I, Sniper (Stephen Hunter)

[Bill Stryker]

Thought you might be interested in this list: http://listverse.com/2009/11/13/top-10-snipers-in-history/

I will be the first to acknowledge that the list only includes snipers we have a history on. Who knows if there were others not recognized.

With all that said, Bob Lee remains one of my favorites in fiction.

[PegLeg45]

Thought you might be interested in this list: http://listverse.com/2009/11/13/top-10-snipers-in-history/

I will be the first to acknowledge that the list only includes snipers we have a history on. Who knows if there were others not recognized.

With all that said, Bob Lee remains one of my favorites in fiction.

This ol' boy was hardcore.........

From the Link:

How Häyhä did all this was amazing. He was basically on his own all day, in the snow, shooting Russians, for 3 months straight. Of course when the Russians caught wind that a shit load of soldiers were being killed, they thought ‘well this is war, there’s bound to be casualties’. But when the generals were told that it was one man with a rifle they decided to take a bit of action. first they sent in a counter-sniper. When his body was returned they decided to send in a team of counter-snipers. When they didn’t come back at all they sent in a whole goddamn battalion. They took casualties and couldn’t find him. Eventually they ordered an artillery strike, but to no avail. You see Häyhä was clever, and this was his neck of the woods. He dressed completely in white camouflage. He used a smaller rifle to suit his smaller frame (being 5ft3) increasing his accuracy. he used an iron sight to present the smallest possible target (a scoped sight would require the sniper to raise his head for sighting). He compacted the snow in front of the barrel, so as not to disturb it when he shot thus revealing his position. He also kept snow in his mouth so his breath did not condense and reveal where his was. Eventually however his was shot in the jaw by a stray bullet during combat on March 6 1940. He was picked up by his own soldiers who said half his head was missing. He didn’t die however and regained consciousness on the 13th, the day peace was declared.

Once again total kills…. 505 sniper + 200 submachine = 705 total Confirmed Kills…all in less that 100 days.

[Snake45]

Pegleg, you will LOVE the ending of "Time to Hunt" 

"Daddy's home!"

Best Hunter line ever!

[tombogan03884]

"Daddy's home!"

Best Hunter line ever!

    I don't want to spoil anything by going into the context of that line but you may be right about it being the best line he has ever written 

[Snake45]

    I don't want to spoil anything by going into the context of that line but you may be right about it being the best line he has ever written 

Hunter is (or was) a film critic by trade. You just know he wrote that line with the movie version in mind. 

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

 I'd love to see "Hot Springs" and "Havana" made into movies.  

[ratcatcher55]

Excellant read.

I finished yesterday and gave it to a coworker who's a vet.
I bet him if he read the first chapter he would not put the book down.
If only life followed fiction.

[1911 Junkie]

Finished my copy. Good read but I always have that empty feeling of not knowing when or if another book will come along.

How long can old Bob keep going?

I think I have an idea for the next book. Please feel free to plagiarize.

"Incontinent Sniper II"

Bob Lee awoke. He lay perfectly still, a calmness that only a seasoned vet, a sniper could possibly have attained. Something was wrong. As Bob lay, listening for any sounds that didn't belong. He slowly looked around, realizing he was completly alone, the curse of the sniper.

It was then that he realized it had happened again. Sometime during the night someone had snuck into Bobs room and crapped in his pants. Who could it have been? Bob had many enemies, most of them in the ground. Bob slung himself into his wheelchair. Slowly Bob wheeled down the nursing home hallway, eyeballing Gertrude along the way. She was a $hitter. She could have done it. So many possibilities......

And so the story goes.

 

[tombogan03884]

 I'd like to see more stories about Earl, his Father, of course Bob Lee's daughter has been around guns all her life......

[1911 Junkie]

I haven't read "Havana" yet.  Been meaning to.