Ravenwood - 10/08/02 04:31 PM
Kim hits this nail on the head. Apparently the gun grabbing Maryland Governor has been reduced to begging the sniper for mercy by asking him to turn himself in.
Meanwhile I heard some dipshit on the radio saying the sniper must be ex-military because he was hitting targets from 200 yards away. Nevermind that a good hunter with a high powered rifle could make that shot from 300 to 500 yards.
I read today that the sniper is using a .223, which actually IS NOT a high-powered rifle. It IS accurate at 200 yards, however. It fires ammunition similar to what an M-16 uses, but without the tumbling effect.
With a good scope and an accurate rifle, you don't have to be an "expert" marksman to hit someone from 100+ yards. I've hit beer cans at that range.
Hell, I'll blog about how gun-dumb most reporters are.
Posted by: Acidman at October 8, 2002 5:12 PMI'm no ammo expert, especially when it comes to rifle rounds. However I do know that the .223 is a varmint round with quite a bit of powder behind it. Since the round is quite small, most of the energy goes into velocity, which is enough to propel it more than a mile.
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