herrwalther
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No No No and a thousand more No. The military does not handload their own ammunition for long range shooting. I have no idea where that started but it is downright ridiculous. The simple logistics needed to develop a load for each individual rifle is something the military, as a whole does not have time for.
I was a DM (Designated Marksman) for my Afghan deployment and got thrown in a few times to be a spotter for a scout using an M24, M14, or once a M82. The ammo put in those rifles came in a box just like what I shot in my M4. That box came from a helicopter and farther down the line a factory. The scout I worked preferred to use the designated ammo for long range shots but *could* use linked ammo that was stripped down if needed. The farthest cold bore shot I was around for was about 650 if I remember correctly. It was an easy shot for our scout because it was from base at a HVT that he watched for a few hours.
I was a DM (Designated Marksman) for my Afghan deployment and got thrown in a few times to be a spotter for a scout using an M24, M14, or once a M82. The ammo put in those rifles came in a box just like what I shot in my M4. That box came from a helicopter and farther down the line a factory. The scout I worked preferred to use the designated ammo for long range shots but *could* use linked ammo that was stripped down if needed. The farthest cold bore shot I was around for was about 650 if I remember correctly. It was an easy shot for our scout because it was from base at a HVT that he watched for a few hours.