Soldier! Can you shoot?

Rowan

Rowan

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2.5 cms GROUP at 500 metre me. I was GUN and can still do it.. anything else is a lie and and exaggeration unless you've seen a qualified cocher sniper! I didn't make that. The limit of possibility 2.5 at 500. HOW GOOD WERE YOU?

Be honest comrade/bro!
 
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I was friggin good (But not always!) and I'm not too old! Give me another go at 58 yoa!!
 
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Pretty good in fact very good but how many rounds did you fire and how many counted for the grouping , and it must have been a very still day , and what weapon were you using. Not disbelieving you pal just interested, but still a good group.
I could get a 1 inch group at 300 mtrs 5 rounds with a 7.62 SLR, on a very good day by just using the iron sites normally it was a 2 or 3 inch
 
I trained with M14s in 1966 and we only used silhouette targets out to 500.

Groupings were never measured.
 
MikeP said:
I trained with M14s in 1966 and we only used silhouette targets out to 500.

Groupings were never measured.
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In Germany in 1966 we still qualified on the old "pull" targets. Then I could put a M-14 mag all in the red.

I don't know how big the bulls eye was but it was larger than 2.5 cm and I certainly couldn't do it now.
 
I pass my yearly qual's on all the weapons on my Ground Defence card. Thats my brag... Not a sniper so not particularly worried about groupings TIC.
 
I don't really measure my groupings. I know I'm a fairly good shot at 500 meters with open sights. I don't really care what the grouping is though, for me...it is about making the shot when it counts. That's really what I care about. Besides, I've never fired over 200-300 meters in an actual firefight. When I was a designated marksman I didn't shoot over 600 meters and that was with optics...but, I never missed. As far as im concerned that's what really matters.
 
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