User blog comment:HanSolo69/American Sniper battles White Feather! Chris Kyle vs. Carlos Hathcock/@comment-4661256-20150420045454/@comment-5559147-20150423060711

"So what if the Winchester is lighter,"

I'm sorry Elgbb, but are you actually try to say the weight of a weapon doesn't matter? If you are and god I hope you're not. Its not just a failure to understand weapons and warfare, but a failure at thinking about the situation reasonably.

"that's just one advantage compare to what the Tac can offer."

To clears this up incase you didn't read my responses so far. I didn't just say the Winchester was lighter, but also shorter.

Before I go on and explain the domino effect of being the lighter more compact weapon. Lets focus on it briefly,

See even if you have 2 snipers that are given perfect nests/hides from the begining that they are teleported to by magic fairy dust so the work involved in getting their kit their doesn't matter.

The guy with the smaller weapon still has some advantages. Such as should he miss ( and it does happen ) he can re-adjust quicker, he also is going to have the smaller silhoutte/be less visible. Remember in this kind of situation not letting the other guy get a clear shot at you is as important as how good a shot you are. Sniping isn't just about awsome 1337 shooting, infact that is a small portion of what it is and the weapon that best reflects that use is not always the one with the most shiny toys or the biggest boom.

Lets talk about that bigger boom, that bigger boom comes from bigger bullets, bigger bullets that weigh more and take up more room. Which means chances are the guy carry them isn't carring as many as the man packing the smaller round. Hell even in a hide, space is finite and any additional bells and whistle run the risk of exposing you.

''"The range on the other hand, Winchester's are 1000 yrds average, the Tac almost doubles that feat." ''

Yes the tac can be used further out under the right conditions, but so can the 70. Look it up most those long range thought with the tac that your no doubt thinking about are chalked up to optimal conditions. By no less then the men making them.

Also are you suggesting that both men are magically dropped into stationary positions, outside the range of one competitors weapon. Because if so then yes that'd be unfair, but not because of the weapons, but vecause it'd be a dumb @ss set up.

"Btw: At least Cfp actually looks at a weapon's design rather than focusing on one less important factor" 

No Cfp was looking at the new shiny boom factor. Which is more style of substance then anything and not as important as some tend to think it is, but also really easy to fall for.