Thread: Otorohanga Sniper Shoot 13-05-12

good vid

Ummm thought this could be a good read ,medium range shooting at paper or steel close to home - started of great but lost it way,may be it could be advertised M,R service rifle sniper shoot no dumb fuck civvie entries with LR rifles please- mite make some folk happier,,imagine what them scotts farmers think every time they see a photo of a sniper posing as a highland shepherd in one of there ghillie suits lol ,fak there's even hunter's posing as shooter's cause they made a nice 90 meter shot on a deer ,and shooter's thinkin there hunter's cause they smoked one at 6 hundy .God bless the NZDF its just that sum ex members can be like ex smoker's LMFAO

Originally Posted by R93

The SAS selection is way harder than the Snipers to pass physically. The snipers has different requirments that are mental and bloody stressing. Sniping is a craft that shooting is a small part of. There is way more to it and remains in NZ Army one the hardest to pass. Badged SAS member still have to attend the same cse and still fail.

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