The deadliest sniper in Marine Corps history is Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney. During the Vietnam War, he had 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills over 16 months in country. But the legendary sniper ...

Ask any Marine about the service’s greatest snipers, and a flurry of references to the legendary Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock are sure to flood the conversation. Yet it was another sniper, Charles ...

A Marine sniper killed an enemy soldier 1.4 miles away in 1967 with a .50 caliber Browning machine gun. To this day, it remains the Corps' longest confirmed sniper kill shot. The tales of Gunnery Sgt.

Few Vietnam-era Marines are more storied than legendary sniper Carlos Hathcock. He didn't just his success by confirmed kills or the longest shots taken (though he held both records in his lifetime).

Sgt. Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, who recorded 103 confirmed kills and 216 probable kills with M40 sniper rifle and Redfield 3x9x40 scope while serving in the Vietnam War. (Sgt. Charles “Chuck” ...

"The Sniper" includes many color photographs of Chuck Mawhinney during his service as a Marine Corps sniper in Vietnam, 1967-69. For more than a quarter century, Chuck Mawhinney’s unprecedented record ...

It’s a long way from Camp Perry to Vietnam. Or is it? Maj. William W. McMillan, Jr., USMC, National Pistol Champion at Camp Perry in 1957, two-time Olympic Gold Medal winner, and 5-time winner of the ...

<p>Ed Kugler in his home in Big Arm on Tuesday, October 25. Kugler was a Marine Corps sniper during the Vietnam War. He is the author of Dead Center and other books. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter ...

The Oregon Senate and House of Representatives have both passed a resolution honoring the late Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, the longtime Baker City resident who holds the Marine Corps records for ...

Gary Jenkins had a feeling his score on the range might come back to haunt him. He was right. Even 50 years later, he still remembers the sound of explosions going off around him like it was yesterday ...

The Marine Corps is rolling out an array of new weaponry in the near future. One important piece of that is the Corps' new sniper rifle, which replaces a rifle that's been in use since the mid-1960s.