I do recall seeing two of your Royal Marines scoring a simultaneous double kill at 850m in Iraq in windy conditions; thought that was damn good, but 1 mile?!!! Most snipers have moved from 7.62mm to .338; some of our marines and I believe some of your guys have moved from the Accuracy International 7.62mm to the A.I. .338 because it holds velocity above 1500 fps well beyond 600m and is effective nominally to 1100m. The Lapua .338 is also pretty good and there are various .50 Lapuas et als. Are you sure it wasn't a .50 hit? 1800m sounds like a stretch even for .338

Hey guys, I heard about the Canadian sniper teams in Afghanistan and I beilive their longest recorded kill was with with issued .50 cal..The US teams in Iraq got a 2095yrd in Al Samawarra(sp?) Iraq with the M82A1 Barrett .50 cal..I've spoken personally with the shooter of that fantastic shot and am pleased to inform that he was rotated back stateside about 3 wks ago..Hopefully his replacements there will have the same luck. On a side note, if you are able to, send our boys cleaning supplies for their weapons..I was sending "care"packages to the unit responsible for the above mentioned record shot, and they were "GREATLY" appreciated, so adopt a unit so to speak..Sierra

I heard that a Canadian sniper killed a terrorist from over 1 mile with a Barret

"I believe some of your guys have moved from the Accuracy International 7.62mm to the A.I. .338 because it holds velocity above 1500 fps well beyond 600m and is effective nominally to 1100m. " The L96 is staying as the mainstay sniper rifle of the British Armed forces. The A.I. AW in .338 Lapua is being issued to Infantry Platoons to give them a Designated Marksman capability. "Are you sure it wasn't a .50 hit? 1800m sounds like a stretch even for .338 " Cant tell you what distance the hit was, but it was by a Canadian NCO in Afghanistan using a .50 Macmillan.

Issued to platoons, not to the sniper platoon? I was looking at the Commando 21 Reorganization for the Royal Marines who have some of the snipers delegated from HQ Company/Intel to their 2 Stand-Off Companies (not the 2 Close Action Companies) and they implied they were completely ditching 7.62 for .338 ; better rifle and you don't want to carry around two types of ammo. (No. the 7.62 link for GPMG is not the same quality as the 7.62 match grade for snipers.) I guess the army will stay mixed - probably have too many 7.62 to replace quickly. But snipers at platoon level? Why?

" better rifle and you don't want to carry around two types of ammo. (No. the 7.62 link for GPMG is not the same quality as the 7.62 match grade for snipers.) I guess the army will stay mixed - probably have too many 7.62 to replace quickly. But snipers at platoon level? Why" Its as I said. The British Army is not going to use the .338 as a the main sniper rifle. It is being issued to Infnatry Platoons on a 1 each basis to provide each Platoon with a Designated Marksmen capability. The Marksmen will not be snipers, but will enable a Platoon to accurately hit a target with a single shot with greater hitting power than anything currently in the Inventory. The .338 Lapua as it stands, is a very long and heavy rifle. For a sniper rifle its alot harder to conceal and carry about than the excellent L96. The L96 is more than adequate for the job at hand for normal snipers (Head shot at 800m, Harrassing fire out to 1200m). Anti-Materiale is not a British Army Snipers job. Nor will it ever be IMO. Whilst some snipers will doubtless carry the AI .338 in some instances, the mainstay of both the US and UK Armed Forces Sniper rifles are thier 7.62 counterparts, despite lacking the power of their larger cousins.

I've been looking around some websites, including an article from SOF magazine and the distance was 2430 metres, a chest shot to the driver of a Taliban truck (a search engine such as google will turn up that article)

Here you go http://www.stormpages.com/swellal/sof.html

it was by a canadian i think alot of sniper records are by canadians

The canadian army has a very good sniper program for two reasons. as military specialities go it's relatively cheap to do and it's very handy in peacekeeping operations to be able to precisely remove problems.