A tribute to Carlos Hathcock: Examining the infamous "shot through a scope" shot...

[CaptainN8]

Great tests!
Hathcock wouldn't be the legend he is unless there were doubters.....haters gonna hate.

[SGTMAJ]

I first met Gunny when he used to come and give the Effects of weather class at the Sniper Instructor School ( talk about dating yourself) at Quantico. Later when I ran the 2ed Mar Div School at Stone Bay we used to go up to Gunny's place in Va Beach spend the night at his house and drive him down for Graduation and to sign the Students books. ( Which I never knew at that time He did not get a dime for the soft copies of the book published only the hard copies).
He was neither a braggart or a liar. He was one of the most honorable Marines I ever met and a true legend of the Corps.

[dash1]

When I graduated from SSIS he wasn't able to come to our graduation. The replacement guest speaker was a good guy, but everyone just wanted to meet Gunny.

[5cary]

Later when I ran the 2ed Mar Div School at Stone Bay we used to go up to Gunny's place in Va Beach spend the night at his house and drive him down for Graduation and to sign the Students books.

The meeting I described earlier in this thread took place at one of these graduations (Stone Bay). I was quite possibly one of your students.

Here's a pic from my graduation with Gunny Hathcock as the guest speaker. The Marine on the right is Sgt. Smith. An *awsome* instructor who was (I heard) later killed in a car crash.

Semper Fi and RIP to both.

[Blayglock]

Awesome sir!

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[uffdaphil]

After reading about him I was as impressed by his character as much as his talent. I like to think he was the filthy guy with the big scope who walked out of the bush to thumb a ride on Plantation Road in 1969.

[SGTMAJ]

5cary yes Smitty was a good friend and a great instructor and devote of the Gunny and yes he died in his beloved Corvette at a high rate of speed. That means you probably remember some of the other instructors. Rodriquiz, Krist, Hunt, Langdon, and of course Hambone, who taught marksmanship