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Malchira · 10-07-2002, 01:38 PM

What you're terming "sniper" rifles are used commonly in long-range precision rifle shooting. The .50BMG is popular in that competition.

I fail to see your concern with this. You'd be just as dead if you were shot with a .308 instead of a .50, and in case you hadn't noticed, there isn't a lot of extreme-range criminal sniping assassinations going on.

And before some wiseass mentions it, the current difficulties in Maryland do not involve extreme range, and do involve a .223, which is on the opposite end of the power/range spectrum from the .50.

Oh, and make sure you believe everything you watch on television, because it's never wrong or biased.

10-07-2002, 01:38 PM	#13
Malchira Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 19	What you're terming "sniper" rifles are used commonly in long-range precision rifle shooting. The .50BMG is popular in that competition. I fail to see your concern with this. You'd be just as dead if you were shot with a .308 instead of a .50, and in case you hadn't noticed, there isn't a lot of extreme-range criminal sniping assassinations going on. And before some wiseass mentions it, the current difficulties in Maryland do not involve extreme range, and do involve a .223, which is on the opposite end of the power/range spectrum from the .50. Oh, and make sure you believe everything you watch on television, because it's never wrong or biased.