Gun Shops and Former Snipers

[Titanium Man]

First, I want to preface my comment by saying thank you to all who've served to protect my freedoms, and this is not a slam in anyway shape or form, just an observation/question.

Does every gunshop always have the obligatory "former sniper", working in, around the business? Maybe it's my imagination, but usually someone in any particular shop I'm browsing in, just happened to have a past career as a former sniper.

I'm not naming shops, locals, or persons, but as a kind of generalization for the period of time I've been a gun nut, which is a buncha years.

 

[ryanbr]

Lol, I know exactly what you mean. I am former Marine, not as lean or mean anymore. It is amazing how many snipers the Marine Corps has! I dont know how anything every got done, Meet so many Former Marines who were Snipers it is amazing! Oh by the way, I wasnt a sniper, just a lowly mortarman.

 

[Titanium Man]

Lol, I know exactly what you mean. I am former Marine, not as lean or mean anymore. It is amazing how many snipers the Marine Corps has! I dont know how anything every got done, Meet so many Former Marines who were Snipers it is amazing! Oh by the way, I wasnt a sniper, just a lowly mortarman.

The Marines gotta have mortarmen!!

 

[colt45er]

morterman are kinda like snipers....you just use bigger booolets and are always as precise

 

[jayhawk]

I think there is maybe some confusion between sniping and snipe hunting.

 

[jd4320t]

I work with a guy who tells people he was an Army sniper. He says he "only killed who they told him to kill"

 

[dom1104]

There is a guy that comes into our shop, and tells the same story.

Heart shot on a deer, 840 yards, standing.

With a muzzleloader.

U.S. Marine Scout Sniper.

Hooah.

 

[Hookeye]

Decimal points shift right............always

 

[Marcinko]

I guess I ask all the wrong questions when I go to the gun shops. I am usually not asking about past job experiences so I have never ran across many Marine Snipers.
Myself being an old Marine was 0331 Machine gunner. I guess they felt I needed the extra ammo to get the job done.

 

[GBuck]

I was never in the Corps but they hired me and paid me millions as a guest sniper because I was so awesome. I once hit a guy at 1500 meters with a .22 derringer because my rifle got too hot from shooting the first 456 guys. The .22 was just sitting there with nowhere to go so I figured what the heck?!

 

[GBuck]

I was never in the Corps but they hired me and paid me millions as a guest sniper because I was so awesome. I once hit a guy at 1500 meters with a .22 derringer because my rifle got too hot from shooting the first 456 guys. The .22 was just sitting there with nowhere to go so I figured what the heck?!

This is all a fabrication, it was 756 guys and it was a .17hmr. (shhhh mom, I'll be up in a minute! I'm busy on the interwebz!)

 

[halfmileharry]

I nailed a running mouse with my boot at about 15' a few months back. Best shot I've made in a while. The previous shot took out my son's keyboard from that distance. Practice and repetition is all it took for my marksmanship to come back after all these years.

Almost forgot...Semper Fi

 

[blamecharles]

This is all a fabrication, it was 756 guys and it was a .17hmr. (shhhh mom, I'll be up in a minute! I'm busy on the interwebz!)

I saw him do it but i really took that last shot with my Official Red Ryder BB gun.

 

[blamecharles]

I am former US Army 19kilo which is a tank crewman. My sniper round(120mm) wasn't none of that wussy stuff most guys shoot.

 

[Titanium Man]

I guess I ask all the wrong questions when I go to the gun shops. I am usually not asking about past job experiences so I have never ran across many Marine Snipers.
Myself being an old Marine was 0331 Machine gunner. I guess they felt I needed the extra ammo to get the job done.

You don't have to ask questions, just listen and learn. They'll seek you out.

 

[Stschil]

I was never in the Corps but they hired me and paid me millions as a guest sniper because I was so awesome. I once hit a guy at 1500 meters with a .22 derringer because my rifle got too hot from shooting the first 456 guys. The .22 was just sitting there with nowhere to go so I figured what the heck?!

This is all a fabrication, it was 756 guys and it was a .17hmr. (shhhh mom, I'll be up in a minute! I'm busy on the interwebz!)

I saw him do it but i really took that last shot with my Official Red Ryder BB gun.

Pishahhhhh, that's nuthin'. I stayed at Holiday Inn Express the whole time I was "In Country". I once took a guy out with my Wrist Rocket slingshot from 2 clicks. Had to do it, my Kate jammed on all the .50 cal HE rounds I put through her (sniff) I'm gonna miss that rifle. Anyways, I only had one round left from her clip, did some dope conversion from my scope, twisted the slingshot band up real tight to keep that HE flyin straight, pulled back and let it fly.
My spotter said he watched it arc over the hut the towel head was hiding' behind, then Klablow!, right between Haji's eyes.
Best shot I ever made.

 

[buzz815]

I see lots of former snipers at the range. Met one last year who couldnt get his 308 bolt gun sighted in at 50 yds. I asked if I could help and he said yes. I picked up the rifle and could feel that the scope wobbled all over the place. I tightened the scope and got him zeroed in, about 6 shots later. He must have missed his sniper class on scope mounting.

 

[flatlander]

Same applies for:
SEALs
Special Forces (Delta of course)
LRRPs
Marine Recon
etc

Ran into a former "LRRP" the other day who was trying to tell me that SF/ Delta guys use hockey helmets. I said Really? He went on how well connected he was etc. After about 5 min told him that the almost 3 years I was in Iraq all I saw them wearing, as far as out of the ordinary, were things like the Crye "Airframe helmets. He got up and left. It was the best fun I've had at Christmas for a while

Bob

 

[223 Gunner]

Same applies for:
SEALs
Special Forces (Delta of course)
LRRPs
Marine Recon
etc

Ran into a former "LRRP" the other day who was trying to tell me that SF/ Delta guys use hockey helmets. I said Really? He went on how well connected he was etc. After about 5 min told him that the almost 3 years I was in Iraq all I saw them wearing, as far as out of the ordinary, were things like the Crye "Airframe helmets. He got up and left. It was the best fun I've had at Christmas for a while

Bob

You beat me to it. There's always a former SEAL lurking around!

 

[printcraft]

You beat me to it. There's always a former SEAL lurking around!