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strider_mt2k
07/15/09

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WRONG

This is obviously the awesomest sniper-rifle attachment that any cup holder has ever seen!
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fuchikoma
07/15/09

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lol... looks like something you'd bolt on to an AR-15 with quad rails, to go along with the scope, night vision, flashlight, IR flashlight, laser sight, front pistol grip, GPS, iPod holder, and box of spare mags...
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calyth
07/15/09

@fuchikoma: Looks like it's attached to a Picatinny rail
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/15/09

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Now that redefines the phrase: Here, hold my beer!
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Hello Mister Walrus
07/15/09

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As crazy as this seems outwardly, it might actually not be a bad idea. Snipers spend a vast majority of their time sitting around (they might not fire a shot for weeks). If I had that job, I would care a lot about comfort.
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Joaquin
07/15/09

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There's a better option:

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Forsakenchild
07/15/09

@Joaquin: You honestly think that a cup holder with a hard attached to it is better than a cup holder with a sniper rifle attached to it? In a fight who do you think would win, the hard hat or the sniper rifle? Seriously, the only thing I might take over a cup holder with a sniper rifle attached to it is a cup holder with a tank attached to it!
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IwishIwasAmime
07/15/09

@Forsakenchild: Because putting things on your head makes it impossible to also hold a sniper rifle.

With an F-22 attached to it.
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Joaquin
07/15/09

@Forsakenchild: of course its better, you have two cans available with no effort. On the other hand, that red might blow your cover
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Forsakenchild
07/15/09

@IwishIwasAmime: So if you somebody said, "Choose, but choose wisely... you can have either the hard hat with two cup holders or the sniper rifle with a cup holder." you would choose the hard hat? Personally my preference of choice goes towards the better, and my instincts say the sniper rifle with cup holder is the better.
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IwishIwasAmime
07/15/09

@Forsakenchild: If those were my choices in the "things with cupholders" category, and then there was another category of "weapons," then yes. I would choose the hard hat as my cup holding appliance
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Skeetz
07/15/09

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Not satisfied with their 80's campaign Pepsi Co moves on to Nam flashbacks.
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bass.exe21
07/15/09

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If there's anything i have learned from South Park, the worse thing you can do while hunting is spilling your beer!
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mikeness
07/15/09

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"How could you tell the weapon was american?" "There was a cup holder sir, with beer... that's right sir, I said beer"
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whatnot22
07/15/09

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I prefer hot scalding coffee versus Fresca. When you torch off a round at your enemy, I'd rather be scalded than have to deal with flat soda with no fizz left.
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gemcosta
07/15/09

@whatnot22: Who says your scalding hot coffee will still be hot by then?
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Xeno
07/15/09

@gemcosta: Well the weapon should help provide heat to keep it warm if you're killing enough. If you aren't that busy killing then you have time to finish your coffee.
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Skeetz
07/15/09

@Xeno: And there's absolutely no reason why Gem can't bring his thermos.

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LegallyBored in NYC
07/15/09

@Xeno: The people at Thanko should get on that and add a usb attachment to it.
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tande04
07/15/09

@LegallyBored in NYC: Actually one of the other guns in the story they linked to is a USB gun.
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Phantommizzi
07/15/09

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See, if I owned a nice rifle like this, I would invested in this cup holder. Its genus. Its probably better then the Rock Band drum kit cup holder . . . but not by much
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Toastie
07/15/09

@Phantommizzi: If you bought a rifle like that and you weren't in a government's military, I'd be very concerned.
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Barry99705
07/15/09

@Toastie: The only difference between a hunting rifle and a sniper rifle is the target.
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rDub
07/15/09

@Barry99705: I would tend to disagree. Once you have a chance to see the damage delivered by a sniper rifle you would understand the difference between it and a hunting rifle.

You can always market the sniper rifle as the hunting rifle that also tenderizes (into small chunks) your meat for you!
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SkaHimself
07/15/09

@rDub:

Question: What do you define as a "sniper rifle" vs a "hunting rifle"? Are we talking cartridge size, scope magnification, or what?

Because honestly, the ONLY difference between a sniper rifle and a good hunting rifle is (as Barry said) your target.

The standard sniper rifle uses your basic 7.62mm NATO cartridge which is decent but not the greatest. My 7mm outperforms said NATO catridge in every way, shape, and form. Meaning "Once you see the damage delivered by my 'hunting rifle' you would understand the difference between it and a 'sniper rifle'".

