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Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs on History Channel

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Killer show (no pun). Discribes snipers stories and incredible long rang shots during battles in wars. Some unbelievable shots. World record: 1.5 mile kill shot with a 50 cal. bullet.

(show for those who still possess their man cards only)

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Yeah I saw that too. Great show. Snipers kick ass. Not only the long range shots were awesome, but the one where the guy mowed down like 30 guys over a few days was kick ass.

That was incredible. These guys did things that I thought was impossible.

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Carlos Hathcock, Marine sniper and famous/infamous for his exploits during Vietnam is my guess for the guy mowing people down over a period of time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock

I'm not sure if the piece refers to Canadian sniper Furlong's near 1.5 mile shot, or this one done recently by a British sniper.

Both shots are amazing.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/sniper_kills_qaeda_from_mi_away_sTm0xFUmJNal3HgWlmEgRL

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Carlos Hathcock, Marine sniper and famous/infamous for his exploits during Vietnam is my guess for the guy mowing people down over a period of time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock

I'm not sure if the piece refers to Canadian sniper Furlong's near 1.5 mile shot, or this one done recently by a British sniper.

Both shots are amazing.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/sniper_kills_qaeda_from_mi_away_sTm0xFUmJNal3HgWlmEgRL

I think it was the Canadian sniper for the World Record, but he ran out of Canadian 50 cal bullets and did it with a more wind resistant U.S. 50 cal bullet

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Furlong broke a long standing record in Afghanistan, and then the British sniper broke that one just this year.

Makes me think the heights of Afghanistan may produce further record breakers.

The show I was watching today was a couple of years old and was talking about the record set in Afghanistan. I haven't seen the British sniper story yet.

They were saying that the higher altitude and thinner atmosphere produces less wind resistance for longer accuracy.

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