British Sniper pictures

[muffett.2008]

Been holidaying without my reference material, so am a bit late with these, all AWM pic's, one bloody pom, but the rest are real soldiers.


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[PrinzEugen]

Thanks for those muffett - unless I'm mistaken though your 'bloody pom' is usually described as a New Zealand sniper at Cassino - so he's a fellow Antipodean dear boy

[Peter Laidler]

Interesting Vietnam one with the L1A1. It's definately not the pommy No74 telescope. No carrying handle either - as was the norm there

[trooper554877]

is it not a civie bushnell scope with the front lens cap placed on top of the elevation cap?
good one muff, where ya been fishing?

cheers
Ned

[muffett.2008]

where ya been fishing?

Townsville Ned, with the wife's parents.
An 18 hour drive, fuel stops only. Nah, I hate fish, something to do with a forced diet of fishheads and rice a long time ago. Now I just mind the esky and slowly empty it for the lads to fill with smelly things.
I guess that shot of the bloke cleaning his scope, puts paid to that crap about disturbing zero's.

[trooper554877]

Townsville Ned, with the wife's parents.
An 18 hour drive, fuel stops only. Nah, I hate fish, something to do with a forced diet of fishheads and rice a long time ago. Now I just mind the esky and slowly empty it for the lads to fill with smelly things.
I guess that shot of the bloke cleaning his scope, puts paid to that crap about disturbing zero's.

Yeah My fishing is deciding what variety I am going to have cooked in batter at the fish and chip shop!
the esky is usually my domain as well.
cheers
Ned

[Bindi2]

Yeah My fishing is deciding what variety I am going to have cooked in batter at the fish and chip shop!
the esky is usually my domain as well.
cheers
Ned

Can not get demoted to that rank yet nothing happening. Still like the catching job.

[Peter Laidler]

The problem over there was nothing ever remained waterproof for more than a few milliseconds once you'd taken it away from its desiccated packaging or environment. How good were the Bushnells of the era?

I only ever saw one type of sniper rifle there but never got to touch it. It was an M14 variant and it was in the hands of an ex pom from Support Company called Cpl 'Taffy' (he came from Wales.....) Bond. Did these M-14's ever follow the battalions back from SVN?

[jmoore]

How good were the Bushnells of the era?

Fairly cheap scopes. One rung below Redfields or Weavers. But it might have done for a while. Fixed power particularly. Not much hope for a variable.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

A certain Australian infantry battalion used to have an XM-21 kit in their sticky paws. It was a the real deal, complete with the hand-engraved markings, Sionics muffler, and the Leatherwood optics.

When I last saw it about eight years ago, it was a goer. Nobody in the unit knew anything of its history, or even what it was. I got strange looks because I knew exactly what it was.

It has probably been "rendered innocuous" by now; can't have the troopies playing with "foreign" toys can we!