Posted: 10/17/2014 1:19:09 AM EDT
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I posted these before, but here are a few of my home made Wyoming desert ghillie jacket and head dress.
Here is a shot of my testing in in "ideal" local habitat: I've modified it a bit since these pics to be a bit lighter, and added more "grass" type camo 
These are testing it up at my cabin in less than "desert" habitat. It worked better than I expected. I didn't add much local vegetation, just a bit here and there. These were taken without me trying to hide, just next to local habitat. Out in the open next to the creek below my cabin. Yes, I forgot my gloves, and I've added some wrap for my rifle in my kit since these pictures were taken. 
In the timber: 
Edge of the timber 
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Taken by a walker after completing the stalk. Had the opportunity to train with the sniper section fora few weeks, kinda cool. |
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Tag for ghillie suit pics
That was one of my favorite parts of SH. |
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Originally Posted By bradpierson26: Tag for ghillie suit pics That was one of my favorite parts of SH. I need to get pic of mine in the bush. It works great for AL woods. I literally scrambled to get one together at bass pro shops the weekend before class.  |
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Ok, it's the next morning and I had to dig to find a few. This is what I have, not all ghille, but sniper related. Some have been posted elsewhere, some not. Here ya go.
Here I'm vegging up for a stalk 
Same stalking exercise 
Just after an urban exercise at the Nationals 
moving out to an obj 
2nd BN Snipers 
Rooftop in Iraq 
Bunker Iraq 
I got Top Gun at Sniper School, me on right 
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Originally Posted By benb:
I don't have any from outside, but I had this one snapped of my viper hood and rifle camo inside the house: http://<a href=http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/trackmagic218/Ghillie_zps8fe1a63f.jpg</a>" /> Nothing wrong with that. I like the V hood and good job covering the rifle too. |
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Originally Posted By ReconB4:
Nothing wrong with that. I like the V hood and good job covering the rifle too. Originally Posted By ReconB4:
Originally Posted By benb:
I don't have any from outside, but I had this one snapped of my viper hood and rifle camo inside the house: http://<a href=http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/trackmagic218/Ghillie_zps8fe1a63f.jpg</a>" /> Nothing wrong with that. I like the V hood and good job covering the rifle too. Thanks, my hood is like my AR. I always feel like I need to tweak it to make it "a little better".  Its never ending.
What are the specs on your optic? Is that a dedicated NV scope? How do you like that compared to a clip on? |
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Originally Posted By benb:
I don't have any from outside, but I had this one snapped of my viper hood and rifle camo inside the house: http://<a href=http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/trackmagic218/Ghillie_zps8fe1a63f.jpg</a>" /> the one this I see alot on rifles is the objective lense isnt obscured by camo mesh, you did it right IMO. big black round reflective scope lenses will give you away to game. I'd imagine trained observers would have little trouble spotting them. |
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Originally Posted By benb:
Thanks, my hood is like my AR. I always feel like I need to tweak it to make it "a little better". Its never ending.
What are the specs on your optic? Is that a dedicated NV scope? How do you like that compared to a clip on? Originally Posted By benb:
Originally Posted By ReconB4:
Originally Posted By benb:
I don't have any from outside, but I had this one snapped of my viper hood and rifle camo inside the house: http://<a href=http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/trackmagic218/Ghillie_zps8fe1a63f.jpg</a>" /> Nothing wrong with that. I like the V hood and good job covering the rifle too. Thanks, my hood is like my AR. I always feel like I need to tweak it to make it "a little better". Its never ending.
What are the specs on your optic? Is that a dedicated NV scope? How do you like that compared to a clip on? It's a PVS 10 day/night optic. I didn't care for it. I liked using my day optic. The PVS 10 worked well and had a mil reticule in it, it was just too tall. It's what we used before the PVS 22 & 24 or the PAS 13. We would shoot moving targets out to 600 with it and it was nice and clear but like I said, just a bit on the tall side for what it was. |
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Originally Posted By waterglass:
the one this I see alot on rifles is the objective lense isnt obscured by camo mesh, you did it right IMO. big black round reflective scope lenses will give you away to game. I'd imagine trained observers would have little trouble spotting them. Originally Posted By waterglass:
Originally Posted By benb:
I don't have any from outside, but I had this one snapped of my viper hood and rifle camo inside the house: http://<a href=http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/trackmagic218/Ghillie_zps8fe1a63f.jpg</a>" /> the one this I see alot on rifles is the objective lense isnt obscured by camo mesh, you did it right IMO. big black round reflective scope lenses will give you away to game. I'd imagine trained observers would have little trouble spotting them. Yeah I notice that too. You'll have someone all ghille'd up, can't really see them but there's this big, black rifle just sitting there. lol You're right about the end of the scope being a give away. It's easy to spot, especially when you're doing a stalk with spotters sitting in the middle looking for you. That scope will really stand out. People that haven't been to school will call it a day with a kill flash but they forget about the round shape that really stands out. |
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Originally Posted By ReconB4: People that haven't been to school will call it a day with a kill flash but they forget about the round shape that really stands out. Straight lines , squares, circles, ovals, etc are all easily picked out. |
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Originally Posted By ReconB4:
Yeah I notice that too. You'll have someone all ghille'd up, can't really see them but there's this big, black rifle just sitting there. lol You're right about the end of the scope being a give away. It's easy to spot, especially when you're doing a stalk with spotters sitting in the middle looking for you. That scope will really stand out. People that haven't been to school will call it a day with a kill flash but they forget about the round shape that really stands out. Originally Posted By ReconB4:
Originally Posted By waterglass:
Originally Posted By benb:
I don't have any from outside, but I had this one snapped of my viper hood and rifle camo inside the house: http://<a href=http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o795/trackmagic218/Ghillie_zps8fe1a63f.jpg</a>" /> the one this I see alot on rifles is the objective lense isnt obscured by camo mesh, you did it right IMO. big black round reflective scope lenses will give you away to game. I'd imagine trained observers would have little trouble spotting them. Yeah I notice that too. You'll have someone all ghille'd up, can't really see them but there's this big, black rifle just sitting there. lol You're right about the end of the scope being a give away. It's easy to spot, especially when you're doing a stalk with spotters sitting in the middle looking for you. That scope will really stand out. People that haven't been to school will call it a day with a kill flash but they forget about the round shape that really stands out. I figured it out hunting ground hogs with a rimfire. I tied some non reflective cotton mesh around the bell of the scope then run some fishing line down the barrel channel and tied the mesh to that so it tented down from the scope to the barrel. My success went way up. the best way to test your camo is to go out into the woods and see how close game will get to you. Well outside stalking trained observers. I have had turkeys so close I could have reached out and grabbed one. Ground squirrels eating nuts on my leg or boot etc. If you can fool a turkey you can fool a man. |
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Originally Posted By iwouldntknow:
I once shot 6 starlings from an average distance of 10 feet with a 22LR in my oversaturated ghillie in about 30 minutes. It might sound silly to some butThat is an acheivement IMO. Starlings are very intellegent birds. |
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I don't really have any pics of my suit. I need to take some.
