Thread: : Snipers vs. Competition Shooters

The Big thing not one person on this thread has bothered to mention and it probably based on the Hollywood crap is that the majority of target shooters spent a pile of cash on their race guns in all categories of shooting not just long range stuff and military snipers do not have this luxury. Yes an Accuracy Intl AW is a good rifle as is an M24 or M40 etc however they are not custom fit to the individual sniper as both he and his spotter are expected to be able to swap rolls as needed. Also the sniper rifles are not assigned to an individual for his sole use. Police snipers are closer to the Target shooters in that they tend to be assigned a rifle for their sole use however that is due to the smaller numbers involved. As for EBFs demands I will not go there other to say I served 11 years in the Canadian Armed forces in the regular force not reserves and spent several weeks every year operating and training with the US military and if he is upset that someone had the spin to call the US standards of training out too bad the best thing to happen for the US military has been the Second Iraq and Afghanistan wars as they have had to correct the standards that had been allowed to creep in since Vietnam.