Re: Carlos Hathcock
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11/22/21 02:23 PM
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MikeTraps2
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His stalking of The General was amazing and grueling, not to mention The Frenchman and The Apache
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure
Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Carlos Hathcock
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11/22/21 02:30 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
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RdFx
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Semper Fi, I believe Carlos son is a Marine also...
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Re: Carlos Hathcock
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11/22/21 07:13 PM
11/22/21 07:13 PM
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JTfromWV
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Have always had the utmost respect for the man.
How many here know his nephew was once a member here? I believe he passed away a few years ago. He was also a sniper for the Army. That was Mark.
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Re: Carlos Hathcock
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11/22/21 07:53 PM
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CTRAPS
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Read One Shot, One Kill many years ago. That's one book i couldn't put down. I agree. That was one of the best books I've ever read.
Life Member: ITA, IBA & NRA. Member of SA, FTA & NTA
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Re: Carlos Hathcock
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#7412123
11/22/21 08:26 PM
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Providence Farm
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Read One Shot, One Kill many years ago. That's one book i couldn't put down. I agree. That was one of the best books I've ever read. There is another book by the guy that wrote that one. Its a lot that got cut out of the first one. Lent my coppies to a friend and never saw them again. That friend is now dead so they are gone. An amazing man for sure.
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Re: Carlos Hathcock
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11/23/21 02:38 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
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RdFx
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I knew Mark Hathcock. Conversed with him many times. Mark was a trapper also. Sent him some Sumac berries for him to dye his traps with.
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Re: Carlos Hathcock
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11/23/21 03:51 PM
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Posts: 15,783 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes
Trapper7
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I've read the book about him several times. He was a true American hero. Gone, but never forgotten.
Must be nice to eat ice cream as fast as you want and not have to worry about brain freeze.
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Re: Carlos Hathcock
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11/24/21 11:45 PM
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52Carl
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I knew Gunny from his days at the Bait Barn in Virginia Beach. He dipped minnows for fishermen to help pass the time of day between telling limericks and lies. He never told jokes, just limericks and lies. In the book about him, he told me that the only part which wasn't true was the description of the color of the shark boat at the Bait Barn. He said authors like to embellish. Everything else was spot on, straight skinny. We became friends over time. I was always proud just to have met him, but one day he said to me, "I go to a lot of events and such and meet a lot of people." He said, "A lot of them will go on to say that they are friends of mine." Then he gives me that wry, crooked smile of his, and just reaches out and shakes my hand with that death grip Marine handshake and doesn't say another word about it. I will carry the thought of that day for as long as I can still hold thoughts in my head. He was a great Marine, a great man, and a great friend. Semper fi
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Re: Carlos Hathcock
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11/25/21 04:00 AM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 13,188 Ky
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Yea his results were achieved by practice and unparalleled skill. Very little technology and tank busting calibers like today’s snipers use Yes today’s snipers have skill with modern scopes and computer backed ballistics hitting targets at long range is easier Read his book decades ago Couldn’t put it down!
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