nachosgrande
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While watching the Military Channel program "Top Sniper" the other day, I became interested in the profession, but could not find the answer to a few questions through Google. Was hoping there was some expertise on the board that could help. The first thing I noticed is that there does not seem to be a "standard issue" rifle or caliber. Is the sniper allowed to choose whatever rifle they want? I would assume different calibers for different applications, but it seems that might be a waste of resources to make them learn to shoot several different rifles accurately. The next question is where do they get their ammo? I would assume they use handloads, but it looked like factory ammo from the camera angles I saw.