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<blockquote data-quote="RMulhern" data-source="post: 161470" data-attributes="member: 999"><p><strong>Snipers?</strong></p><p></p><p>There's a VAST DIFFERENCE betwixt sitting on a hillside in the Rocky Mountains waiting for a muley or elk to shoot than an enemy combatant what can shoot back at you! Unfortunately....'Hollyweird' has blown all out of porportion this sniper game! Too many 'youngsters' equate it the way some guys do with becoming military fighter pilots aka....nothing but silk scarves around their neck and open cockpits! Sorry....nothing could be further from the truth. It's a hard/hot/dirty/dangerous business that takes a certain mental psyche that most people don't have. You either have what it takes....or you don't! Shooting ability don't mean squat unless you can handle the mind game necessary for this business! Carlos was more at home in the bush than anywhere else; reason why he was able to do what he did. Most guys today if left in the bush for 3 days are ready to climb the walls because of lack of company and THAT WON'T WORK under combat conditions! So...for those that read this thinking of entering the sniper game....you'd best give yourself REAL SERIOUS mental considerations before saying...I DO!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RMulhern, post: 161470, member: 999"] [b]Snipers?[/b] There's a VAST DIFFERENCE betwixt sitting on a hillside in the Rocky Mountains waiting for a muley or elk to shoot than an enemy combatant what can shoot back at you! Unfortunately....'Hollyweird' has blown all out of porportion this sniper game! Too many 'youngsters' equate it the way some guys do with becoming military fighter pilots aka....nothing but silk scarves around their neck and open cockpits! Sorry....nothing could be further from the truth. It's a hard/hot/dirty/dangerous business that takes a certain mental psyche that most people don't have. You either have what it takes....or you don't! Shooting ability don't mean squat unless you can handle the mind game necessary for this business! Carlos was more at home in the bush than anywhere else; reason why he was able to do what he did. Most guys today if left in the bush for 3 days are ready to climb the walls because of lack of company and THAT WON'T WORK under combat conditions! So...for those that read this thinking of entering the sniper game....you'd best give yourself REAL SERIOUS mental considerations before saying...I DO!! [/QUOTE]
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