A guy I know claims he's a sniper.

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Anytime anybody tries to tell me a war story that does not include being wet, cold, miserable, and sick of lousy chow, I know it is BS! (Been there. Done that. Burned the T-Shirt!) :scrutiny:
 
I too am a sniper. I have been lying on my deck in full camfage with my
Remibgton 700, .308 with 48" bull
barrel. I have been waiting all morning for General Gray Squirrel to show himself so that I can get a head shot.......
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Your gonna shoot a squirrel with a .308.:what::what::what::what:
 
Take him shooting, and post pictures of his groups here on THR. Should be very entertaining.
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Oh yeah!:D

I was recently talking to my uncle who lives in AZ...he was telling me how he owned a "full auto mac-11, but I am not allowed to use it, my brother (other uncle) is the only one with a class 5 license, so it is at his house. I could get arrested just for holding it". Unfortunatly, uneducated people exist.
 
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I too am a sniper. I have been lying on my deck in full camfage with my
Remibgton 700, .308 with 48" bull
barrel. I have been waiting all morning for General Gray Squirrel to show himself so that I can get a head shot.......
Your gonna shoot a squirrel with a .308.
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Well it was a .308 necked down to 17HMR. It pushes a DU round at the speed of light. You might have heard of this round, it is the .308-17 AI (Ackley Impossible). You only get 30 shots per barrel, since the speed of light is hard on a barrel. :evil:
 
Well it was a .308 necked down to 17HMR. It pushes a DU round at the speed of light. You might have heard of this round, it is the .308-17 AI (Ackley Impossible). You only get 30 shots per barrel, since the speed of light is hard on a barrel.
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Pics, groups, and complete range report asap!
 
Right after I started working where I do I had to pull night shift duty with a retirement age guy. Had no idea he was the way he was.....

Conversations varied. One night he mentioned being in the military. I screwed up and asked him: "What branch?"

"Navy."

"You on a boat in the Navy?"

"No, I was Special Ops.....I was 'lead sniper' for Seal Team 6 in the Nam." "Yeah, I had 68 confirmed kills...at least that's what's on the books.....probably twice that many that we couldn't confirm...My sniper attack K9 probably had 40 kills on his own....he usually took them out with silent throat attacks when I couldn't get a shot...."

I didn't "go there" in conversations with him again. :)
 
I used to work with some snipers, and as far as I knew none of them had been on any special mission, then again, if the had they probably couldn't talk about it. Great to have at the range, its amazing how little changes can help your group.

If he claims that he has US military awards I believe that you can turn him in for a reward. I know that you can for the CMH, I think that it was extended to at least the Purple Heart. Then you can drink with his beer money.

Revenge on the mall ninja

Its people like him that help give veterans a bad name.
 
I watched some of Loki's videos on his youtube channel. Wow, what a character. His homemade smoke grenade pretty much just lit everything on fire. His terms are hilarious!
 
I shot a squirrel with a 30-06 - 180gr core lock at perhaps 20 feet from a deer stand. I kinda thought it would just go through and I would at least have a squirrel. I got no squirrel just sort of flying wet lint. I must be a devastating master sniper.:barf:
 
He's not a friend of mine, I just remember him from High School. I did a little internet snooping and found his profile on Facebook. His profile was open to everyone so I looked around but couldn't find anything interesting. Under his education it has the High School, no college, no military anything listed. There is a line he has in his profile that says something like, "RESPECT the unrespected, for one day we will have our REVENGE"

That scares me. I don't even want to contact him in any way, let alone call him out on his dumb Algeria sniper story.
 
"I too am a sniper. I have been lying on my deck in full camfage with my
Remibgton 700, .308 with 48" bull
barrel. I have been waiting all morning for General Gray Squirrel to show himself so that I can get a head shot.....................................".......................I thought

i was the only one who did this, although mine is a 581 Remington with suppressor, and the enemy are chipmunks.......
 
Carl that is probably the safest move. Not as much fun, but you might not want to be on this guys "enemy" list.



I also have faced some of these folks. Usually they can't remember the chain of command they had, nor anything about their general orders. Bring up their basic training battalions or anything to do with boot camp and they look lost. If they did get kicked out during or right after boot camp, questioning their permanent party unit and it's daily activities will lead them farther down a path where they can't possible dig them selves out of. The key is to get them to realize you figured them out, but not in a hostile way, or embarrass them to bad in front of their friends.

Sometimes I find this an entertaining endeavor.
 
Snipers? Hah....it goes like this:

Really? Great, see I have this problem. There's a formula for the MOA adjustment out to six hundred yards and I can never remember that darn thing. Is it 2/2, 3/3, 4/4, 5, 6/6 or 3/3, 4/4, 5, 6/6 for the MOA clicks?

If they know the answer to that, then you might just have the real deal on your hands. I met a guy who claimed he was a Marine sniper and sure enough, he knew the formula immedietly.
 
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My guess is this guy has little or no real life. He feels he needs to make things up in order for people to like him.

I have a friend that does that too. Sad thing is my friend is a good guy that would give you the shirt off his back. Unfortunately he couldn't tell the truth to save his life.

My advice with this guy is don't worry about it. He obviously hasn't changed since you were in school and its unlikely he will.
 
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