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Had a great day of sniper training today. Spent all day doing fieldcraft work. managed a good stalk on a fellow sniper acting as a our target. The guy being the target is a former USMC Scout Sniper, and now a Naval Reserve Special Warfare Operator. The other instructor is a former active duty Spec Ops sniper, and now is a Sniper Team Leader for a Reserve Spec Ops unit out of WV. Both are great sources of knowledge and infomation.
The stalk was tough, and covered about several hundred yards of varyign terrain including ravines, open fields, and scrub brush woods. We were required to get within 175 yds and take two shots(using blanks it was a non shooting school due to the area we were using) without being spotted. The hardest part was the crossing about 100 yds of open grass(about 18inches high) directly in front of the target. Careful use of a partial tree line allowed me to sneak along the edge up to a fence line. I then entered the fence line about 150 yds out got my target aquired and got off both shots. I had to be pointed out to the target, who still did not see me with binocs, he had to use a 60X spotting socpe, so I did not feel to bad. The whole stalk took me just under 2hrs, so any of you pros out there does this sound like fun?
The stalk was tough, and covered about several hundred yards of varyign terrain including ravines, open fields, and scrub brush woods. We were required to get within 175 yds and take two shots(using blanks it was a non shooting school due to the area we were using) without being spotted. The hardest part was the crossing about 100 yds of open grass(about 18inches high) directly in front of the target. Careful use of a partial tree line allowed me to sneak along the edge up to a fence line. I then entered the fence line about 150 yds out got my target aquired and got off both shots. I had to be pointed out to the target, who still did not see me with binocs, he had to use a 60X spotting socpe, so I did not feel to bad. The whole stalk took me just under 2hrs, so any of you pros out there does this sound like fun?