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Featured Article The most famous sniper in the history of the United States Marine Corps had his humble beginning in Geyer Springs, Arkansas on May 20, 1942. He grew up in rural Arkansas, living with his grandmother after his parents separated. He took to shooting and hunting at a young age, partly out of necessity to help feed his poor family. As a USMC sniper in Vietnam, Hathcock was so good that the North Vietnamese Army even put a bounty of $30,000 on his life for killing so many of their men. He tallied up a service record of 93 kills (and those are just the confirmed ones) but it would be just one that he would be really famous for: In 1967 Hathcock set the record for the 20th century's longest combat kill, hitting his target at the then-unheard of distance of 2,286 meters or 1.42 miles. The record held firm for 35 years until 2002, when it was broken by a Canadian sniper during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. Read (and watch) more about the Gunny here... [more] What else happened today 1706 — American gunsmith and soldier Seth Pomeroy was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. 1772 — English inventor and rocket artillery pioneer Sir William Congreve was born in Kent. 2000 — NRA president Charlton Heston tells Al Gore, "from my cold dead hands" in a speech at the 129th NRA convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. 2004 — Canada: The Liberal government, just days before an expected election call, eliminates fees for registering and transferring firearms. Ottawa says it will also limit its spending on the gun registry to $25 million a year, spending that has averaged $33 million a year and reached as high as $48 million. Licensing of gun owners and firearms will continue. 2005 — Colt Defense LLC completed its acquisition of Diemaco, which now operates as Colt Canada. 2009 — The injunction blocking the implementation of concealed carry within National Park Service lands was overturned by the passing of an amendment to (of all things) the Credit CARD Act of 2009, added by Senator Tom Coburn (R, OK) over the wailing protests of the Brady Campaign. Newest articles Most popular this month Contact shot - ( 56630 views ) Cartridge - ( 34026 views ) Cooey model 84 - ( 32706 views ) Ross rifle - ( 30376 views ) Cooey model 60 - ( 29607 views ) Cooey model 39 - ( 27962 views ) AR-15 - ( 27276 views ) SIG Sauer P226 - ( 24601 views ) Cooey model 82 - ( 23701 views ) Firearm - ( 23421 views )

Food for thought An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. - Robert A. Heinlein Did you know? In 1888 Winchester and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company bought the Remington Arms Company. In 1896 Winchester sold its share but it's unclear why. In 1888 Winchester and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company bought the Remington Arms Company. In 1896 Winchester sold its share but it's unclear why. With over 7,000,000 sold, the Remington 870 holds the record for the best-selling shotgun in US history, but has not matched the longevity of the Winchester model 12 (which was produced for over 90 years) Recently updated articles Contact shot (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 09:29, 19 May 2025 ] 5.7x28mm ( Admin ) - [ 12:46, 20 February 2024 ] Cooey model 39 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 15:18, 30 March 2020 ] SIG Sauer P226 ( Admin ) - [ 09:34, 29 February 2020 ] Ross rifle ( Terr1959 ) - [ 04:50, 22 August 2018 ] Cooey model 84 (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 20:28, 24 June 2018 ] Full metal jacket bullet (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 14:03, 18 March 2018 ] List of assault rifles (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 09:59, 17 March 2018 ] Veronica Foster ( Admin ) - [ 09:52, 11 January 2018 ] Lee-Enfield FAQ (Anonymous users of Gunsopedia) - [ 09:34, 25 June 2017 ] Latest duscussions Talk:Ross rifle Talk:5.7x28mm Talk:Concealed carry in the United States

Article Of The Moment A Shadowgraph image of a supersonic bullet. The Bow Shockwave is clearly visible as the V-shaped line at the front-most tip of the bullet (far right). A bullet bow shockwave is a physical and audible wave created in the air when a bullet travels at supersonic speeds; meaning faster than the speed of sound. The bullet bow shockwave is the result of air being greatly compressed at the front-most tip of the bullet as it slices through the air. As the bullet moves forward a broadening wave of compressed air trails out diagonally from the bullet tip. The sides of the bullet create a conical waveform. This conical waveform may be audible to a witness as a whip-crack sound. A bullet bow shockwave will be heard by any witness as long as the bullet speed is faster than the speed of sound, whether the bullet was fired from a weapon giving off an openly audible muzzle blast, or a mechanically-suppress-fired muzzle (silenced weapon) blast. If a bullet is fired from a silenced weapon, a witness can mistake the bullet bow audible shockwave whip-crack for the weapon muzzle blast audible wave, which is a separate audible event. It might be noted here that if one is involved in such an event, that the sound you hear from a silenced weapon will not be from the point of origin. Most humans will perceive the sound as being omnidirectional or as emanating from the bullet as it passes by. In History This phenomenon may be of primary importance in the "grassy knoll" theory of the Kennedy Assassination. In fiction This effect was visualized in several bullet time scenes in "The Matrix" Trilogy.