I also have a Tactical Concealment Cobra hood I got for $40 new. It just doesn't have the hood. 
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Originally Posted By dangerdan:
I don't really have any pics of my suit. I need to take some. I also have a Tactical Concealment Cobra hood I got for $40 new. It just doesn't have the hood. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/ermey/Guns/17D4B1D5-D335-40AE-82DD-CC0BBBB0D4B4_zps4drm17td.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/ermey/Guns/CB14DCC7-7398-4515-83E9-18E2BA96632E_zpsq3pwlzdi.jpg That's a really good paint job on the rifle. I don't care for hoods and I usually take them off and use a boonie set up with netting and jute. |
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Originally Posted By LRRPF52:
1-506th Infantry Scouts, DMZ Korea http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j422/LRRPF52/1-506thINFKorea1996Scouts_0021_zps42419a29.jpg 1/3 Infantry Scouts, Subterranean Hide Site, Ft. AP Hill, VA http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j422/LRRPF52/1-3INFRegScouts1995_0007_zps072ecee2.jpg Objective Sketch, Point Target Recce http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j422/LRRPF52/1-3INFRegScouts1995_0008_zpsbf4c6404.jpg http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j422/LRRPF52/1-3INFRegScouts1995_0006_zpsb70c1939.jpg I was wondering when you were going to get in here. BDU's bring back some good scout memories. |
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Originally Posted By NuclearCookies:
First off this is bad ass! Never went to sniper school so I have a question about the objective scetch. I am figuring its similar to the sector scetch for an emplaced weapon ( ranges, elevations, landmarks, etc) but what other data would you throw into them? Do you mean drawing a 3D type sketch of the objective? That's the only thing I can think of other than a sector sketch or a range card. |
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On Day 2 of our DM/SS Course, it's basically a series of culmination exercises allowing multiple opportunities for approaching loopholes in natural terrain, and placing shots on steel through said loopholes.
It really makes a lot of sense when thinking about hunting and how you will approach your prey. I like these exercises because it takes fieldcraft and marksmanship, and requires that you apply both, ensuring that you have height above bore line-of-sight, as well as trajectory clearance to steel targets that don't lie. You'd be surprised as to what you can find in terms of loopholes if you get creative and push outside your comfort zones. 
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Hmmmm. Interesting place/use of a veil. Not my photo, but it's a field craft picture 
This is from the Twin Peaks biker shootout thread. I hope it was hot, and this guy was trying to keep the sun off his head. 
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Originally Posted By YO_Doc:
I have used a vail to reduce the glare off of the ocular lens when I have minimal cover overhead, this helps me reduce eye fatigue on bight sunny days. I suppose it might help with walking around on the roof to view his radio screen too, but it just stood out to me, given the situation.
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Originally Posted By guns762:
I suppose it might help with walking around on the roof to view his radio screen too, but it just stood out to me, given the situation. Originally Posted By guns762:
Originally Posted By YO_Doc:
I have used a vail to reduce the glare off of the ocular lens when I have minimal cover overhead, this helps me reduce eye fatigue on bight sunny days. I suppose it might help with walking around on the roof to view his radio screen too, but it just stood out to me, given the situation. It looks like he's ready to go to a 3-gun match Lets hope he shoots horrible, flags the squad and doesn't know how to do a mag changes, otherwise he won't fit in.
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I posted a thread in GD, but i thought these might also be appreciated here. I had a chance to test out my Ghillie jacket and hood this week up at our cabin in the rocks and open hillside. This is my 16yr old son, modeling it for me.... We were messing around shooting rock chucks.
The ghillie seemed to blend in pretty well with the rocks. We didn't take the time to add any native vegetation or anything that serious, just seeing how it looks in the wild. My pack and other gear give some idea of scale and distance.
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Originally Posted By bcauz3y:
Making a new hood with my daughter. Something fun to do, which is code for dad gets to spend time with her without her realizing it. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xixSUkMFZtQ/VMbf30RDdeI/AAAAAAAAQQw/v9yX0TME5gU/s912/image1.JPG Finished pictures? |
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