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TheInfantry,
Parker-Hale C3A1 — the Standard CF 7.62mm Sniper’s Rifle
The British M82 sniper’s rifle entered CF service in the 1970s as the C3. Parker-Hale rifles have Mauser actions, the C3s being distinquished by their extended bolt handles and detachable box magazines.* A change to Unertl scopes resulted in the C3A1. In the late ’90s, the CF replaced all C3A1 wood ‘furniture’ with composite A2 stocks by McMillan Bros.
Ammunition: The 168 grain Boat Tailed Hollow Point Match round currently produced by Norma
For more info, go here:
http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-c3a1.htm
By the way, the picture on the upper right in that link? That’s two buddies of mine. The guy behind the rifle was on the same sniper course as I was. Difference being, he completed it successfully, where I hammered in 2 days before the final exercise. (Not that it bothers me. Nope, it doesn’t eat away at me every day. No sir.) The fella behind the spotter scope is one of the best long gunners in the unit. Great guy. Totally laid back, and max relax. Hard, hard man. One of my personal heroes.
More here:
http://www.snipercentral.com/c3a1.htm
Make The Voices Stop!
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evan,
tomahawk6 is right. This is a site populated primarily by American jumpers. If you'll note, very few of the posts put up that have anything to do with our country get read. It just eats up Mark's bandwidth to no purpose. For info on Canadian military stuff, you gotta go to Canadian sites. Here are about a bazillion links to everything related to the military of The Great White North:
http://cdnarmy.ca/links/canlinks.php
Make The Voices Stop!
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By fun i didnt mean to glorify it at all. Trust me i know that you cant possibly know what it is like without experiencing it.
Proud Canadian Redneck
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Somehow,although I am sure it's not intentional,the job of a "sniper" is not glorified.It's a job to do;and the standards are HIGH.It's a "force multiplier" that is overlooked by many commanders, unfortunately.It's not about just shooting-a lot of it has to do with reporting WHAT they see.A sniper team is often the "eyes and ears" of a battalion,or should be..[82nd][E6][uswingsr][infantry][scout]
"Stand....in the door"
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