Sniper boots

[wreckingball]

i read an article in the local shooing/hunting magazine that had mentioned sniper shoes/boots. WTF aren't they just combats or is there a supper pair of boots that make you a better shot and stabilize you when shooting. Has anyone else herd anything about this?

 

[nomore606]

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sounds like a marketing gimick to me

 

[shankster..]

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Wellco has sniper boots. They give you the right posture to pose for the 1,000 yard stare.

http://www.opticsplanet.net/wellco-tan-sniper-boots-t121-series.html

 

[LoneWolfUSMC]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: wreck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Has anyone else herd anything about this? </div></div>

My "sniper boots" were a set of Hi-Teck Magnums that I spray painted tan and re-laced with 550 cord because the laces didn't have to be black.

It kept me from tearing up a set of serviceable combat boots on stalks.

For everything else a Sniper does, regular combat boots work.

 

[ukdave28]

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WOW that sounds like some BS to me... Look mummy I have Sniper Boots!

 

[Timo Turl]

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Use slippers..far more quiet and comfortable

 

[VJJPunisher]

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true sniper boots have a lister bag sewn on one boot and a colostomy bag on the other, if they dont have these features they are not sniper boots

 

[wreckingball]

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i hear you guys i looks like a fing scam to me

 

[signal5]

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I think these are military sniper boots.

 

[blakheaven]

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things to do to become a real sniper
1- post 100 posts on the hide
2- buy scopes and weapons way outside your skill level and budget insisting you need FFP
3- getting some sweet ass sniper boots!

 

[Bruiser_Joe]

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your not a real sniper unless you stalk in vibram 5 fingers, those are straight ninja shoes

 

[blksno]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BigJoe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">your not a real sniper unless you stalk in vibram 5 fingers, those are straight ninja shoes </div></div>

All joking aside, I would LOVE to have a pair of Vibram 5 Fingers made into tall moccasins for hunting on the prairie in the early fall when it's still warm.

 

[Bruiser_Joe]

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honestly look into their new treks and such, they are putting a thicker sole on them. pretty cool shoes, i only use them for working out/ running but if that floats your boat more power to ya. i could see using them for watersports and climbing as well.

 

[Pinco Palla]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakheaven</div><div class="ubbcode-body">things to do to become a real sniper
1- post 100 posts on the hide
2- buy scopes and weapons way outside your skill level and budget insisting you need FFP
3- getting some sweet ass sniper boots!
</div></div>

PP out

 

[Jong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: c_bass16</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BigJoe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">your not a real sniper unless you stalk in vibram 5 fingers, those are straight ninja shoes </div></div>

All joking aside, I would LOVE to have a pair of Vibram 5 Fingers made into tall moccasins for hunting on the prairie in the early fall when it's still warm. </div></div>

Kind of close.

http://www.russellmoccasin.com/index.html

 

[mgd45]

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You might think this is kind of funny.....but I bought a pair of these boots to wear on stalks, because the sole are camo & don't stick out as solid black or tan.....there is a separate icon to click on that shows a view of the bottom of the sole...

http://www.danner.com/boots/jackal-ii-a-c-rt-mo-brush.html

 

[jbgleason]

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The camo soles are the big deal. My unit snipers used to obsess with keeping theirs painted. Now the color is molded in. I used to tease them and tell them to just try facing the enemy and their soles wouldn't be visible. They didn't think I was funny.

 

[VJJPunisher]

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these sniper boots were made for crawlin, and thats just what they'll do, one of these days these sniper boots are gonna sniper crawl all over you.......

 

[wreckingball]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VAJayJayPunisher</div><div class="ubbcode-body">these sniper boots were made for crawlin, and thats just what they'll do, one of these days these sniper boots are gonna sniper crawl all over you....... </div></div>

thanks for ruining a great song. lol

 

[Martin Taylor]

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I dunno, I've always wanted to get a pair of Minnetonka boots for stalking, I know my dad used to have a pair of handmade moccasins he got from god only knows where that he hunted in for at least 20 years and those buggers were silent

 

[Lowlight]

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Back in the day they were Palladium boots, or the blue / grey issued coral boots, those were the high speed sniperific boots to have. The low budget brand were the Israeli Commando Boots with the buckles cut off... all great sniper boots.

Any one of these with UDT shorts and you were the shit.

 

[Mike]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">.

Any one of these with UDT shorts and you were the shit. </div></div>

And you have to roll the socks over the top of the boots to hide the laces.

 

[Lowlight]

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you only rolled over the laces with regular boots, the high speed, low drag sniper boots were too low to roll over.

This was basically the sniper boot of the day. I actually had a black dyed pair that I wore once on a Battalion force march. Got snagged and after the 15 miles had to do wind sprint until the BN CO got tired.

 

[Mike]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">you only rolled over the laces with regular boots, the high speed, low drag sniper boots were too low to roll over.

This was basically the sniper boot of the day. I actually had a black dyed pair that I wore once on a Battalion force march. Got snagged and after the 15 miles had to do wind sprint until the BN CO got tired. </div></div>

Those were the boots? That's funny because I have the exact same pair in a different color. They were used for swimming because they were just canvas and rubber so didn't have a lot of crap to dry. We couldn't wear them around the base, only around the hanger. I still have them, in fact, I think I wore them to RO one year.

 

[Lowlight]

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yes because these were the issued boots,

The color sucked so people used the Israeli boots or the ones I posted, the Palladiums, which were the most desirable at the time.