[texasjack]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

We are Special Forces soldiers, not to be confused with some 20 year old pimply faced skateboarder that lives in his mom’s basement and will never travel further than the raisins in his cereal bowl or some 350lb, twelve year veteran, and "designated sniper" of the Maricopa County sheriff’s department that has once fired some version of the M-16 family of weapons that someone else loaded for him and has formed his opinion based off the 15 rounds he was allowed to fire, on a flat range, during good daylight conditions, in a permissive environment, with a safety instructor standing within arms reach, doughnuts and hot coffee a mere 50 yards away both of whom posts daily on ar-15.com or military.com.


We are Special Forces, professional soldiers and have carried fired, employed and maintained weapons in just about every conceivable environment one could imagine and in environments most could/would never imagine.


Next time you visit one of those pseudo-tactical weapons boards/websites please ask them for me;

"Tomorrow is my first night, oxygen, full combat equipment C-17 HALO, should I use an extra tie down on my M-4 as I exit a C-17 at 25,000 ft and should I have a magazine in the mag well or not?"

"Or when infiltrating a hostile area utilizing an over the horizon technique via submarine when’s the best time to lock and load? And what is the silent technique eliminating my now soaked weapon of water?"

"Do you employ a sling while carrying the M-4 when covering 25miles in full gear, at night in a non-permissive environment?"

"Tonight we are conducting a raid on a Taliban stronghold estimated enemy strength could be in excess of 300 insurgent fighters, should I go with a 5 ten or twenty round magazine with my night vision equipped SVD?"

"I noticed a slight reflection off the front lens of my buddy’s ACOG caused by the Aurora borealis should I be concerned?"

"Yesterday we conducted a daylight attack on a cave at a 8000 elevation and our snipers stalked all night covering eight miles to get into position before the assault element arrived, my question is next time we conduct the same sort of assault should we employ our sniper teams one or more days early to conduct their stalks?"


Spare us the amateur opinions.

Team Sergeant

In my short time on the board this has got to be my favorite post