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THE SNIPER RIFLE THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE THEORY BACK IN 1998
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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11-11-2019 10:01 AM
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I don't think anyone would want a sniper in 5.56. The bullet doesn't carry the weight to perform at long rages, I had a 700 Reminton BDL delux varminter and at closer ranges it was stellar but with any wind it would just blow the tiny bullets off...like flies. Not ground breaking. We've gone the opposite way as you know. .338 and .50...
Of course guys liked to shoot it. It would make a nice plinker.
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I have a Krico 600 Sniper Rifle in 5.56x45mm which was a Governmental sniper rifle. It came from the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (complete with paperwork). Krico told me per paperwork they sold more of them to Yugoslavia shortly prior the war, my rifle was among a batch of 40. Aside of that one I am not aware of any other official sniper rifle in this caliber, at least nothing introduced in larger numbers.
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Jim,
I understand from Bill Smallwood, that the Australians were specifically after a bolt action 5.56/.223 rifle, and as stated not much good over long distances but would prove quite useful up to about 300 metres, which is where they wanted it to be.........as you say strange request, but you know what bosses are like when they have some money to spend!!
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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I have going out this Afternoon a SSG82 which is The Scharfschützengewehr 82 or SSG 82, literally Sharpshooter's Rifle 82, is a rifle chambered in the 5.45×39mm Soviet cartridge built in East Germany at the end of the Cold War for use by East German special police units.
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Nice rifles
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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Yes, close they would do loopholes nicely if the wind wasn't blowing...
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Our SAS had some Tikkas in 22/250 for urban use in the '80s but until now I've never heard of the OZ army playing with a 223 DMR.
As an aside, I use a Tikka T3 223 out to 800m in our Precision Service Rifle competition firing 80.5gn Berger Fullbore projectiles @2940fps and they behave exactly as would the 155gn Dyers out of a 308.
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