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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: ren on December 16, 2012, 10:08:53 PM
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http://armyreservemarksman.info/2012/12/14/shooting-skill-snipers-vs-competition-shooters/ (http://armyreservemarksman.info/2012/12/14/shooting-skill-snipers-vs-competition-shooters/)
granted its apples and oranges but there is an interesting corollary. HP targets don't shoot back and the stresses are different.
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It's also an entirely different standard of acceptable accuracy that the two groups are dealing with. A competitive shooter thinks in tenths of inches, whereas a shot in the wheelhouse is a shot in the wheelhouse for a sniper. Anything from belt buckle to forehead is a perfect shot for a sniper. Being as the accuracy requirement is much looser for snipers, and that making the shot is only one item in a laundry list of job requirements that also includes things like, "Don't get killed", it's neither surprising nor disappointing that the results are what they are.