This sniper is working in support of some Marines who are in trouble... Also, great related videos...AWESOME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRYwMrsaLxs

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Originally posted by xgrunt:
This sniper is working in support of some Marines who are in trouble... Also, great related videos...AWESOME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRYwMrsaLxs

Can't even hide behind a wall without some sniper painting the wall with you. Talk about having a bad day. John Wayne once said "a good day or bad day is determined by which end of the barrel you are on"..

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Ever wonder why all Government agencies are exempt from civilian weapon restrictions they impose without the right of the peoples vote?

Yeah, I do . . .

Big Deal!! When I was a kid, I still remember reading in True magazine about some sharshooter, who killed an enemy general [can't remember which side] at tht distance, with a black powder muzzle loader.
Grizz

Mist 'em!

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Originally posted by xgrunt:
This sniper is working in support of some Marines who are in trouble... Also, great related videos...AWESOME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRYwMrsaLxs

Pink Mist

Check out his re-creation of Hathcock's 'Apache'
shot albeit from 30 yards instead of 300 yards:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ifSY&feature=related

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Big Deal!! When I was a kid, I still remember reading in True magazine about some sharpshooter who killed an enemy general [can't remember which side] at that distance, with a black powder muzzle loader.

I think you are referring to a soldier who killed an Indian chief at almost 1400 yards. He had his warriors convinced the the White Man's bullets could not kill him-- as long as he was out of range. The chief didn't tell his braves about range and stuff like that. The ruse was blown when a single shot killed him as he sat on his horse-- 1368 yards from the shooter. This happened circa 1840. I think it may have happened at some battle in Texas, but I do not remember...

SNIPERS IN HISTORY

Unknown Confederate Sniper.

On September 19, 1863, a confederate sniper armed with a Whitworth .45 caliber percussion rifle, most likely shooting a 530 grain bullet, mortally wounded Union General William H. Lytle, during the battle of Chicamauga. General Lytle was leading a charge at the time. He died the following day. The Confederate army relied heavily on these marksmen to make up for their lack of heavy weapons and war fighting material. They were quite effective at harrying Union troops, artillery units and specialized in the taking of union officers. They were certainly one of the most effective forces on the battlefield and the Union was hard pressed to match their skill. Unfortunately for the south, these sharpshooters were neither numerous enough or effective enough to halt the tide of the well equipped Union forces.



Captain John T Metcalf, US Army Engineers

During Red River Campaign in 1864. Using a heavy, 50-caliber muzzle-loading rifle - one authority states it weighed between 23 to 27kg - fitted with a 24x scope, Metcalf fired at and hit a Confederate officer at a distance of 1666 meters. The officer was standing in front of a tent on a distant hillside and Metcalf had previously established the range with a surveyor's transit. The bullet took approximately five seconds to reach the target.
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Capt. Metcalf purportedly shot Confederate General Lainhardt at one mile's distance. Bill Edwards in "Civil War Guns" (Stackpole, 1962) proved that Metcalf did not receive his medal for sharpshooting. Second, there was no General Lainhardt and the Mr. Edwards traces the story to Charles Sawyers who started the fiction.

This information is put here as a correction, thus trying to correct the myth, rather than just removing the reference.



Sergeant Grace, 4th Georgia Infantry

On 9 May, 1864 a confederate sniper took what was to be considered an incredible shot at that time. During the Battle of Spotsylvania, Sgt. Grace of the 4th Georgia Infantry, took aim and fired at a distant Union officer. Grace was using a British Whitworth target rifle and the distance was 800 yards. Grace's target, Major General John Sedgwick, fell dead after uttering the words "Why, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...". Sedgwick's death resulted in a delay of the Union attack which in turn gave General Robert E. Lee the edge he needed to win the day at Spotsylvania.


Col. Patrick Ferguson, British Army

Patrick Ferguson was a leading developer of breech loading firearms. The Ferguson Rifle was considered at the time to be one of the most deadly weapons in the British inventory. Ferguson's second claim to fame was the "Shot Never Taken." As a Major, Ferguson found himself in position to make a shot on an unidentified Continental officer near Germantown Pennsylvania. When the man turned away at approximately 125 yards, the good major chose not to shoot him in the back. That man turned out to be none other than General George Washington. Had Ferguson taken the shot one can assume that the entire history of what is today the United States would have been affected. Recall it was Washington who turned down the offer to be King of the Colonies after the successful resolution of the War for Independence. Had he not been in charge of the Colonial forces, not only would the outcome of the war have been in question, but so would the very nature of the Republic which rose from that conflict. Ironically, Patrick Ferguson was later killed on 7 October of 1780 when a member of Morgan's Kentucky Riflemen shot him at approximately 450 yards. As a result, Ferguson's unit surrendered which forced Gen. Cornwallis to abandon his invasion of North Carolina. The loss was doubly hurtful to the British cause, since they had lost one of their premier weapons designers.

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Originally posted by homebrewer:

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Big Deal!! When I was a kid, I still remember reading in True magazine about some sharpshooter who killed an enemy general [can't remember which side] at that distance, with a black powder muzzle loader.

I think you are referring to a soldier who killed an Indian chief at almost 1400 yards. He had his warriors convinced the the White Man's bullets could not kill him-- as long as he was out of range. The chief didn't tell his braves about range and stuff like that. The ruse was blown when a single shot killed him as he sat on his horse-- 1368 yards from the shooter. This happened circa 1840. I think it may have happened at some battle in Texas, but I do not remember...

The shot was fired by Billy Dixon, at the Battle of Adobe Walls, if I remember correctly...

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You are correct about William "Billy" Dixon and Adobe Walls. I had always read about the battle of bison hunters versus commanches, but several years ago a friend of mine was pasturing cattle on the ranch where the monument is located near Stinnett, Texas, and I traveled with him to check on his cattle. We just happened on the monument and I excitedly wanted to locate the ridge where the shot was made at over 1500 yards allegedly with a .50-70 or .50-90. It was amazing to stand there and visualize the open-sighted shot at the distant ridge. The monument is very small, but it was something I will always remember just seeing it for myself.

I think Dixon's fame with the shot propelled him to County Sheriff.

AFA I can tell, almost all of that clip is recreated and not very interestingly done at that.