Can't say I ever heard that the range was 450 yards for the sniper shot in the village in SPR. Looked a lot less than that considering the size of the image in the German's scope. The German would have been in the next village at 450 yards range! Still: who cares? GREAT movie, followed by two excellent series: Band of Brothers and Pacific. Bring on more quality movies/series like those, I say.
There is a credited 'through the scope' shot taken by a USMC sniper in Vietnam. Carlos Hathcock just managed to outwit an NVA sniper out hunting him. He reportedly recovered the rifle and scope, but it got swallowed up by the US intelligence system, so the story goes.
Mike C
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