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For more than a century, sharpshooters have played an important role in the evolution of special operations warfare. From the remarkable precision of Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä during the Winter War to ...

Modern sniping didn’t come from a single rifle, rather, it was born from a wave of WW2-era innovations that redefined long-range precision. Rugged telescopic scopes, match-grade barrels, standardized ...