Sniper's Poker

[Mantis]

I just finished a book called "Cold Zero" by Christopher Whitcomb. He was a sniper with the FBI HRT. In the book, he mentions they played a game called Sniper’s Poker. Each shooter was issued 5 rounds, and the object of the game was to shoot at targets that looked like playing cards & to try to hit cards that give you the highest poker hand. It sounded like only edges of the cards were visible; just enough to see the number and the suit. Anyone familiar with this ? I’d like to see what the actual targets looked like if anyone knows. This sounds like a whole lot more fun than poking holes in black paper bullseyes.

 

[CJ]

Maybe something like these? http://www.msar.com/HOPPE/HopTrgt/HopTrgt.html

 

[c_yeager]

I always thought that they just shot at real life playing cards.

 

[starfuryzeta]

If you watch SWAT on dvd (the newer movie, not the old series), they shoot a match of sniper poker as a part of their training.