Guns used in the Dallas were a 70 year-old SKS and a handgun.

[pianoman9701]

Of course the press is calling is an assault rifle. So basically, any rifle used to kill people is now an assault rifle.
http://www.cbsnews.com/live/video/gun-used-by-shooter-in-dallas-identified/?ftag=CNM15cf32c

Here are pictures of the rifle.

[Wazukie]

hmmm, not much of a "sniper" rifle now is it.

[Bob33]

Oh no!

[j_h_nimrod]

That bayonet makes that thing look twice as dangerous!

[jay.sharkbait]

They don't even qualify as an assault rifle under the '94 ban, in fact I think they are C&R eligible....

[pianoman9701]

hmmm, not much of a "sniper" rifle now is it.

Interesting and I had the same thought. He was a carpenter in the Army. Shooting a 70 year old SKS with no scope, was able to perform kill shots on 50% of the people he shot, two days after the FBI announced that they weren't pressing charges on Hillary. I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any stretch. But the facts as we have them are sketchy, at best.

[JimmyHoffa]

SKS isn't that much of a dog that some people think.  Sure you might not take it to benchrest shoot, but hitting targets out to 300 yds or so it would do okay.  IF an adult male human is about 16 inches across the chest, then little over 5 MOA or about 1.5 mil at 300 yds.  Has anyone heard what distances he was shooting from?

[CAMPMEAT]

How do we know that was the gun in question ? The cops did an excellent job of blowing the sonofabitch up with C-4 with no remains to do a toxicologist test on.

[Alchase]

Shooting with open sights at 200 yards and hitting the kill zone is not an extraordinary accomplishment for an average shooter.
Even with a SKS.

[pianoman9701]

Shooting with open sights at 200 yards and hitting the kill zone is not an extraordinary accomplishment for an average shooter.
Even with a SKS.

For a carpenter under an extremely high stress situation it is. As we've discussed with regards to hunting, hitting a target and hitting a living thing are two completely different situations.

[Scvette]

They don't even qualify as an assault rifle under the '94 ban, in fact I think they are C&R eligible....

But that one has one of those stabby things on it,I know there's no teloscopic thingys on it,but the stabby thing just might make it an AR.

[Scvette]

How do we know that was the gun in question ? The cops did an excellent job of blowing the sonofabitch up with C-4 with no remains to do a toxicologist test on.

I have serious concern as to the use of explosives to take that guy out,what were they thinking....any idea how the robot that brought it in is doing? Oh that's my concern,not freaking dirtbag they blew up,that was great... RLM too (robot lives matter too)

[pianoman9701]

They don't even qualify as an assault rifle under the '94 ban, in fact I think they are C&R eligible....

But that one has one of those stabby things on it,I know there's no teloscopic thingys on it,but the stabby thing just might make it an AR.

That stabby thing increases the rate of fire 1000%. It can fire a whole 400-round magazine in 2 seconds with pinpoint accuracy at 5,000 yards.

[fishngamereaper]

SKS isn't that much of a dog that some people think.  Sure you might not take it to benchrest shoot, but hitting targets out to 300 yds or so it would do okay.  IF an adult male human is about 16 inches across the chest, then little over 5 MOA or about 1.5 mil at 300 yds.  Has anyone heard what distances he was shooting from?

I saw some video and it appeared much of his shooting was run and gun. He was using his angles better, rapidly advancing, and spraying and praying. Also consider all of the cops he killed where only armed with handguns. One video I saw showed sparks flying everywhere from his misses. My bet is he fired several hundred rounds and got lucky with his 5 kill shots.

[ctwiggs1]

He is a recent combat vet Pianoman.  The Army isn't what it used to be - they do combat training for all personnel. 

When I worked at Brigade (temporarily I promise  ), we had admin personnel doing MOUT and reflexive fire training that was conducted by tabbed and scrolled Rangers.  They weren't as good as say, an infantryman with a combat deployment.... But they were better than your average jihadist for sure. 

Just promise not to think less of me now that I've admitted I spent a year working at brigade level