a firing position you've never seen before

http://www.webpark.ru/images/Alx/1148620632.gif

those britons have some strange ideas....

geeeeezus :what:

I hope the shooter is not prone (pardon the shooting pun) to gas!

You've obviously never seen a Marine and a Sailor working together. :neener:

:what: :scrutiny: :uhoh: :eek: :what: :confused:

That truly boggles the mind. Maybe it's a new type of human body armour?

Hmmmm.... "Don't ask don't tell" policy? :neener:

Oooooh, having that on the internet HAS to be embarrassing.

San Francisco Swat Team??:what:

Is that what they call putting your butt on the line?

Obviously, they're Rump Rangers.

Biker

The "Brokeback Rangers"?

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=40451&stc=1&d=1148648558

I'd rather do that than be the mount for a WWII AA machine gun. Talk about muzzle blast inches from your face:eek:

that dudes expression is priceless.

Whatever it takes. :cool:

This is knows as the "2-man, mooning the target, benchrest" position. :uhoh:

The "Wanker/Spanker"?

That is a double threat......not only small arms fire butt er.... but poison gas (esp. if he ate Mexican the night before):what: :D .

While sticking your rear in the air for use as a rest isn't good for a fella's dignity, I'd think it would beat the heck out of this

http://www.falfiles.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=1509584

Umm so your partner either gets shot in the butt or in the back while acting as your shooting bench.

What MOS is Human Shield anyway?

:scrutiny:

:D :D them brits do werid azz stuff

"Hey! What the heck is knocking on my ear??!! Good thing I've got these shooting muffs on!"

:eek:

Yup, that rifleman is definately a, um......'crack shot'.

Biker:uhoh:

You mean to tell me that in the UK they actually have a military with GUNS?

You dont actually think they would shoot someone that wasnt a british citizen that they accused of being a terrorist do you? It might offend them, especially if they were muslim.

If that was a crew-served weapon, would it be a "gang bang"?

Apologies to Art's Grammaw.:uhoh:

Can anyone tell me a little bit about that rifle (besides where upon it's perched)?

I assume the marksmans tried and rejected the use of rock piles, tree stumps, forked sticks etc for some reason.

I'm also surprised this photo was made public as enemies of the UK will now begin developing counter-sniper weapons accurate not to MOA, but MOH (Minute of Heine).

Perhaps we are all wrong. This could be explained if he was simply frightened by the boom-stick.

S-

It looks like the original picture isn't appearing--the only pic I see on this thread is Geek's captioned version.

It looks like the bolt is all the way back (whatever you call it--not in battery, ready to fire), but the shooter has his finger on the trigger and is looking through the scope. :confused:

I also wonder--does anyone know any details about why Accuracy Int'l went out of business?

That looks a lot like an Accuracy International rifle...dunno which though.

I told you about cuts off in the Army budget, we need the bench rest back, Its killing me man.

Czhen
FL

Hahaha!

I love the poor guy's haunted look as if he really can't believe he's doing what he's doing.

:D

I've shot off a buttpack before, but not an actual butt...so what's your shot if you're the countersniper, scope shot or o-ring?:p

Thanks max! That picture and a lot of the responses to it gave me the best laugh I've had in a long time. :D

My wife came into the room and asked "what the heck are you laughing at?"


It's hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like the soldier acting as the "rest" is saying something like, "somebody grab that damn camera!" :)

That lends a whole new definition to "the crack of a rifle." :D

The rifle is the British-issue L96A1, made by Accuracy International. It is essentially the same as the "AW" Arctic Warfare model. 308, 26" barrel, S&B scope.

re: the funny-looking position. The femur is probably a more stable platform than the back, since the former is not compressible and doesn't move from breathing like the torso.

I dont know what that rifle is but I'm sure it works a hell of alot better with the bolt closed

I'm trying to put myself into an enemy's position, looking out, and seeing a rifle barrel aimed towars me over a pair of buttocks, similarly aimed . . . :what:

I know that ranges used to be referred to as "shooting butts", but this is ridiculous! :D

Looks like a pretty damn good expedient field position to me. The rest has his head positioned to support the shooter's elbow...His body is relaxed and fully supported. Sniper teams will do whatever is necessary to make the shot count...and often come up with improvised rests that most wouldn't even think of.

Second thought, Britons are getting to much EU lately.

Henry.

The Beatles, The Stones, Now this?

It's all that damned cross-training with France, I tell you...!!

....a firing position you've never seen before....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/Rembrandt51/trapposture.jpg

:what: :eek: :evil: :D :what: :eek: :D :D :D

Rembrandt:

a. Who was the photographer?
b. Who was the model? (Looks like a gymnast or dancer of some sort, from her extension and build)
c. Is there a gallery somewhere?

thats strange

The rifle is the British-issue L96A1, made by Accuracy International. It is essentially the same as the "AW" Arctic Warfare model. 308, 26" barrel, S&B scope.

I think they've upgraded to the Asscrack International "BVD" model.

