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From: doylemw@CCVAX.CCS.CSUS.EDU (MIKE DOYLE)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Sniper Weapons in the Gulf?
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Date: 8 Feb 91 02:07:18 GMT
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From: doylemw@CCVAX.CCS.CSUS.EDU (MIKE DOYLE)
I was a U.S.M.C. Scout-Sniper in the Nam.  (3rd Marine
Division Sniper out of Quang Tri...then 1st Marine
Division Sniper out of Hill 55...a couple clicks out of
DaNang)   My SWS was a Remington 700 (.308) with a Redfield
3-by-9 scope...the 700  had the thick barrel, the stock
came in either wood or a compsite material...we got match
rounds from the Kansas City Armory.  We were two man teams
my back-up man carried an M-14...I carried the bolt-gun,
a Smith & Wesson .38 with regular rounds and 2 flare rounds,
and a sawed off shot-gun (Eagle?), for close in work.
You were expected to get kills up to a click away.
(I anticipate the 1 mile kill record will be surpassed
in the flat topology of the Gulf region)