Yes, very similar to a deer rifle but with a much heavier barrel for increased accuracy.

I seem to remember that at least one of the favored sniper guns was based on the Remington Model 700 design.

However, most will agree a bolt-action just makes more sense and is more accurate hands down.

Sure seems like the people who use the term "trolling" are really just people that can't handle differences of opinion. Quit getting so butt-hurt. It's ok to disagree with someone!


I think the deal is, it's perfectly fine to hunt with a semi-auto in an appropriate cartridge. However, most will agree a bolt-action just makes more sense and is more accurate hands down.

The problem is, a good majority of the people who use semi-auto's are idiots and give the legit hunters a bad rep.

Myth that a heavy barrel makes for more accuracy for one shot. It makes for a heavier barrel for consistency after repeated shots.

There's also a good chance that Sniper is holding a Winchester model 70. I read the book several years ago, and don't remember exactly the rifle he was carrying.

That's generally correct.

And of the 300 million people in America, the lion's share of ARs out there shoot tighter than those people can shoot.

Yes, that is an off the shelf commercial Model 70 Target model.

http://www.winchesterguns.com/news/articles/winchester-model-70-in-vietnam.html

What about the old Remington 742? There's no telling how many deer my Grandpa shot with his, and it was a .243. I shoot it every now and then just to connect with him.

wow this is still going..........

Bolt action deer rifle? Doesn't look like he is hunting deer.

Cool article. Here is one quote from it though. "Several times he shot insurgents at close range with 5.56 mm rounds and they did not halt, causing him to question the cartridge�s effectiveness. That ineffectiveness may have been caused by drugs."

I guess it's all been said five times, so everyone is done.

Never understood why so many people get so worked up/bothered by internet discussions just because they may have some back-and-forth "heat" to them.

1)It's just an internet forum. Ain't nobody gonna bite anybody. If a thread upsets your sensibilities there are several easy options - not clicking on the "offensive" thread comes to mind.

2)It's hilarious to see folks on here who are obviously all frothing at the mouth calling everyone else "snowflakes", when they are obviously genuinely butthurt simply because someone disagreed with them on a internet forum. Lol, who's the real "snowflake"?

3)With some "heat" always comes "light". Threads with a little "back-and-forth" with different opinions are always a place to discover new perspectives and test old ones. For both "sides".

4)Longer discussion threads are simply more entertaining and engaging. This thread has 1773 views and 157 responses. And that's a bad thing? What do you gripers want? A forum full of "Here's what I'm eating" threads with 5 responses?

Many folks just want to post up, have everyone else agree that they are absolutely spot-on correct, and declare them King of the Topic. It simply doesn't work that way. And it would be a boring place if it did.

Maybe I just enjoy the "back-and-forth" because of my profession IDK.....

Says the guy that hits the notify button everytime he gets his feelings hurt.