Top Ten Snipers!

[Gerald]

http://military.discovery.com/technology/weapons/snipers/snipers.html

[I-25]

Simo Haya without the doubt should be at #1...:hmmm:

[Stealhead]

Yeah I disagree with some of that.Though they do have some interesting shows on Military channel sometimes I find that they make many mistakes about nomenclature all the time.I do not consider them to be a reliable source of information.

For example they do not mention that Mr.Haya used the Finnish version of the Mosin-Nagant M1890/31 and that he preferred Iron sights because he felt that the scope would be seen by a counter sniper.I believe many of his kills where at mid range as well which would explain his concern about the scope without a scope he looks like a regualr rifle man and will not attract those looking for a sniper.He got half of his jaw blown off by a soviet exploding bullet.

Even if the numbers might have been fluffed(which I am sure all sides did to some extent) Lyudmila is easily the deadliest woman on earth. I think that she was given a match grade rifle by Winchester during a visit to the US during the war.I am sure she never used it though.

Another thing "best sniper" can be more than one thing,highest confirmed kills,longest range kill,if a sniper single handily contributed to one engagement that would make them very good in my book.

If you want read about an interesting long range kill look up Staff SGT. James Gilliland.

[Oberon]

Yeah, Simo should be number one, and the Canuck at number nine does not hold the record for longest sniper kill, that particular award goes to Corporal of Horse Craig Harrison who hit a Terry at 2475m (2707yd).

[Stealhead]

It is a bit out of date.I think they should split this category into small caliber .338 Lapua and smaller and large caliber .50 cal and larger because the larger bullets can reach ranges that are not possible from a ballistics stand point for the smaller rounds and if they can go that far much more difficult.

Just like James Gilliland who got a kill outside the reasonable effective range of his .308 M24 Craig Harrison got an out standing shot well beyond the expected range.I Know that Gilliland did not even expect to hit his target he was hoping to suppress the target and by chance it hit and killed the guy but it was at an extreme nearly downwards angle his shot was actually one full mil above the highest mil on his scope so he was in effect estimating.

Now the .338 can travel as far as Harrison kill but it is beyond the expected range they plan for a trained sniper to attempt a shot with his particular weapon system.In both cases they took shots that where not guaranteed hits and made one.In my opinion that makes them both better than Furlong who got his kill with a rifle and round that can easily reach out that far.Although anything at those ranges is a very difficult shot though both Harrison and Gilliland got first shot first kills while Furlong fired 3 one barely missed the other hit the guys ruck sack the third hit the him.