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Did you catch the History Channel's Special on snipers and the reenactments of some their classic shots last night ?
In one, a guy tried to duplicate Carlos Hathcock's classic kill by putting a bullet down a scope and into the head of a target. He tried a couple of times, but the scopes stopped the bullets. They didn't even exit the occular lenses..... You guessed it, they were Leupold hunting scopes.
How's that for tough.... E
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Must Have Been The Diamond Dust Coating on The Lens.
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Guessing they used Ballistic Tips, which just "blew up" on the surface.....
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I wouldn't dare try the ballistic tips on a Simmons though.............
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Okay- bullet penetration on a Leupold VX3 vs. a Conquest. Ready....GO! 
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Ya think Leupold's warranty will cover those scopes? 
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Okay- bullet penetration on a Leupold VX3 vs. a Conquest. Ready....GO! So are you going to shoot at your scopes or have someone else shoot at your scopes?  ....
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Blowing up on the surface isn't always a bad thing. Helps you sleep easy that night.
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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I knew you guys would get a laugh out of this. E
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I hope both of my Leupold's come back from repair being "tough" cause they weren't when I bought em.
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Did you catch the History Channel's Special on snipers and the reenactments of some their classic shots last night ?
In one, a guy tried to duplicate Carlos Hathcock's classic kill by putting a bullet down a scope and into the head of a target. He tried a couple of times, but the scopes stopped the bullets. They didn't even exit the occular lenses..... You guessed it, they were Leupold hunting scopes.
How's that for tough.... E don't get too excited myth busters did it too with cheap tascos and they could not get the bullet through them either.
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He must have been using a .223, it's well documented that even an ordinary pack of cigarette's in a shirt pocket has completely stopped 55 grain .223 bullets at 300 yards and beyond with great regularity.
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He must have been using a .223, it's well documented that even an ordinary pack of cigarette's in a shirt pocket has completely stopped 55 grain .223 bullets at 300 yards and beyond with great regularity. Well Documented & Great Regularity Love the choice of phrasing sounds like you are aware of a secret operation experimenting on ways to rid the world of smokers LOL. Sorry but it just struck me as funny in my own warped way. I read the OP post and immediately thought of the Myth Busters episode. I was a bit surprised at their results.
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I bet if they were fixed 6s with M1s on them.... they could still get $200 for them in the classifieds.....
You better pray to the God of Skinny Punks that this wind doesn't pick up......
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Blowing up on the surface isn't always a bad thing. Helps you sleep easy that night.
Travis I know that's saved me more than once! Good advice and GFY, my friend.....GFY.
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I bet if they were fixed 6s with M1s on them.... they could still get $200 for them in the classifieds..... Oh man....that cut deep! Travis.......Did you hear that?
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He must have been using a .223, it's well documented that even an ordinary pack of cigarette's in a shirt pocket has completely stopped 55 grain .223 bullets at 300 yards and beyond with great regularity. thanks for the laugh...
Guns don't kill people, drivers with cell phones kill people.
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Did you catch the History Channel's Special on snipers and the reenactments of some their classic shots last night ?
In one, a guy tried to duplicate Carlos Hathcock's classic kill by putting a bullet down a scope and into the head of a target. He tried a couple of times, but the scopes stopped the bullets. They didn't even exit the occular lenses..... You guessed it, they were Leupold hunting scopes.
How's that for tough.... E Wow, I always knew that those Leupolds have very "poor transmission"... Aic
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Hay Aic. Someone finally found a good use for a loopie.....  dave
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I hope both of my Leupold's come back from repair being "tough" cause they weren't when I bought em. They are tougher the second time around from what I hear Probably sprayed them with metal diamond coat on the internals
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