Re: O/T Article on the snipers

Posted by 135 Fan on April 14, 2009 at 10:51:54 from (68.149.56.30):

In Reply to: Re: O/T Article on the snipers posted by DJ in Pa. on April 14, 2009 at 08:09:42:

My dad used to be one of only 3 master marksmen in Canada in the 50's. The prone position is the best for the most accurate shot. He always used iron sights and said that a scope can magnify how much off target you are. He shot small bore (22) and made his own stock for his rifle. I still have it but he sold the rifle for it. It is quite big and heavy, especially for only a 22 rifle. They have to be weighted and adjusted for each individual shooter. Breathing is really important as well. I think he said a bullseye is within 10 minutes of a degree or about the size of a dime at 100 yards. A perfect score was 100 10X. The X means within the red bullseye on the target. You could have a 100 score which means you were still hitting the bullseye but not dead center. The 10 means ten shots and the 100 meant 10 points per shot. 100 9X or 100 8X were more common. I asked my dad once if he could shoot someone between the eyes and he said, left or right of center at 100 yards. When my dad signed up for WW II he transfered to the air force because he didn't want to be a sniper. He had been target shooting since he was about 14 years old. At gunnery training, he took a couple of shots and they told him he doesn't need any training, so they sent him to the kitchen to peel potatoes! When he was shooting targets in a plane, they thought something was wrong because he was hitting them more than anyone else. My dad got worried he'd get sent back to the kitchen, so he hit the target a few times and then pointed the guns straight up and fired the rest of his rounds. He was a tailgunner in a Halifax bomber and the only survivor of his crew. He never fired his 4, 1200 rounds per minute each, machine guns in any of his missions. The main purpose of the tailgunner was to warn the pilot of enemy planes and give directions to the pilot to avoid them. The plane got hit by flack and my dad was blown out where the tail wheel comes up. He broke his back from a piece of the turret ring being lodged in it. He thinks the bombs were still on board. Those snipers knew what they were doing and only a 100 feet away it probably wasn't too hard for them to hit their targets. Dave

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