That is so true. Its not just the physical either. I saw hardened corporals that had made the army their career fail on the psych evaluation - dudes with happy snap photo albums of so called skinnies that they had shot. i was kinda horrified when they showed me. There were some prize A-holes in the Infantry. Really dont know what they want for SAS actually. You gotta be smart as well as a huge risk taker perhaps. In Aus they take whats known as the 'carter course' or they did back in the day. The snipers i knew were told they couldnt socialise with their buddies in the other support platoons. (most of the 30 did fail) one mate did so via wrapping his arm around a tigermoth tailplane during a parachuting accident ('adventure training'). Ever notice that the smartest people do the dumbest things? ha ha.
-On another tangent - i wonder if the SAS have their own snipers? they are an independant regiment that train up their own specialists. maybe they do?
As for hunting LR - this shoot was an eye opener for me. I wont be trying to kill anything that far out. No flags to help me onto the KZ out in the boonies HAHA. nah 300m will be heaps. I didnt enjoy bunny hunting with my air rifle untill i learnt to almost step on em. The thrill for me is being sneaky
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