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I actually saw this on Hulu last night and was somewhat intrigued. To be honest, I couldn't freakin believe the dude couldn't hit the 100 yd target with the '03 Springfield. He was supposed to be a goddamned professional shooter! I have actually shot an '03 numerous times and find it a pretty easy rifle to shoot, even the non-'03-A4 sniper ones with the iron sights. I feel like pretty much anyone in my gun club could reliably hit that size target at 100 goddamn yards. I know that there appeared to be a pretty stiff breeze blowing, but after 20-30 shots you should have the windage sized up pretty well. I would have liked to see them get those rifles out to some real distances, 50 yards is a joke with a 14 or the Mosin (or the '03, for that matter). If those guys were pro shooters, they should be shooting at at least 2-300 yards, which you could still use iron sights for reasonably well, especially given the seemingly large targets they had. Because i am a little nitpicky I was also bugged that they kept referring to the Mosin as a sniper rifle, when it was clearly a straight bolt, run of the mill 91/30 with no scope. The M14 did look a little like the nice national match one, but I didn't really get a good look at it. Of course I'll probably keep watching, but i definitely think that they could have challenged them a little more (although if that one guy was any indication, they were already over their head).
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