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[James Binnion]

On Dec 19, 2007, at 1:45 AM, Andrew Vida wrote:
>
> As for training, I would say that most of the world'd best long  
> distance shooters were probably NOT trained by the military.  I'm  
> just guessing.


My studio assistant is a very talented rifle marksman, he competes at  
600 and even occasionally at 1000 yards with iron sights. It takes a  
highly skilled marksman to shoot accurately at those ranges and most  
but not all of them are current or ex military or LEO's.

Unless you are training regularly you will not be able to hit a man  
sized object at long ranges (500 yards or more) no matter how fancy  
the scope or rifle, just too many variables. Especially in combat type  
setting where you have not had the luxury of sighting in the scope/ 
rifle on a range at a specific distance.


James Binnion
jbin at well.com