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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    2 miles! That's one hell of a shot, I wish they gave details of what he's using gun wise. Probably 50mm. Obviously technology is making these huge ranges more accessible but still, that guys got skill.
    I've hit things at over 200 meters but not consistently, I was always more accurate with a handgun.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I simply amazed that you can pull a trigger and then wait about ten seconds
    For it to hit the target !
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I wish they gave details of what he's using gun wise. Probably 50mm.

    McMillan Tac-50 I believe, one hell of a rifle!
  • Bond44Bond44 Vauxhall CrossPosts: 1,581MI6 Agent
    Kill at 2 miles that is a good shot - well done that man!

    I was always in awe of our snipers the course was tough and pass criteria shooting wise was hard. But they certainly know their stuff and are a real asset on the ground either taking it to the en or delaying their advance.

    Personally I could no be doing with all that crawling around and taking pot shots. Much preferred getting up close and using cold steel if I had too. :D

    Cheers :007)
    My name is Bond, Basildon Bond - I have letters after my name!
  • Bond44Bond44 Vauxhall CrossPosts: 1,581MI6 Agent
    edited June 2017
    I simply amazed that you can pull a trigger and then wait about ten seconds
    For it to hit the target !

    One of the common mistakes for most new firers thinking pulling the trigger equals shot arrival at target. There is such a thing of time in flight obviously shorter the closer you are. But some pull the trigger and lower the barrel before the round has even left the end - then wonder why they are dropping shots or shooting low!

    The calculations these guys do in some cases is insane but it gets results and some are just experts in using their own judgement, reading the wind or environment and still hit the target. I had a friend who was the latter and you could not help but be impressed.

    Cheers :007)
    My name is Bond, Basildon Bond - I have letters after my name!
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    On shots like this guy made they calculate gravity, windage even curvature of the planet. I've known a couple of snipers one still works in private security for the Americans supplying cover. these guys just have an almost mystic quality.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    JTM wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I wish they gave details of what he's using gun wise. Probably 50mm.

    McMillan Tac-50 I believe, one hell of a rifle!
    It is from what I've heard, I was thinking Barrett.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,340MI6 Agent
    It's the same calibre as the famous Barrett.
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    It's the same calibre as the famous Barrett.

    I just assumed Barrett as in tp's link it says the Canadians were operating with the US forces and the US guys used the barretts a lot.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Though I was kind of hoping he'd used an l115a3 :#
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,340MI6 Agent
    I think the longest distance for a sniper kill in WWII was 1200 m. The reccord belongs to two snipers: an American on Okinawa and Soviet sniper in Stalingrad.
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 1,061MI6 Agent
    It is one HELL of a kill, I wonder how many shots he had to take and if the target was stationary (a sniper, heavy weapons guy, a spotter, a uav operator......)

    If it was a "talkin' and walkin' grunt" it was out of this world!

    The longest target I've hit was a 600m reactionary (a man sized target), at urban sharpshooter basic (not a real sniper course mind you) and for me that was difficult enough with TKIV85, a riff on WW2 era Mosin-Nagant in 7,62*53. And I've never really killed anything that moves on two feet.....

    My hat is off for that bloke!
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    I was wondering...(this isn't an airsoft thread but here goes)...if I bought a Maruzen Airsoft PPK, which bakelite grips would I have to use with it? The german ones or the american ones?
    The only reason for me to ask this, would be if I wanted to achieve a Licence To Kill look for the PPK (which is my favourite variant of Bond's PPKs)
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  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    I was wondering...(this isn't an airsoft thread but here goes)...if I bought a Maruzen Airsoft PPK, which bakelite grips would I have to use with it? The german ones or the american ones?
    The only reason for me to ask this, would be if I wanted to achieve a Licence To Kill look for the PPK (which is my favourite variant of Bond's PPKs)
    I would say the American ppk/s grips, but I doubt they would fit. I have no knowledge of the gun you mentioned but I think it's based on the ppk/s
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ppw3o6rppw3o6r Great BritainPosts: 2,280MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I was wondering...(this isn't an airsoft thread but here goes)...if I bought a Maruzen Airsoft PPK, which bakelite grips would I have to use with it? The german ones or the american ones?
    The only reason for me to ask this, would be if I wanted to achieve a Licence To Kill look for the PPK (which is my favourite variant of Bond's PPKs)
    I would say the American ppk/s grips, but I doubt they would fit. I have no knowledge of the gun you mentioned but I think it's based on the ppk/s

    Neither....the LTK PPK had Walther factory option unbranded wood grips:

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  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    Really? Well that sucks. Thanks for the info!
    a reasonable rate of return
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Really? Well that sucks. Thanks for the info!
    You could however have some wooden grips made
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    ppw3o6r wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    I was wondering...(this isn't an airsoft thread but here goes)...if I bought a Maruzen Airsoft PPK, which bakelite grips would I have to use with it? The german ones or the american ones?
    The only reason for me to ask this, would be if I wanted to achieve a Licence To Kill look for the PPK (which is my favourite variant of Bond's PPKs)
    I would say the American ppk/s grips, but I doubt they would fit. I have no knowledge of the gun you mentioned but I think it's based on the ppk/s

    Neither....the LTK PPK had Walther factory option unbranded wood grips:

    DSC03494.jpg


    I thought so but have no knowledge of airsoft weapons, I didn't imagine they share anything other than basic shape with a walther ppk or American ppk/s
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,340MI6 Agent
    edited July 2017
    Not a gun , but I'd like to see this in a Bond movie:

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    This micro drone has a camera and a hypodermic needle!
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    ......and of cource the US Navy shark drone :007)

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  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    "Like a shark...he looks for trouble...that's why the zero's double..."
    For a modern Thunderball, this could be just the thing!
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,340MI6 Agent
    Drone sharks would work, and now technology has made it possible.
    I think and assasination using the insect drone could work very well, and it would be an nice nod to the assassination in the Eiffel Tower in AVTAK.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,340MI6 Agent
    The modern version of the Armalite AR-7 in FRWL. This ist the Henry U.S. Survival AR-7 Rifle.

    Henry-AR7-US-Survival-Rifle.jpg
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,340MI6 Agent
    I already knew the Russians have underwater guns. Now it turns out the Chinese do too:

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  • JoshuaJoshua Posts: 1,138MI6 Agent
    These must only be used for short range? I think the bullet would not go far? Not even as far as you could see through the water?
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,340MI6 Agent
    edited August 2017
    I think it works much better than a normal gun under water, but only in short ranges on land.

    Is there and has there ever been an American underwater gun?
  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,535MI6 Agent
    The US have used the HK P11.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    A water pistol ? :007)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,340MI6 Agent
    It turns out the US had the Mark 1 Model 0 / Mk.1 Mod.0 Underwater Defense Gun in the 1970's.

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    Later it was replaced with the German Heckler & Koch P11. Do they still use it?

    HK_P11_mit_pruefgeraet.jpg
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Later it was replaced with the German Heckler & Koch P11. Do they still use it?

    HK_P11_mit_pruefgeraet.jpg
    The tranquilliser from Nightfire?
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