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

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    Cool thread, good shooting as usual. You really took your time to set up and execute this. Thanks for sharing.

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    Please ignore the original post. My apologies.

    It should be noted that Mythbusters revisited the myth and confirmed that it could have happened.
    Last edited by justin_247; 05-21-11 at 11:22. Reason: Incorrect information.

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    I usually think the mythbuster's do a fair job. However if has anything to do w. a firearm, they go Insta-shortbus rider

    Sniper's POV ret. cam....
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    Just adding a little historical info. Depending on what kind of scopes the NVA had available it might have been a PU scope of ww2 vintage and later. This is whats inside them as Ive had to rebuild a couple. Pretty stout what with the internal lense assembly being made of solid steel but the middle lense only being less than 1/4 inch in diameter. Not good for light transmission.


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    Wow, did you forget to include in your pic the kitchen sink located in that optic as well That is a ton of internals!

    Thanks very much for sharing that with us, now I do really want to take Templar's suggestion and try and find one of these PU types to evaluate.

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    I read Carlo's book when it first came out and have watched video taped interviews of him. He always struck me as a humble person with no need to be a braggart or lie about his job. He also won the Wimbelton Cup 1000yd match at Camp Perry. IIRC it was in 1965 before he went to Vietnam so he was very well versed in long range shooting before going overseas.

    And thanks Trident for your efforts in recreating the shot.

    JB

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    Quote Originally Posted by snekrz View Post

    Damn. That looks like that little transister radio I took apart when I was 10 years old. I never did get that SOB back together again.
    Scoby


    “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”Thomas Jefferson, quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria in “On Crimes and Punishment”, 1764

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    Quote Originally Posted by TRIDENT82 View Post
    the coolest shots of Carlos while in Vietnam.

    Check out their starlight scopes....busting NVA/VC ass after dark


    Not even close, Bill Lancaster's pic of 25th ID snipers in 1969

    BOLO again, LCPL Dalton Gunderson and RTO LCPL Jerry Dunomes, 3/7 Marines, Operation Virginia 1966

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    Not to sharp shoot anybodies efforts on anything here, but the thoughts I had when reading this thread...

    Just because the bullet went through the scope, doesn't mean he wasn't just aiming center mass to the head (unless he stated otherwise, I don't know). The scope impact could have been coincidental.

    Since a 55 grain 5.56 bullet won't act the same as a 147 grain bullet (or whatever pill the '06 was slinging down range), I think I would go about it this way:
    ...estimate the velocity of the projectile he was using at the range he shot the target
    ...handload a cartridge that would achieve the target velocity with the correct bullet type and weight at 50 yards or so.
    ..and I would have assumed the optic to be a PU or something similar..so shoot into a similar optic
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    Wow, people still watch Mythbusters?

    The Mythbusters motto: If we can't replicate it, it's IMPOSSIBLE!


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