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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
The domestic terrorist near Chicago that wore women's clothes while shooting down on the July 4 parade......he was a SNIPER using a semi-automatic AR-15-style rifle. Any rifle action can be used by a SNIPER. The best SNIPER of WW2 was a Russian woman using a bolt-action. A SNIPER could use a single-shot rifle IF he had enough DISTANCE between himself and the target and it was a long-range rifle. There are 2,000-yard single-shot rifles.
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The Highland Park shooter, Robert Crimo, III was NOT a sniper by the very definition of the word. Snipers shoot from long distances, not 50 feet. He was on top of a 3 story building. Not sniper material. More of an insult to actual snipers, really.
These days 2,000 yard shots are not very difficult. Recently Paul Phillips (from my home town) completed a 6,012 yard impact (3.4 miles) with a custom .416 Barrett round. To give some appreciation to that accomplishment consider, after 21 cold bore shots and some adjustments and a flight time of 17 seconds he impacted a 32"x48" steel plate. He didn't get confirmation of the impact until after he had launched his second shot.