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Gun Control & RKBA

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12. I have heard the 9 yards detail but I wasn't aware that the M2 was the gun

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:39 PM

Dec 2016

The most interesting trivia I know on the M2 is that GySgt Hathcock used it in his longest confirmed kill at 2500 yards.

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Sniper rifle v assault (weapon) rifle [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 OP

The M1 is capable of hitting targets at 1/3 of a mile Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #1

The M1 Garand is a great rifle and an excellent design discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #5

The M1 Garand is classafied as a "battle rifle". oneshooter Dec 2016 #10

I think I read that somewhere but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #14

The talk of banning sniper rifles is nothing more than, virginia mountainman Dec 2016 #2

How far back do you want to go? oneshooter Dec 2016 #3

First of all... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #6

"Criteria:" Anything what sticks on the wall. Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #18

And, interestingly, yagotme Dec 2016 #7

No. The real answer is... Kang Colby Dec 2016 #4

The .50 cal shooting down a plane comes from WW2. ManiacJoe Dec 2016 #9

I have heard the 9 yards detail but I wasn't aware that the M2 was the gun discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #12

Yes Brownings were carried yagotme Dec 2016 #15

I've heard a number of explanations for the 9 yards discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #17

The next time they build up a head of steam kudzu22 Dec 2016 #11

BACKLASH???????????????? discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #13

Nah. Couldn't be. n/t yagotme Dec 2016 #16