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Sharpshooters and Snipers a Brief History

Sniper units were thus always the first to be disbanded at the end of every war, only to be frantically reconstituted, retrained, and re-equipped at the beginning of the next.

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Pete Gould & Todd Hodnett MIA on Charity Shootout Challenge

TrackingPoint announced today that Sergeant Major Pete Gould & Mr. Todd Hodnett did not respond to the Charity Shootout Challenge invitation...

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Just War And Where Snipers Fit In

Snipers say most of this killing is done to protect comrades. They very seldom talk about just war as a form of aggression or offense...

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BenchMaster Spotlights the Sniper Seat 360

BenchMaster is proud to announce the newest edition to their product line for shooting solutions: the Sniper Seat 360.

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World’s Fastest Gun Racing & a WW-2 Sniper’s Long Shot This Week on Shooting USA

We return a WW-2 Sniper from the Battle of the Bulge to Fort Benning in Georgia to help him make a dream shot he couldn’t imagine in 1943 – a head shot at 1,000 yards...

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British Sniper Sets Longest Sniper Shot Record – 8,120 Feet

Twice. Cpl. Harrison fired two shots at Taliban machine gunners in Afghanistan. They were confirmed via GPS to be 8,120 feet from Cpl. Harrison's position...

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Guns of the (Union) Grunt: 1863

Some 150 years ago, the US army fought the most brutal war it would ever be a part of, the Civil war and Union soldiers carried the day largely due to their superior arsenal including rifles and carbines.

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A Russian Sniper Rifle is Born – Part 1

And then at a shooting competition, renowned firearms expert and master shooter, Alexei Sorokin, was introduced to a new rifle marked with an unrecognized logo...

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ITI Announces Line-Up of Sniper Competition Shooting Team

The ITI Sniper Competition Team will be ambassadors to the military and law enforcement communities and will show how skills learned from their many courses in Texas and Virginia can benefit a trained sniper...

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FNH’s Charles “Tate” Moots Takes Second Overall at the 2011 Sniper’s Hide Match

Charles "Tate" Moots of the FNH USA Long Range Precision Rifle Team took second place overall with a score of 1305 of a possible 2300 points at the 2011 Sniper’s Hide Cup in Kingsville, Texas...

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