BigDog58 wrote:I'm glad I'm not the only one to see the BS in this article.
crbutler wrote:As to more advanced than anything we’ve faced, I recall a few years back that NATO forces captured a bunch of .50 BMG sniper rifles in Iraq that were sold in violation of the arms embargo to Iran and used by the insurgents. If I recall right, they were SIGs.
Yes, the insurgents were not quality troops like the Russians would be, but it makes one wonder about the press.
There is the Anzio 20mmgeorge wrote:Time to build the 20mm Barret.
OldmanFCSA wrote:crbutler wrote:As to more advanced than anything we’ve faced, I recall a few years back that NATO forces captured a bunch of .50 BMG sniper rifles in Iraq that were sold in violation of the arms embargo to Iran and used by the insurgents. If I recall right, they were SIGs.
Yes, the insurgents were not quality troops like the Russians would be, but it makes one wonder about the press.
STEYR, not SIG.
Some 50BMG, some 460STEYR.
460Steyr is based on a shortened, necked-down 50BMG. Factory ammo is rare, thus most were 50BMG.
If "I" were to choose a long distance cartridge for sniping purposes, it would be 416 Barret, 460 Steyr, or 50BMG in that order. Question is Personnel or Material destruction.
My thoughts only.
Erud wrote:Popular Mechanics should stick to articles where they have at least a basic understanding of the topic they are writing about.
Ironbear wrote:Erud wrote:Popular Mechanics should stick to articles where they have at least a basic understanding of the topic they are writing about.
It is not just guns. During a recent trip to the library, I noticed the cover of Popular Mechanics listing a story on making a 1000 mile trip... !!!WITHOUT GPS!!!... as if it were an off-highway trip across Africa or something. A quick scan showed that it was in the U.S. and involved Interstates and U.S. Highways... Probably why I haven't read Popular Mechanics in years. Unfortunately, the "Popular" in Popular Mechanics probably means that, these days, they have to orient themselves toward people who need instructions on which end of a hammer to hold on to, and which end of the nail needs pounding...
Ironbear wrote:Erud wrote:Popular Mechanics should stick to articles where they have at least a basic understanding of the topic they are writing about.
It is not just guns. During a recent trip to the library, I noticed the cover of Popular Mechanics listing a story on making a 1000 mile trip... !!!WITHOUT GPS!!!... as if it were an off-highway trip across Africa or something. A quick scan showed that it was in the U.S. and involved Interstates and U.S. Highways... Probably why I haven't read Popular Mechanics in years. Unfortunately, the "Popular" in Popular Mechanics probably means that, these days, they have to orient themselves toward people who need instructions on which end of a hammer to hold on to, and which end of the nail needs pounding...
Ghost wrote:Ironbear wrote:Erud wrote:Popular Mechanics should stick to articles where they have at least a basic understanding of the topic they are writing about.
It is not just guns. During a recent trip to the library, I noticed the cover of Popular Mechanics listing a story on making a 1000 mile trip... !!!WITHOUT GPS!!!... as if it were an off-highway trip across Africa or something. A quick scan showed that it was in the U.S. and involved Interstates and U.S. Highways... Probably why I haven't read Popular Mechanics in years. Unfortunately, the "Popular" in Popular Mechanics probably means that, these days, they have to orient themselves toward people who need instructions on which end of a hammer to hold on to, and which end of the nail needs pounding...
No GPS!!!! Oh the old days. I've actually been thinking about doing a summer trip with no GPS to show the kids how it's done.
Holland&Holland wrote:You don't have a hammer app on your phone?
Erud wrote:Ghost wrote:Ironbear wrote:It is not just guns. During a recent trip to the library, I noticed the cover of Popular Mechanics listing a story on making a 1000 mile trip... !!!WITHOUT GPS!!!... as if it were an off-highway trip across Africa or something. A quick scan showed that it was in the U.S. and involved Interstates and U.S. Highways... Probably why I haven't read Popular Mechanics in years. Unfortunately, the "Popular" in Popular Mechanics probably means that, these days, they have to orient themselves toward people who need instructions on which end of a hammer to hold on to, and which end of the nail needs pounding...
No GPS!!!! Oh the old days. I've actually been thinking about doing a summer trip with no GPS to show the kids how it's done.
Not possible. You’d be dead before you got to the county line with no GPS.
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