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SF shooters have also been successful beyond 1000M in the current conflicts, sometimes with .308s, more often with .300s and .338s. I think there's even a couple of .50s out there. I'm not aware of any one-shot kills beyond about 1200m by anybody with any weapon/ammo combo. Even the "records" touted here in other threads. All (that I'm aware of) have required adjusting fire and using compensated aimpoints (and targets that accept "enshalah" as a fact of life). It doesn't count as "sniping" when it amounts to the same thing as hitting a target in a MG's beaten zone.
I like the M21 as well as anyone - it's the first DM rifle SF taught me to shoot. It's a sweet 600m rifle despite the POS ART II scope (OK - so I'm nostalgic about wood stocks). Hitting targets with one at 1200m+ (especially with M118SB) is luck and claiming otherwise is the same as claiming a shit shot in a pool tournament.
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