Police Snipers Prep for Super Bowl

[BamaFan]

Is the guy in the red shirt shooting a 50 cal.? If so, I guess they think the bad guy will be a Grizzly or a T-Rex...

 

[41mag]

The tiny bit that was actually shown looked like good training. Shooting from an elevated position, having to figure out the angle and get a cosine to adjust your dope with, while shooting from tripods. Practical application.

I’m sure these Snipers have trained on moving targets, and possibly even during this particular training exercise. The video is a few minutes long, and the article states that this is a “multi-day” training event. If I were in charge of it, I would be very specific as to which parts of the training that I would let be filmed for public viewing. This video in no way covered all the training that was conducted.

Also, the targets that were used incorporate a built-in bullet trap. You’re inside the stadium, where any built that doesn’t hit the target, or ricochets off, has a 100% chance of causing damage to something that costs money to fix. I’ve never seen a moving target that incorporated a bullet trap. Someone could make one, but the target with the trap is very heavy. Any moving target engagement that may have been conducted for this training evolution would have been conducted at another location, move than likely.



Again, you only saw the part of the training that they wanted you to see. Look at the distances involved, plus the fact that the target is 2”x2”, and figure out how fast someone is able to shoot with 100% accuracy in those conditions.



Wind is almost always squirrelly in urban settings. In an enclosed stadium, not so much.

In order to shoot on a slope (up or down), you must obtain the angle cosine. The easiest way to do it is to have an angle cosine indicator mounted to your rifle that will give you the conversion factor, but there are other ways. Basically, the distance that you dope for will always be less than the actual distance from the Sniper to the target. If you were to move the Sniper straight up or down, until they are on the same 90 degree plane as the target, the distance between the Sniper and the target now is the actual distance that you dope for. So how do we get that distance?

The Sniper aims in at the target and we figure out what angle the rifle barrel is at. Back in the day, we did that with a little homemade protractor with a fishing line and a weight on it. It gave us the angle, then you referred to a chart, and that angle gave you a conversion factor.

The Slope Doper does the same thing, but has the conversion factors included so you don’t need a separate chart. Sit the Slope Doper on the barrel or forearm, and the needle will give you the conversion factor.
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The Angle Cosine Indicator is even better. It is a dial indicator that mounts to your scope or scope mount. Aim in, read the dial, it will give you the conversion factor.
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The conversion factor is the same whether you are aiming upslope or downslope.

You range a target at 750yds. You check the angle cosine or Slope Doper and find you have a conversion factor of .84.

750yds x .84 = 630

You dial your dope for 630yds. Cake n’ pie!

Like @_Raining said, you adjust for wind and/or target leads for 750yds.

Nowadays, there are laser range finders that will figure out your slope, as well.

Great info. Thanks for checking in !

 

[jeep78]

Looks like training to take out the refs.

Striped dudes need to watch those bad calls.

 

[41mag]

Is the guy in the red shirt shooting a 50 cal.? If so, I guess they think the bad guy will be a Grizzly or a T-Rex...

I think they were practicing for a vehicle target or something along those lines is what the article stated. In case someone runs in with a car/truck and they need to disable them.

 

[A3370]

Looks like training to take out the refs.

Striped dudes need to watch those bad calls.

lol...

 

[BDR1]

It's good they can hit static targets at 200-400 yards away. In a real situation though, the threat is probably going to be on the move. I wonder if they have any targets that could move at the speed of a man's running pace. How would you train these guys cmshoot ?

The man that supposedly shot Kennedy could train them....

 

[Phydoux]

And that stadium will be crowded AF too.
Collateral damage

 

[cmshoot]

And that stadium will be crowded AF too.
Collateral damage

Depending on where the shot is. In the seats......more than likely! If it were on the field, an you’re shooting at a downward angle, you’re probably OK.

 

[AC-130 Above]

what type of guns are those? Looked like L96's, they were awesome