26 Jan 2022, 8:33 am
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Looks like the Ukrainian Boogaloo is getting ready to kick off.
That's not a "sniper rifle" though, that's a pretty bog standard AR15, though it's interesting to see the American design in Eastern Europe, they've got so many AKs along with all the parts and ammo for them lying around that logistically it usually makes sense to stick with them, even though the AR is a better gun.
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26 Jan 2022, 7:22 pm
26 Jan 2022, 7:48 pm
Doberdoofus wrote:
I'm no expert but that looks an awful like a Zbroyar Z-10 sniper rifle ( used by Ukrainian 79. Airborne Brigade )
Yeah, "sniper rifle" is not exactly a precision term, but when I hear it I picture a heavy caliber bolt action rifle free floated into some kind of chassis and sporting some serious glass, not a semi-auto carbine in an intermediate caliber with a mid range optic on it. Even the AR10 based version in .308 sounds more like a DMR to me, but I'm also persnickety about these things, I'm definitely that guy who ruins action movies grousing at all the gun errors.
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26 Jan 2022, 7:56 pm
*mental note - no netflix and chill with Dox watching John Wick*
Godspeed Mariana and happy hunting 
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26 Jan 2022, 8:34 pm
Dox47 wrote:
Doberdoofus wrote:
I'm no expert but that looks an awful like a Zbroyar Z-10 sniper rifle ( used by Ukrainian 79. Airborne Brigade )
Yeah, "sniper rifle" is not exactly a precision term, but when I hear it I picture a heavy caliber bolt action rifle free floated into some kind of chassis and sporting some serious glass, not a semi-auto carbine in an intermediate caliber with a mid range optic on it. Even the AR10 based version in .308 sounds more like a DMR to me, but I'm also persnickety about these things, I'm definitely that guy who ruins action movies grousing at all the gun errors.
I feel like if the average chump doesn't know the difference between a DMR/sharpshooter and a sniper there's no chance in hell of them understanding the difference between appropriate tools for the different jobs.
They're both just synonyms for the guys who use scopes and shoot people in the head to the average viewer.
26 Jan 2022, 8:48 pm
funeralxempire wrote:
I feel like if the average chump doesn't know the difference between a DMR/sharpshooter and a sniper there's no chance in hell of them understanding the difference between appropriate tools for the different jobs.
They're both just synonyms for the guys who use scopes and shoot people in the head to the average viewer.
They're both just synonyms for the guys who use scopes and shoot people in the head to the average viewer.
True, but I'm an autistic gun nerd, so...
That, and the article described it as a "huge sniper rifle", so I definitely feel at least a little justified pointing and laughing when the gun in question turns out to be a .223 caliber carbine.
26 Jan 2022, 10:36 pm
Dox47 wrote:
Looks like the Ukrainian Boogaloo is getting ready to kick off.
That's not a "sniper rifle" though, that's a pretty bog standard AR15, though it's interesting to see the American design in Eastern Europe, they've got so many AKs along with all the parts and ammo for them lying around that logistically it usually makes sense to stick with them, even though the AR is a better gun.
That's not a "sniper rifle" though, that's a pretty bog standard AR15, though it's interesting to see the American design in Eastern Europe, they've got so many AKs along with all the parts and ammo for them lying around that logistically it usually makes sense to stick with them, even though the AR is a better gun.
I shall take your word for it.
I have no idea about guns really, apart from the basics.
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26 Jan 2022, 10:57 pm
Dox47 wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
I feel like if the average chump doesn't know the difference between a DMR/sharpshooter and a sniper there's no chance in hell of them understanding the difference between appropriate tools for the different jobs.
They're both just synonyms for the guys who use scopes and shoot people in the head to the average viewer.
They're both just synonyms for the guys who use scopes and shoot people in the head to the average viewer.
True, but I'm an autistic gun nerd, so...
That, and the article described it as a "huge sniper rifle", so I definitely feel at least a little justified pointing and laughing when the gun in question turns out to be a .223 caliber carbine.
Fair enough, despite also being one I've never quite been as fussy over nomenclature as many people. I guess it's mostly because of how common I've seen people use nitpicking over nomenclature as a way to avoid dodging having to address opinions they don't like (not exclusively in regards to the gun control topic either, although that's an obvious example where it comes up).
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27 Jan 2022, 2:33 am
Dox47 wrote:
Doberdoofus wrote:
*mental note - no netflix and chill with Dox watching John Wick*
Those movies really aren't too bad, Wick actually uses the sights on his guns, reloads at appropriate intervals with the correct ammunition, usually uses the proper tool for the job, and generally makes the gunplay look possible, if unlikely. If you want to hear me yell, break out Commando, where I'll howl as Ahn-ohd sprays hundreds of rounds from his 30 round magazine or never-ending belt, fires from the hip for the entire movie, places Claymore mines backwards (you can even read the imprint on the mines saying so), and hangs grenades from his vest by the safety rings, which is just asking for a bad day, among other things.
John Matrix is going to eat you for breakfast
