Ukrainian sniper who claims new world record. He’s 58 years old. (WSJ . . . Not a vintage sniper rifle topic, but an interesting article on the 58-year old Ukrainian sniper who likely set a new wartime record Domestic Ukrainian rifle with a US Bartlein barrel and a Japanese March-FX scope, looks like a 4-40x52 Genesis version Ammunition was custom made in Ukraine
JP LRI-20 LRP-07 with longer barrel | Snipers Hide Forum I know the usual barrel length on the LRP-07 factory builds is 20-22" and the max length handguard is 17 25" Has anyone used anything longer, like a 24" barrel? If so could you drop a pic and how was the balance of the rifle with the slightly longer barrel? I want to go a little longer one one
What rifles are being used in NRL H factory class? - Snipers Hide I am looking at rifles to shoot in factory class What rifles are being used competitively and why? I have been looking at the Seekins PH2 NRL, Savage 110 Carbon Tactical, and Tikka UPR I have a Seekins Element in 300PRC and would get one in 6 5 Creed if the stock was adjustable, but it's
TITANIUM barrels?? | Snipers Hide Forum This week I spoke to a friend who was formerly an NSA operator (Yes, they do exist ) He said he had heard from his former operator "community", as he put it, that some U S special forces (no service branch named) folks in Afghanistan were using 338 LM rifles with titanium barrels I allowed
Not snipery, not quite vintage; dads old Browning BBR . 270 Win No real questions, just wanted to share, I suppose It may don't fit in too well around here but y'all let Savage shooters hangout so ??? Browning BBR in 270 Win that my dad bought new These were produced between 1978 and (I think) 1985 in Japan by Miroku for Browning It's got some neat
Which finger to place on trigger? | Snipers Hide Forum A few years back my neighbor who was a US military sniper in Viet Nam mentioned that he had preferred to activate the trigger with his long finger but i've not seen anyone else mention this nor had i observed the practice at the various rifle ranges and as such kind of forgot about it today I