Codename Eagle (2015)
“Heart was the safest and a guaranteed kill, but head was the most dramatic – specialist and spectacular – a true sniper’s shot.
He was staring down the barrel of his rifle, sights fixed on the head of a little man with a bushy moustache who had stepped onto the track. He was holding up a stick with a piece of white material, probably a handkerchief, tied to it.
They weren’t looking to surrender, Werner knew; they wanted to talk. But for the moment he ignored the white flag and thought about the... details of his shot options. He was sure of the distance to within a couple of metres. The day was still, so there was no wind to take into consideration, and he knew that on firing, his Karabiner 98k rifle pulled fractionally high and to the right.
He adjusted his aim minutely, lining up the hooded front sight with the V-shaped notch of the rear sight. He rested his index finger on the trigger. The trigger was a shade heavy, not feather-light, as he would have preferred; it needed firm pressure.MoreLess
He was staring down the barrel of his rifle, sights fixed on the head of a little man with a bushy moustache who had stepped onto the track. He was holding up a stick with a piece of white material, probably a handkerchief, tied to it.
They weren’t looking to surrender, Werner knew; they wanted to talk. But for the moment he ignored the white flag and thought about the... details of his shot options. He was sure of the distance to within a couple of metres. The day was still, so there was no wind to take into consideration, and he knew that on firing, his Karabiner 98k rifle pulled fractionally high and to the right.
He adjusted his aim minutely, lining up the hooded front sight with the V-shaped notch of the rear sight. He rested his index finger on the trigger. The trigger was a shade heavy, not feather-light, as he would have preferred; it needed firm pressure.MoreLess
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