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you have hunters.
you have snipers.
you have plinkers.
you have wanna beezz.
and ..................you have MATCH SHOOTERS!
now if ya wanna a firestorm of an argument. pair off a sniper(real deal military) and a qualified match shooter.
man it can get and does get ugly.
whose MORE ACCURATE???? hmmmmm think about it for a minute???????
match shooters can and DO SPLIT HAIRS! groups are measured by dial calipers. every round is put on a dial caliper. some reload their own "wild azz cocktail" honed to them and them alone. chronographed to beat all hell. after every shot the barrel gets cleaned and allowed to cool down. and no bad guys shooting back in the comfort of a range in nice weather.
snipers on the other hand are in the armpit of the world. they do get shot at BIG TIME! they are cold,they are hot, the weather sucks, their spoon is dirty,they are dirty,they got monkeybutt from humping a gazzillion miles. their tired,they hate life, they hate the enemy. and they have a very poor poor bad attitude which = "lets kill the bastid bad guy and get the hell outta here!"
most hunters on the other hand go to wally world or cabelas, buy the baddest azz mega whomper spoon, get a ga-zigga power optic, shoot the damn thing about 2 hrs a year if that, and are happy if they can hit the broad side of a barn with their groups and call it quits.
now what you see in the above pic is damn close to what a grunt DM(designated marksman) would be issued if in afghan or iraq. less the militarys choice of optic.
its capable of and WILL SHOOT 1/2"MOA all day if the shooter is qualified and knows his stuff. we built this with the fact in mind that this will OUTSHOOT my kid for many many years to come before he jumps into the high dollar UBER SUPER DUPER MATCH splitting hairs, rifle arena like his dads(mine).
this was built around using federal 168gr BTHP MATCH ammo. not 175gr military ammo.
told the kid last night to shoot 147gr cheap azz ammo for practice and plinking and for hunting or a match..............168gr federal. period.
when i get home from work today im gonna rub down his weller sling with some olive oil and mount the sling for him. swab down the barrel and have it all ready for when he gets back home. for a 22 yr old kid to plunk down the initial cost himself of the spoon, his 5rd mags and his 20 rd mags and a couple of 25rd mags, a sniper drag case and then he paid phil $1377 bucks to wave his magic wand over it.................the kid is damn serious about the sport. on top of me dumping all of my discarded super match parts into his spoon, wez gots some serious dough into this damn thing already
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