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My Passion

The title of my blog is a tribute to my passion. From the virtual battlefields of Call of Duty, to air soft skirmishes in the dead of night, to firing real sniper rifles at targets, I am fascinated with the arts of subterfuge, camouflage, incredible accuracy with a rifle, and of course the sniper's motto, "one shot, one kill." The title of my blog is a quote from the movie, based on a true story, Enemy at the Gates, the ultimate tale of two World War Two snipers, one Soviet, the other Fascist, engaged in an epic battle over the remains of war torn 1942 Stalingrad.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Making a Ghillie Suit

Rebekah and I have come to the conclusion that we are going to make a ghillie suit. We have researched the price and materials. It will cost about 30$ and will take about a week to put together. I am very excited about the final product. If you don't know what a ghillie suit is, it is the ultimate camouflage, if used correctly the user can remain completely invisible, especially from a distance. I can only hope that mine will be as good as the one in this picture.
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Friday, August 8, 2008

Red Orchestra

I got a game about two years ago and i finally got to play it last night. The sniping system is awesome and it is an intense game. It was worth the wait. I particularly enjoyed sniping with the Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle.
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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Cool Website

The other day I found this sweet website. Rebekah, it has lots of helpful info, and it is also where I learned more about the WA2000. The site is called sniper central and there is a link at the bottom of my blog under the movie sniper moments. It has information that is accurate and loads of cool pictures, there is even a store that sells sniper equipment (ghillie suits?).





It looks like my kind of site.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

This is My Rifle


The Mosin-Nagant 1891/30 was the Imperialist Russian army's and Soviet army's main rifle during the Russo-Japanese War and both World Wars the rifle was equipped with a scope and used as a sniper rifle during World War Two. The Mosin-Nagant is known for it's accuracy and reliability. I own a non sniper version made in 1938 and am working on making it a sniper rifle.

In order to finish this project I only need a modified bolt handle and a reproduction scope, like what is highlighted in the illustration. The total cost for the project is just under three hundred dollars including the rifle. When it is finished it will look exactly like the photo above.





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My Favorite Sniper Rifles (Dream Team)

My Favorite Sniper Rifles (Dream Team)
Arctic Warfare Super Magnum-.338 Lapua

M40A3-7.62x51 NATO

M82A1-.50BMG

PSG-1-7.62x51 NATO

Dragunov SVD-7.62x54r

Which on My Dream Team is Your Favorite Sniper Rifle?

My Top 5 Favorite Movie Sniper Moments

  • 1. Movie: Saving Private Ryan, The Shot: When the christian sniper puts a 30-06 round through the scope and in the eye of the German sniper
  • 2. Movie: Enemy at the Gates, The Shot: When the German sniper shoots the Russian accompanying Vassili in mid-air as he leaps a gap to relocate.
  • 3. Movie: We Were Soldiers, The Shot: The sniper is not seen, but in the opening scene the contents of a French Officer's skull are splattered on the face of the Private next to him.
  • 4. Movie: Enemy at the Gates, The Shot: Vassili, armed with a stripper clip of 7.62x54r, defeats five Nazis by timing his shots to coincide with explosions in the background.
  • 5. Movie: Jarhead, The Shot: This one isn't even in the movie. In special features there is an alternate scenes section in which the main character makes an incredibly long shot with an M40A3 that he was not allowed to take in the movie, ending in a great "pink mist".