>This is irrelevant to the discussion at hand (hey, my sig makes sense
>here!) but:
>Boone would have argued back because laser sights (not rangefinders
>mind, but actual little red dots) are pretty much useless further
>along than about 50m, because while lasers move in a straight line,
>bullets move in an arc. They're fine for close work because they
>allow for more rapid target acquisition, they don't really aid
>precision that much. Plus, it draws a bright red line between the
>target and you if there is any sort of particulate in the air. Glint
>off a scope is something really only the target is gonna notice
>(especially if done right. I assume Boone does it right. Always.)
>Laser sight is something COPS are gonna notice, which could blow the
>op. Everyone involved is too much of a professional to allow that,
>double for something that adds zero value.

Laser sight dots are only useful if you have several snipers... to show to the guy you're intimidating that everyone in his entourage has been sighted on. For an individual? Yeah, not so much. It's only used on television so that the audience can quite easily see that the person has a sniper on them. Or, at least, television that doesn't know what the hell it's doing. :P