines: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: 24c99486.newsreader.tycho.net X-Trace: 997291043 gemini.tycho.net 317 205.179.181.194 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tycho.net Xref: spln sci.military.moderated:38603 Julian Treadwell wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I'm a hunter and target shooter and have three questions for military or > ex-military marksmen: not quite, but close, kinda, sorta... > > 1) Which rifle do you think is the best sniper rifle, and what calibre would > you have it in? For me, it would be a .338 Lapua Accuracy International Super Magnum. > 2) What make of scope (straight optical) and what magnification? It would depend on the mission and time of day (or night), but there are so many good scopes out there that it would really come down to personal preference. Unertl, Leupold, Steiner, and even Bausch and Lomb all make really good optics. > 3) How many of you would still pick a bolt-action over the very accurate > semi-autos now around? Why? Again, it would depend on the job. Most sniper jobs are one shot, one kill, and bolt action rifles are known to be far more consistent in putting rounds in exactly the same place. In fact, in the hands of a good shooter, they are more sensitive to variations in ammo than anything else. Many claim that it is impossible to make a semi-automatic action rifle that re-positions the bolt in EXACTLY the same place for every shot, and this is absolutely necessary for an accurate rifle. Remember, at 800 meters, 0.2 moa can result in a clean miss. > Thanks in advance, No problem. Dean.