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Re: Sniper Rifles Threaten Homeland Security

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From: Shaun
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:24
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On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:43:15 GMT, "Yardpilot" <Yardpilot@attbi.com>
wrote:

>

>> >
>> The only practical use of a .50 rifle is long range sniping and
>> shooting through thick dense material.
>
>Wrong again. People who know nothing about the subject like to say things
>like that, of course.
>
Go on, enlighten us,  what rational use would you use a .50 cal for
compared to say a .303 ?
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