Sniper Rifles Options

[bloodrain]

I was wonder how much you guys know about sniper rifles. Im looking to buy one and have about $4k to spend. What do you guys think is one of the better ones in that price brakcet?

[neKronos]

DE's are expensive Especially the .50AE stupid retail markups One of these days ill get one. But the car is a better hobby for me.

And you are totally right on the hobby. Not everyone buys a gun to go commit a crime, or intentionally kill people. Some people enjoy bow and arrows and spend excessive amounts of money on compound bows, custom made arrows out of lightweight composite materials with fancy synthetic fletchers for more consistency. I would also like to point out the summer olympic sport called "Shooting"

At the Olympics there are 15 events: seven for women and ten for men. The shooting events are divided into four different groups: shotgun, rifle, pistol and running-target events. The shotgun events see competitors shoot at clay targets propelled in different directions. The rifle and pistol events are held on shooting ranges with competitors aiming at targets from distances of 10 metres, 25 metres and 50 metres.

So the generalization that only "Americans" enjoy shooting is bull****. Oh and its been an olympic sport for over a hundred years.

My roommate from college has put like over 10k in one of his neons and he takes it to the strip to race it maybe couple times during the summer. How is that not the same as going to a range and fireing off some bullets? Good launchs, reaction times, shifts are gained by repition, As is compensation for windage, range, and movement of the target in shooting. It comes down to skill. Thats why snipers in the military tend to be the best of the best when it comes to being a marksmen and more often than not those snipers had prior rifle experience before joining the armed forces.

That ends my rant.

Funny I found some world and olympic records. Not that many americans hold the records.

This post has been edited by neKronos: Aug 7, 2006 - 4:57 AM