marksman

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A drone strike is not a shot on a dart board by a marksman so they don't need to.

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Quick take

A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

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noun

A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

noun

(soccer) Goalscorer.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for marksman.

noun

A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

noun

(soccer) Goalscorer.

Example sentences

A drone strike is not a shot on a dart board by a marksman so they don't need to.

However, an experienced marksman could also easily do just as much damage with a bolt action gun.

An experience marksman will use both the same way (as spraying full auto greatly reduces accuracy).

It just helps amateurs shoot themselves in the foot faster while convincing them they're a marksman.

I can't imagine why you would want to create a system that automatically determines the target instead of letting a trained marksman determine the target and help that marksman.

An inexperienced marksman with a fully automatic weapon will empty their magazine into the ceiling.

If you're lost in a jungle with predators, a marksman might reach for their gun.

They brought in a marksman who somehow shot the winch or rope or whatever which dropped the source back into it's pig.

With LSP and Marksman [0], those tables get formatted automatically on save for me.

What happens when a civilian decides they they are an expert marksman and tries to shoot the terrorist, but hits the hostage instead?

I do agree that full auto wouldn't help an inexperienced marksman, he'd likely just waste more ammo.

A death that occurred solely because the weapon allowed a kill by an otherwise insufficiently-skilled marksman can be attributed to the gun rather than its firer.

Quote examples

---- I thought of another analogy: "You're an excellent marksman and a sniper, therefore we promote you to...

It makes me a better firearms handler and marksman, and it's a small part of the price you pay in the sheepdog lifestyle Simple fact is, the "safety mentality" will build mental blocks in your head that will get you killed.

It would work for "turn a Rifleman into a Designated Marksman", but turning a random person into a great 1000 yard shot is not going to turn them into a conventional sniper (which implies a huge array of other skills beyond shooting).

What is clearly terrifying to people is the use of drones in a more expansive way than a simple replacement for a precision marksman -- persistent monitoring of a target, signature strikes, and personality strikes with the standard of "we'd probably detain him, but it's easier to Hellfire", which is what we do in Yemen and Pakistan due to dysfunctional local governments.