Snipers on 60 Min II tonight!

[Keego]

dude, call up the radio company that won't shut up about it and tell them to go look on tvguide.com, I would like to see this special.

 

[StageLeft]

I suppose if one of us wasn't lazy we'd check 60 minutes. There is a 10% chance that the show was a repeat from yesterday but I can't find any 60 min viewings last night. Can somebody check the 60 min or 60 min II website and find this? I would except I have work to do (refreshing off topic).

 

[Train]

ya but super sweet ninjas can just deflect all the bullets with thier swords, no matter what kinda rifle you use to shoot at them, cuz they are awesome! super sweet. better not mess with ninjas!

 

[Keego]

<< ya but super sweet ninjas can just deflect all the bullets with thier swords, no matter what kinda rifle you use to shoot at them, cuz they are awesome! super sweet. better not mess with ninjas! >>



canadian motorcycle ninjas that is...

call em up skoorb, see what they say

 

[Murpheeee]

Skoorb: Why don't you get your parents to buy you one of those high-powered rifles?

 

[gopunk]

<< ya but super sweet ninjas can just deflect all the bullets with thier swords, no matter what kinda rifle you use to shoot at them, cuz they are awesome! super sweet. better not mess with ninjas! >>



don't forget, they also beat up dogs!

 

[oLLie]

<< Skoorb: Why don't you get your parents to buy you one of those high-powered rifles? >>


OMG :Q lol. Is this a reference to Skoorb's mockery thread? This guy still didn't see that the thread was a whole joke? Wow...

 

[rutchtkim]

What channel and what time

 

[Draco]

<<

<< bullets do not go the speed of light ! hahahaha

couple thousand feet per second maybe, but not 186,000 miles per second

Silly silly man! >>

Sorry, the speed of light is closer to 300,000 km/second. Dunno where you got that 186000 figure from >>




Is a KM equal to a Mile? Not last time I checked

"The speed of light is normally rounded to 300 000 km/sec or 186 000 miles/sec"

So we're both right.


Wow, sorry for crapping on this thread


60 Minutes II air's on CBS at 8:00PM EST I beleive.

 

[AmRoD]

<< What channel and what time >>



CBS and as for time I think 9PM EST (check to be sure in the tv guide)

 

[StageLeft]

I'm being a jackass (as usual) with all my physics ignorance here. It is in jest. Honest

I will now begin my search to find the final answer and determine if indeed snipers on 60 min tonight is a real thing. I shall let you all know.

EDIT LINK

I think it must be about the secret service and the olympic security and fall under that...

 

[StageLeft]

It's on now, children! I think it is snipers and secret service in general defending the winter olympics. SHould be some nice watching.

 

[DarkLight]

What time and channle is 60 minutes on?

 

[etech]

Marine Corps M40A3

Caliber: 7.62x51 mm NATO ( .308 Win)
Magazine: 5 rounds
Length: 1124 mm
Weight: 7.5 kg
Barrel: 610 mm Schnider Match Grade
Trigger Weight: 3 - 5 pounds
Stock: McMillan Tactical M40A4
Sight: Unertl 10x with Mil-Dots and BDC
Max Effective Range: 915 meters

The 50 caliber rifles may have a greater range.

Sniper Rifles of the World

 

[perry]

They're talking about snipers at the Olympics right now... They won't say how far they are practicing at.

 

[focusyn]

i can accurately throw a rock at people i don't like at point blank range... do you think i can get on 60min?

 

[bjc112]

what time?

 

[StageLeft]

It was 8:00 EST and you all missed it!

Sadly there was little about the snipers except to say "We asked one of the marksmen how many shots he intends to fire at the target. He looked surprised and said 'One'", This in regards to the marksmen that the special service is using to defend the olympics. Supposedly the best marksmen in the world.

 

[bjc112]

its all ready over..? what staiton?

 

[911paramedic]

I think this episode aired last week, or else I saw one just like it. They on the range with the target between them while they talked to the reporter, meanwhile the sniper was putting rounds into the center of the target from 500 yds out.

 

[BlueApple]

Yea, I saw it. Not very interesting, but still was good.

 

[kgraeme]

It's delayed here for a BBall game. I still get to see it. Can't wait for the trained monkeys!

 

[Deslok]

Here is some info on the .50 cal and Effective Range:

"Range: Sniper rifles can be used with great accuracy against targets at much longer distances than ordinary hunting or sporting rifles. The longest confirmed sniper kill of the Gulf War was reported to have been made by a Barrett Model 82A1 sniper rifle at a range of 1,800 meters?nearly 2,000 yards, or almost 10 times a deer hunter's maximum effective range. Numerous engagements with large, 50 caliber guns during the war took place at 1,600 meters (about 1,750 yards). From the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, this range would allow accurate firing as far as the Smithsonian Metro station on the Mall. "
From
Gulf War

The Longest Confirmed Kill ( using a modified M2 Browning ) was during the Vietnam War by US Marine Gunnery Sergeant Carlos N. Hathcock
"Hathcock's 2500 yard confirmed kill with a .50 caliber Browning -longest sniper kill ever documented."

1 Mile = 1,760 Yards Carlos Hathcock?s longest confirmed kill: 2,500 yards.

1 Mile = 1,609.344 Meters The longest rifle shot ever recorded in South Viet Nam was in 1967. The weapon was the Remington Model 700 w/Redfield 3x9 scope. The distance was 1900 meters, distance and KIA was confirmed by a Marine 1st Lieutenant 1/5. Who was the shooter? L/Cpl. Martin E. Berry, 5th Marine Scout Sniper Platoon.