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Quoted: 1) Hatcock's farthest kill was with a recoiless rifle, correct? Could you post a link to the story?
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Nope, a fitty. Hit a bike frame of a Gook carrying arms. Then capped him. 2 miles.
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Sorry G-man, post above is somewhat incorrect.
The kid on a bike was just that a VC kid toting arms (hundreds of pounds) Carlos shot the bike out from under him with his rifle and only took his life after the kid began firing "hopelessly" at him, as range was far beyond that of the AK......
the M2 50cal is correct (scoped with a 10X Unertl IIRC) but his longest shot was an adult VC running across a rice paddy after a sweep at 2500 yards, (1.42 miles).
Info above is correct the Canuks used a McMillian 50cal topped w/ 36X Leupy (or maybe that was the spotters') and set the NEW LD kill record at 1.51 miles or 2430 meters (2658 yards).
Hope this helps clear things up,
Mike