I'm pretty sure that these guys are tired of being the butt of all these jokes. We've been riding them pretty hard since the crack of dawn - it's got to be hard for them to just keep turning the other cheek to this sort of abuse.

Hah! Rbernie is so far the winner!

Biker

And I didn't even get to the part where they had to swallow their pride in the name of God and Country.

You know, if the "bench" were wearing a kilt, this could be the kind of PSYOPS we saw with William Wallace and the Battle of Stirling. Hmm...

Good Lord Bernie, you shot for the moon and reached Uranus!

Biker

I recently saw a sniper documentary on either Discovery or History featuring Royal Marines with Accuracy International rifles which I believe were chambered in .338 Lapua.

Miscommunication when the sergeant said to "Hump it".

Someone mentioned it being an arctic warfare rifle, and I suppose in arctic conditions tree stumps and such are not around and that soldier's butt would be the only rest available. I don't think a bipod would be much use in inches of snow either. Having the muzzle of a .338 inches from your ears/head would not be healthy so that would explain the odd position. You know what they say, if it looks stupid but works, it's not stupid!

You want me to do what?

My eyes see the image but my brain doesn't believe that it exists.

Now you know what happens when you violate the range safety rules. :neener:

doesn't seem as if it would be all that steady of rest. It would keep the muzzle blast from blowing dirt up and giving away a position.

It would keep the muzzle blast from blowing dirt up

Not necessarily . . . :p

When I was in Birmingham last year, I found out about a govt. stop-smoking program in effect that involved upping the price of a pack of cigs to 10 pounds a pack. (A pound was equal to about $2.80US then.) 28 bux for a pack of Marlboro reds, y'all! This picture, I'm sure, has to be evidence of another govt. program to conserve ammunition, see? The bolt on that rifle's open because there's no need for a round in the chamber. That Brit knows that the enemy's gonna die of laughter. No shot necessary.

Only problem I see is how are they gonna prove if the guy on the bottom (jeez) was shot in action? Ya can't make a hole where there already IS one!:neener:

Gives a new meaning to "butt pad"... :scrutiny:

There are lots of things I want to say here, but if it works as a good rest then by all means use it. I once shot a .30-06 rifle using a friend's shoulder as a rest. Of course I never thought about using his ass as one. :D

:D :D :D
I'm "cracking" up!!!!

http://www.goobage.com/pics/smilies/Bondage.gif http://www.goobage.com/pics/smilies/lofl.gif

This was just... priceless... OMG.

I did something similar with my girlfriend on my birthday a few years ago, it was a fun shooting trip.

Just imagine the R&D that went into this technique. :uhoh:

***Gomer: "Gooollllyy, Sgt Carter. The instructor sure was right about having better shots using this new position! Are you sure you're still OK down there?

***Sgt. Carter: "Shut up Pyle!" :D

I CANNOT BELIEVE nobody's made a "Hey, while yer down there..." joke yet. Fer crissakes, let's get with the program, people! :D

My eyes see the image but my brain doesn't believe that it exists.

I'd say the guy that's down there doesn't believe it's happening either.

While we did not use this specific position, I've been to a long-range shooting school where shooting off your spotter's body was taught.

http://www.badlandstactical.net

I've shot off my spotter's shoulder before, and have had a rifle fired off my shoulder, too.

The technique allows for shots off rests when no rests are available and in situations when prone just won't work due to terrain features.

I'll admit, it looks downright obscene.

But I've shot from such positions, and even been used as the rifle rest before.

We fired at targets up to 500 yards away like this, and typically started from a standing position, and just dropped down and scrunched together.

It was actually faster than getting all the way down into prone, getting the bipd adjusted, etc.

hillbilly

Uh... Where is the shooter's left hand? And what is it doing?

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=40579&d=1149002904

Hmm... shooting at the "crack" of dawn.... :D

Just goes too show that even a Crack sniper can make a Bum shot or two once in a while.:neener:

I was always partial to this target stand. I hear they have a lot of them in China.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=40586&d=1149014096


or this one
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=40588&stc=1&d=1149015906

how's that for a crap job! Better pray to the heavens above that he knows how to shoot that pistol.

Why??? You just throw it away and put up a new one.:D

I can only think, at this time, of John Cleese walking around in a Royal Marines Sargents-Major outfit bellowing on the proper way to defend yourself with or against a banana....


You gotta love the UK. :)

D

It's all true.:uhoh: The Ambiguously Gay Duo is real.:eek: And they're Brits.:what:

For fellow SNL fans.:D :D

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=2088648

-Jeff

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=40675&stc=1&d=1149192044

Ive heard about that range before! Its on Broke Back Mountain!

You guys are all sick!

Someone owes me $20 bucks for a new keyboard, unless I can clean all of the Pepsi out!
I think that the monitor, however, will be OK.

God, I love this forum!!!!!!

Jamie

" What did you do in the war, daddy?"

" Uhhhh.......I was a cook? Yes, yes, Daddy was a cook!"

I posted this at a Chinese firearms forum. One of the guys was quick to dub it as the:

orz shooting rest