Now, if you wanna talk .50 caliber rifles and anti-material rifles then we are on entirely different wavelengths - I live in the real world and you apparently live in COD4. Most real-world militairy/police snipers DO NOT carry such ridiculous equipment when a simple long range rifle and a high powered scope will do.
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Toastie
07/15/09

@Barry99705: That's not my point, the scope equipped with that rifle is overkill for any hunter. If you need that scope on your rifle for hunting, you suck at sneaking up on deer.
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kbarrett
07/15/09

@Toastie: Not all folks hunt for sport ... many hunt strictly for meat.

They will get a doe tag, and then kill that doe at 500 yards with a 7mm mag or somesuch ... rounds that make the .308 NATO look tame ... by sailing a round through both ears ( no wasted meat ).

I hunt with either a muzzleloader, or a crossbow ( injured left elbow ) because I feel that a centerfire rifle is too easy ... but if I really NEEDED the meat I would use a scoped bolt-action, firing a large cartridge, and be done with it, as efficiently and as brutally as possible.
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tande04
07/15/09

@kbarrett: In all of my years of being around hunters I've never seen one put a round between both ears. I don't think I've ever even known anyone kill anything with a head shot.
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kbarrett
07/15/09

@tande04:

If my Great uncle Les was still alive, I would introduce you to him.

Was a poucher during the depression, and used a .22lr at night in Southern Oregon ... and killed his game in exactly that fashion. One bullet through both ears.

In his late 80s he would do the same, with a Rem 700 during the day ... and use teenage relativves as mules to pack out the meat ( Wanna go hunting, kid? ).

It's how I was taught to kill ... and I still prefer headshots, even with my muzzleloaders. If I'm not certain of getting one, I don't shoot.

Don't assume your local practice is universal.

Mind you, I do shoot the boiler room with my crossbow. Need a softer target.
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UnderLoK
07/15/09

Rifles are easier which is why I only did bow twice. Both years I saw deer, 2 bucks and a doe and I couldn’t get any of them as they were a couple hundred yards out. If I had my Savage or Weatherby (hell, even my 32 Winchester from when I was a kid) it would have been game over, but no, I sit there for hours hoping they will smell my bait, but no, of coarse not… Screw bow hunting; it’s for sleeping off a hangover ;)

Years ago they pushed through a new law here that you could no longer bait during gun season which basically meant that if you didn’t have a plot of land to plant alfalfa, carrots, or the like, you were wasting your time going out. That was the end of the line for me, I gave it up.
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UnderLoK
07/15/09

@UnderLoK: That was @kbarrett... Won't let me edit as I'm getting a 15 minute error even though I just posted it!
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Curves
02/16/09

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The kid will: 1-shine it in his or his brothers eyes, causing eye damage; 2-never turn it off so the batteries will be replaced often; 3-keep it with him in bed making for a fire hazzard; 4-associate guns with solving all fears; 5-grow out of their fear sooner or later on their own. Stick with the little Sponge Bob plug in, light sensing one.
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gadam07
01/20/09

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Is that seriously a rail-mounted iPhone case?? Wow.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/20/09

@gadam07: Picatinny rails are wonderful things. NJ representing!
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Jonathan Merchant
01/20/09

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Generally it's a two person team to handle long range shots, one takes account of the environmental factors and converts them into usable data for the shooter. While it has been mentioned, this device adds light, at night time that would be a bad thing - during the day it wouldn't be a problem.

As far as music is concerned, they wouldn't hear - they'd be lucky to hear the report from the gun before they got hit...
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
01/20/09

@Jonathan Merchant: The bullet goes supersonic. They would NOT hear the report in time.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/20/09

@DeusExMach: Yeah, they'd hear the sonic boom from the bullet before they heard either the report OR the AC/DC.
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Philip Marquis
01/20/09

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a book with a few curse words in it gits denied..

but this gits approved..

OK THEN

i wonder if you can make a smoothy out of it
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/20/09

@Philip Marquis: Surprisingly, competitive shooting is a sport. It's even an Olympic sport. As this does calculations, it is a calculating app. It's only "violent" when ignorant people label it as such, b/c they deem all guns "bad".
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/20/09

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I can see another advantage, as it may help deflect a bullet shot at the user of this weapon if this is mounted. Note I said "MAY".
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