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It seems this calibre is more commonly used for assault rifles like AK-47s [1] than sniper rifles [2]? However, it seems to me that sniping describes behaviour
by mkl 6y ago
It seems this calibre is more commonly used for assault rifles like AK-47s [1] than sniper rifles [2]? However, it seems to me that sniping describes behaviour more than weapon (e.g. the DC Sniper seems to have used an assault rifle [3]), so I don't see the problem.
(I don't really know anything about guns, I'm just trying to understand the comment above that assumes we all do.)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62%C3%9739mm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62%C3%9739mm
[2] https://www.snipercentral.com/sniping-ammunition-calibers-cartridges/ https://www.snipercentral.com/sniping-ammunition-calibers-ca...
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sniper_attacks
- SV_BubbleTime 6y agoNo, the DC Sniper did not use an assault rifle. They used a Bushmaster XM-15, the same pattern as the most popular rifle in the country, sometimes called an “assault weapon“ (a political term for political purposes) because of four or five cosmetic traits. An assault rifle would have been prohibitively expensive. On the x39 and AK pattern guns, 400m for the round, 200m for the gun, typical maximums, although obviously there are videos of people shooting them both longer distances. By using the term “sniper” for “a bunch of guys unloaded on a transformer station with AKs or SKS”, it’s just using your ignorance to create a picture of the scarier thing. Same thing as confusing the difference between assault rifle (real) and assault weapon (not real).