Longest confirmed kill....

[RLeon]

Burke reached the body first. He looked at his sergeant
and said, "Nobody's gonna beleive this unless they see it. Look
at that, you put a round through his scope!"
Hathcock took the Russian-made sniper rifle from his
partner and looked into the hollow tube of the telescopic sight
that had the glass blown from it as his bullet passed down
it's length and entered the enemy sniper's head throught his
eye.
"Burke, I just had a scary thought. What's the only way a
person could make a shot like this?"
Burke looked puzzled. "What do you mean Sergeant?"
"Stop and think about it. He had to be sighting his rifle
right at me in order for my bullet to pass clean through his
scope and get him in the eye like that."
"Why then he almost had you!"
"Yeah, Burke, when you get don to it the only difference
between me and him is I got on the trigger first."


from Charles Henderson's Marine Sniper .

[SuNmAN]

Burke reached the body first. He looked at his sergeant
and said, "Nobody's gonna beleive this unless they see it. Look
at that, you put a round through his scope!"
Hathcock took the Russian-made sniper rifle from his
partner and looked into the hollow tube of the telescopic sight
that had the glass blown from it as his bullet passed down
it's length and entered the enemy sniper's head throught his
eye.
"Burke, I just had a scary thought. What's the only way a
person could make a shot like this?"
Burke looked puzzled. "What do you mean Sergeant?"
"Stop and think about it. He had to be sighting his rifle
right at me in order for my bullet to pass clean through his
scope and get him in the eye like that."
"Why then he almost had you!"
"Yeah, Burke, when you get don to it the only difference
between me and him is I got on the trigger first."


from Charles Henderson's Marine Sniper .

I read that book

I have tremendous respect for Gunny Hathcock. The epitome of a man who had toughness, tenacity and the heart of a lion.

[Zulu 36]

I met Gunny Hathcock several times in 1973 at Camp Lejuene. I served with an old salt SSgt friend of Hathcock's from various shooting teams and Hathcock would come to visit. The guy was a double distingushed shooter (can't remember his name).

Hathcock was a quiet soft-spoken person, but he had an aura about him that said "dangerous."

[10thzodiac]

Former Marine Sniper Slapped With 3,000-Yard Restraining Order

November 1, 2006

MACON, GA—Citing Emily Holman's right to feel safe traversing vast open spaces, especially when within visual range of clock towers, parking structures, and tall buildings, a judge awarded the 28-year-old a 3,000-yard restraining order yesterday against her former boyfriend, retired Marine sniper Gordon Lee Blackwood. "When we broke up he started calling me 10 times a day from his job," said Holman, who realized Blackwood's office building, which had an open, flat roof, was only 1,800 yards away. "He had me flinching every time I saw sunlight glinting off any surface within two and a half miles." Blackwood would not comment on the judge's decision, saying only that he still loved Holman and was trying to understand the distance and crosswinds that separated them.

[STA0311]

Former Marine Sniper Slapped With 3,000-Yard Restraining Order

November 1, 2006

MACON, GA—Citing Emily Holman's right to feel safe traversing vast open spaces, especially when within visual range of clock towers, parking structures, and tall buildings, a judge awarded the 28-year-old a 3,000-yard restraining order yesterday against her former boyfriend, retired Marine sniper Gordon Lee Blackwood. "When we broke up he started calling me 10 times a day from his job," said Holman, who realized Blackwood's office building, which had an open, flat roof, was only 1,800 yards away. "He had me flinching every time I saw sunlight glinting off any surface within two and a half miles." Blackwood would not comment on the judge's decision, saying only that he still loved Holman and was trying to understand the distance and crosswinds that separated them.

This was retracted, as it was a hoax that the paper put out for fun and to get a reaction...not true

[DWG]

This was retracted, as it was a hoax that the paper put out for fun and to get a reaction...not true

Some stories are just too good not to repeat, though! And Hell, it was 10z, whaddya expect?

[drumcorpssnare]

D W - Hey, speaking of restraining orders...do you suppose Osama Bin Laden went to the ACLU and got a restraining order to keep US military personnel at a minimum 5 mi. didtance? Wouldn't put it past our ACLU!
drumcorpssnare

[DWG]

Personally, I think the sob is dead. He had a bunch of medical problems (dialysis) before he went into hiding. Guys I email that are embedded over there know I got a case of cold beer and 1.75 liter of good whiskey on who ever finds him in their sights. They swear there ain't gonna be any "saddam mistakes" with him! No prisoners! Let him try to restrain a .308 or .300 at 2800fps.

[drumcorpssnare]

DW- We should get word to Osama, that Saudi Arabia wants him in the next Olympics on their "Javelin Catching Team."
drumcorpssnare

[DWG]

Just send him a set of lawn darts!

[booksbenji]

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/mi...47thnypt1.html

I did not find no sniper kills.

[drumcorpssnare]

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/mi...47thnypt1.html

I did not find no sniper kills.

booksbenji- Thanks for the refresher course on Oswego's 147th! While this is fairly detailed, it is not the definitive and total history of the regiment. My source was a paperback with a title along the lines of "Little Known Facts of the Civil War."
drumcorpssnare

[booksbenji]

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswegohtmlmilitary/147thnypt1.html

I did not find no sniper kills.

hears a sniper link for the Civil War: http://www.cfspress.com/sharpshooters/links.html

[booksbenji]

http://www.geocities.com/rbrown13b/union_history.html

my source: http://www.geocities.com/rbrown13b/s...ers_index.html

I found no 147th ny

[drumcorpssnare]

booksbenji- Man, you're persistent! Okay, first of all, I'm not 100% certain the officer mentioned was with the 147th NY. I am a native Oswegonian, home of the Regt., and my memory may be clouded by my interest in that unit.
This officer was NOT a member of a "sharpshooter" regiment or company. He was a line officer, who's hobbies included mathematics and ballistics. The info regarding the "custom made octaganal bull-barrel" made in Oswego, is accurate. I believe the weight was 23lbs. Might have been 28lbs.(?)
As for the sequence of events involving the "kill"...I wasn't there. I didn't see it happen. For all I know, it's a tall tale. An urban legend. A bold-faced lie!
I don't know.
I was just relating what I thought was an interesting story, related to the thread. If it ended up being a "maggie's drawers", my apologies.

drumcorpssnare