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Old 07-06-2010, 03:19 PM
Eddie Eddie is offline
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Originally Posted by copeab View Post
At what point do you stop discounting a sniper's accomplishments then? If you don't consider the sniper with the highest kill total the best, how do you determine the best? Remember Simo was using a standard-issue rifle without a scope and without benefit of a spotter -- and he did it all in 100 days. It's not his fault he made the best of the situation.
Read through Jester's reply. You could add in the ability to get a consistent sight picture, grouping size, any number of other metrics besides a target is up, now it's down.
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