Sgt. Carlos Hathcock is said to have killed a enemy sniper, in Viet Nam, 😯 while the sniper was looking through his rifle scope. The bullet struck the sniper in the eye by traveling the length of the scope. I would never dispute this story but I was wondering if any of you have tried this shot? It would be interesting if someone has a supply of the scopes that come on less expensive airguns.
This story was fully tested on “Mythbusters” and proven to be untrue. Even a high powered FMJ round will not penetrate all the glass before rupturing the scope tube.
Sgt. Carlos Hathcock is said to have killed a enemy sniper, in Viet Nam, 😯 while the sniper was looking through his rifle scope. The bullet struck the sniper in the eye by traveling the length of the scope. I would never dispute this story but I was wondering if any of you have tried this shot? It would be interesting if someone has a supply of the scopes that come on less expensive airguns.
We had a version of that in my Blackpowder days.
An axehead welded to a frame and two clays were set to each side. We shot at that thing from 25 yards offhand. Some fellas could actually do it with great regularity. I never did but I could kick butt on the walkabout shoots 🙂
Sawtime did you and a friend fire at the same time? 😀 😀 😀 just kidding. Pretty cool I will have to try it. When I first got my gun I tried all different experiments. Conclusion the guns are scary accurate 8)
This story was fully tested on “Mythbusters” and proven to be untrue. Even a high powered FMJ round will not penetrate all the glass before rupturing the scope tube.