Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, December 4, 2009

Why Does the FBI Need a Suppressed 20mm Rifle?

They are buying two of them.

Does anyone know why the FBI is buying these things? With the suppressor, they are over $16,000 apiece, with most of the options that the Feebies want.

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7 comments:

KSR said...

I'd guess to disable vehicles. Regular sniper rounds won't do it, and they obviously won't be getting RPGs.

The FBI usually don't do anything long-range enough to need these for that purpose, and I've never heard of anything above .50 cal being used for a sniper rifle. Officially, at least.

I'm not sure what the utility of a suppressor is on something that large.

12/04/2009 1:58 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

Still, they are only buying two of them. That sounds more like a T&E buy.

12/04/2009 2:18 PM
Phil said...

Now that's just fuckin' scary. The only practical application I can see is as a long-range sniper weapon used for assassinating certain political leaders when they fail to get with the "politically correct" program.

12/04/2009 6:01 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

Phil,

I don't buy it. The group of a rifle out past traditional sniper ranges will likely be such that if they shot at a human target at 4,000 yards, they'd have as much chance of missing as hitting.

So I can think of a few reasons. The FBI might want to wring them out and find out what they can do for the day when a bad guy gets his hands on one. Second, the HRT boys think they have a need for something that can disable an armored car. Third, the boys at Quantico are bored and they want some new toys.

12/04/2009 7:07 PM
Fixer said...

16 grand for something I can whip up on a lathe in 10 minutes with a foot of black pipe? I'm in the wrong fucking business.

12/04/2009 7:51 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

Fixer, the suppressor is only $3.2K or so.

12/04/2009 8:39 PM
Zdogk9 said...

Fuck It! I don't care why they NEED one. I WANT ONE

12/04/2009 9:54 PM

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