Favorite Sniper PLatform

[Chosen]

Favorite Sniper Rifle (formerly known as platform)

What's is your favorite "sniper" platform/caliber and why?

SAKO makes a fine .338 Lapua that I wish I could call my own.
Here's a good article:
http://www.snipercentral.com/338.htm

 

[ihsv]

Obama likes them, too

 

[acptulsa]

Doesn't get around as well as ihsv's but it should get you a clear shot at Perry's perfect hair sooner or later.

Did the title of this thread have to be worded just that way...?

Damn. Look, just because only half of us are paranoid doesn't mean that the paranoid half are wrong.

 

[Chosen]

That's pretty funny.

I guess I could say platform as specific to weapon system (rifle). I have shown no consideration for asperbergers syndrome.

 

[pcosmar]

This would be in the realm of wishful thinking for me.
Probably go with the Remington 700 VSF
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/left-hand/model_700_VSF.asp

I have always wanted a true Left handed rifle.

 

[Chosen]

This would be in the realm of wishful thinking for me.
Probably go with the Remington 700 VSF
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/left-hand/model_700_VSF.asp

I have always wanted a true Left handed rifle.

That seems like an excellent choice. From what I have heard the 700 is a titan right out of the box and after market tweaks are all over the place.

 

[ryanduff]

M107; 50 cal. about $12,000 new.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWJp14tkBlU

 

[acptulsa]

22/00

 

[Uriel999]

Obama likes them, too

I lol'd.

This would be in the realm of wishful thinking for me.
Probably go with the Remington 700 VSF
http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/left-hand/model_700_VSF.asp

I have always wanted a true Left handed rifle.

Hey somebody else is in the lefty club!

M107; 50 cal. about $12,000 new.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWJp14tkBlU

Gotta love a gun that shoots a projectile that can tear through a big block. You would need to be rich to have that gun though its like 10 bucks a round last time I checked and that was way before the election.

 

[ryanduff]

Gotta love a gun that shoots a projectile that can tear through a big block. You would need to be rich to have that gun though its like 10 bucks a round last time I checked and that was way before the election.

Surplus 160 rounds @ $600... $3.75/round http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM994-5.html

10 rounds @ $50... $5.00/round http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM991-5.html

 

[ihsv]

Surplus 160 rounds @ $600... $3.75/round http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM994-5.html

10 rounds @ $50... $5.00/round http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM991-5.html

 

[Uriel999]

Surplus 160 rounds @ $600... $3.75/round http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM994-5.html

10 rounds @ $50... $5.00/round http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/AMM991-5.html

Still incredibly pricey.

 

[Kalifornia]

Still incredibly pricey.

not when you factor in the 12k purchase price. Plus, most .50 shooters reload, the projectiles are a buck a piece.

 

[madengr]

The Steyr SSGs are nice:

http://www.steyrarms.com/

 

[ryanduff]

not when you factor in the 12k purchase price. Plus, most .50 shooters reload, the projectiles are a buck a piece.

Exactly... not to mention that you can pick someone off at a mile away... That alone is worth $3.75... lol!

 

[ryanduff]

Exactly... not to mention that you can pick someone off at a mile away... That alone is worth $3.75... lol!

50 cal. M107... $12,000
Leupold Scope... $1000
10 rounds of 50 cal... $50

Picking off a target at 600 meters... Priceless!!!

 

[madengr]

The M82A1 (aka M107) already comes with the optics and travel case. That whole package is a little over 10k at the local gun shop (at least the last time I looked). A .308 is plenty fine for a human body at 600 to 1000 yards. The .50 is primarily for taking out machinery.

 

[Kalifornia]

Picking off a target at 1600 meters... Priceless!!!

there. fixed it for ya.