Re: Your Definition of a Sniper Rifle
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MuleHunter</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 300sniper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">what is a hunting rifle in the hands of someone who doesn't hunt? what is a benchrest rifle in the hands of someone who couldn't hit a barn with it? is a f-class rifle no longer a f-class rifle if the person who owns it has never shot a f-class match? </div></div>
From here on out i wish to be addressed as Lieutenant. I have never served in any of the armed services.
Thats the equivalent of what people are saying when they call there rifle a sniper rifle and have never been a sniper. If it wasn't built for and used by a sniper its not a 'sniper rifle'. The person hasn't earned the right to rightfully call it that. Some view it as disrespect to the people who have earned it like a person calling himself Lieutenant when he has never served or earned the rank. If he dresses in the correct uniform and refers to himself as Lieutenant does that make him one?
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i think i see the problem...sniper is one who snipes. not a title so much as a generic description of a person denoting their activity at the moment. like hockey player or golfer.
no one would say a hockey mask wasnt a hockey mask because the person wearing it had never played hockey.
nor would they expect a pro golfer to be offended if a plumber owns a golf bag and calls it such. or maybe he just owns a bag that looks similar to one used by a pro golfer to hold his golf clubs which may or may not have ever hit a golf ball and yet to him it still constitutes a golf bag.
obviously many here get hung up on the title that follows completion of certain military/government training schools but again...snipers in combat, and many of the tools and techniques they employ, predate the title and schools.
i maintain the term sniper rifle is pretty meaningless regardless of what the implement actually is or isnt since rifles inherently have far more than one specific use.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MuleHunter</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 300sniper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">what is a hunting rifle in the hands of someone who doesn't hunt? what is a benchrest rifle in the hands of someone who couldn't hit a barn with it? is a f-class rifle no longer a f-class rifle if the person who owns it has never shot a f-class match? </div></div>
From here on out i wish to be addressed as Lieutenant. I have never served in any of the armed services.
Thats the equivalent of what people are saying when they call there rifle a sniper rifle and have never been a sniper. If it wasn't built for and used by a sniper its not a 'sniper rifle'. The person hasn't earned the right to rightfully call it that. Some view it as disrespect to the people who have earned it like a person calling himself Lieutenant when he has never served or earned the rank. If he dresses in the correct uniform and refers to himself as Lieutenant does that make him one?
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i think i see the problem...sniper is one who snipes. not a title so much as a generic description of a person denoting their activity at the moment. like hockey player or golfer.
no one would say a hockey mask wasnt a hockey mask because the person wearing it had never played hockey.
nor would they expect a pro golfer to be offended if a plumber owns a golf bag and calls it such. or maybe he just owns a bag that looks similar to one used by a pro golfer to hold his golf clubs which may or may not have ever hit a golf ball and yet to him it still constitutes a golf bag.
obviously many here get hung up on the title that follows completion of certain military/government training schools but again...snipers in combat, and many of the tools and techniques they employ, predate the title and schools.
i maintain the term sniper rifle is pretty meaningless regardless of what the implement actually is or isnt since rifles inherently have far more than one specific use.