[URL=http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1026143313994&call_page=TS_World&call_pageid=968332188854&call_pagepath=News/World] Carlos Hathcocks record broken[/URL].

"U.S. bullets help Canadian snipers set world record Killing shot made at distance of 2,430 metres."

Stephen Thorne
Canadian Press

"A world-record killing shot by a Canadian sniper detachment in Afghanistan could never have been made with the ammunition they were issued when they left Edmonton last winter, the triggerman said in a recent interview".

"The Canadian .50-calibre rounds have a maximum range of between 2,200 and 2,300 metres.
But the U.S. rounds, they discovered, "fly farther, faster," said Cpl. "Bill", a 26-year-old native of Fogo Island, Nfld. The two-man Canadian team, coupled with American Sgt. Zevon Durham of Greenville, S.C., made the kill from 2,430 metres, or nearly 2 1/2 kilometres, on the second shot".

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[URL=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,320383,00.html] America's Most Wanted Guns[/URL]

1. Smith and Wesson .38 revolver

2. Ruger 9 mm semiautomatic

3. Lorcin Engineering .380 semiautomatic

4. Raven Arms .25 semiautomatic

5. Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun

6. Smith and Wesson 9mm semiautomatic

7. Smith and Wesson .357 revolver

8. Bryco Arms 9mm semiautomatic

9. Bryco Arms .380 semiautomatic

10. Davis Industries .380 semiautomatic


Hmmmmmm, where is any mention of these lethal assault rifles that we keep on hearing about?