Thread: : Snipers vs. Competition Shooters

its such a misconception about snipers being great shots -they better intelligence gatherers that can and do hang out in all sorts of shit situations if needed me thinks and very proficient shots .The way to become a better shot is to shoot all terrain -listen to others who may be better in different situations .I have shot a few contest and done ok but hit the big south island valleys and didnt -I need mountain practice calling wind !!!

ASRA or any of the other service rifle clubs will get you started. Needs lots of practice to be up in the top placings, as they say, practice more than everyone else for a better chance of beating them. I think the army team spent at least the whole week prior at the range and it showed in their scores.

Only a week.HAHA The Army team started end of march to go to the service shoot in ozzy mid june.

the two groups in question are worlds apart and I don't even know why they would be compared IMO.target shooter's are just that.snipers arnt just targets shooters the shooting part makes up only a 3rd of what there about.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

the two groups in question are worlds apart and I don't even know why they would be compared IMO.target shooter's are just that.snipers arnt just targets shooters the shooting part makes up only a 3rd of what there about.

10% Ive heard it said from a US sniper !

Originally Posted by el borracho

10% Ive heard it said from a US sniper !

so whats the point of them being compared then?.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

so whats the point of them being compared then?.

Keep your pants on solider
All the article said was they where similar in shooting ability.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

so whats the point of them being compared then?.

Think they were just seeing how often the best of the best missed so they could build some type of self aiming dohickey and accidentally showed that competitive shooters were better shots than Snipers

Doesn't really mean shit as both are experts in their chosen fields so there is really no competiton.

Be good to see a LR or HP guy belly crawl 2 km carrying their kit then take good shots haha

Originally Posted by BRADS

Keep your pants on solider
All the article said was they where similar in shooting ability.

Ah just get sick of this sort of shit really.im over it now

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Ah just get sick of this sort of shit really.im over it now

Forever green Neckshot. ONWARD

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Ah just get sick of this sort of shit really.im over it now

it was an interesting insight and that's all , it also uncloaks the often mis held belief of super shooting ability . Now as I mentioned before take a range shooter out of the range it "can" but not defiantly change their hit rate --add some pressure it surly would drop their hit rate more . All these factors recognized allow a shooter to practice differently to become a better shooter.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

Ah just get sick of this sort of shit really.im over it now

what exactly do you get sick of Neckshot?

Snipers hunt men who are armed to the teeth and trained to kill, and are often dug in and hiding. Just like normal hunters, they only need to be accurate enough. Still, the long distance feats that we are all aware of in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrate that they are expert marksmen in punishing environments. That is the clear distinction.

Guess its like comparing drone pilots to real fighter pilots.

Would be a pretty interesting piece of kit. Bet the boys wanting to develop it were a bit pissed when the results came out.

"So as you can see here from our test results sir, we could spend millions developing some new equipment then millions more deploying it. OR.... we could just train our shooters better"

Originally Posted by Dead is better

Snipers hunt men who are armed to the teeth and trained to kill, and are often dug in and hiding. Just like normal hunters, they only need to be accurate enough. Still, the long distance feats that we are all aware of in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrate that they are expert marksmen in punishing environments. That is the clear distinction.

Guess its like comparing drone pilots to real fighter pilots.

These examples are very few and t those ranges they have no return fire pressure -bullets travel longer also with less air density