More to come out, but appears on the surface to be an amateur IMO. Probably an antifa or other lib listening to MSNBC, CNN or ABC and such. First, the AK 47...even the variants are not the choice for sniper fire. Many receivers were hand stamped and could be built in the tunnels of Vietnam and such. They were very good in close range and did NOT jam due to sloppy fits, making them very practical with sand flying around like the middle east even though they were used by the Russians/Chinese as well. Off the top of my head I know the MOA is not near what even an AR 15 is. This guy had a scope on his AR (variant it appears) and if the scope is not coexistent with the iron sites, then he only planned on using that gun for some distant shooting (if he knew a bit about what he was doing) ...and we don't know anything about the scope at this time, but suspect it was not of high quality and perhaps lower range?
It was sticking through a chain length fence which had squares running on a diagonal a bit over 2 inches inside each square. Any person wanting to get the best fit for scope uses the lowest height rings that allow an objective to not bottom out on the barrel. That combination would most likely make it difficult to not have the fence interfere with the crosshairs due to height guessing he had a 40 mm objective sitting on top of some low rings. Naturally, the objective and rings could be different, but if you don't have the cheek match, it is harder to be accurate. It was a good idea to use the chain length fit similar to a bipod for stability, but it looks like you need it in the top opening so the scope line of view is not obstructed. Anyway, 1) good they got him ) 2) a bit surprised he wasn't hit after four shots guessing how far back from the barrel he would be "if " he was holding the gun and bullets not deflected due to limbs, but better they got him alive. Thank God there was a good guy with a gun...this one got reported.
Those familiar with the AK chime in...correct if needed and add if warranted. NBC says AR-15 type (deliberate or just ill informed about what they wrote?) . ABC says AK. USA Today says AK "style". Associated press overall says AK. WTF?
It was sticking through a chain length fence which had squares running on a diagonal a bit over 2 inches inside each square. Any person wanting to get the best fit for scope uses the lowest height rings that allow an objective to not bottom out on the barrel. That combination would most likely make it difficult to not have the fence interfere with the crosshairs due to height guessing he had a 40 mm objective sitting on top of some low rings. Naturally, the objective and rings could be different, but if you don't have the cheek match, it is harder to be accurate. It was a good idea to use the chain length fit similar to a bipod for stability, but it looks like you need it in the top opening so the scope line of view is not obstructed. Anyway, 1) good they got him ) 2) a bit surprised he wasn't hit after four shots guessing how far back from the barrel he would be "if " he was holding the gun and bullets not deflected due to limbs, but better they got him alive. Thank God there was a good guy with a gun...this one got reported.
Those familiar with the AK chime in...correct if needed and add if warranted. NBC says AR-15 type (deliberate or just ill informed about what they wrote?) . ABC says AK. USA Today says AK "style". Associated press overall says AK. WTF?
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