Actual video of a Canadian Sniper eliminating Taliban Snipers in Afghanistan ... These video shots are not made through the shooter's telescopic sight. They are made looking through the spotter's scope. The spotter lies right next to the sniper and helps the sniper find and home in on the target. This sniper is using a 50-caliber rifle; its round is about 7-8 inches long and the casing is about an inch in diameter. The bullet itself isone-half inch in diameter and roughly one and one-half inches long.Pay close attention at the beginning of the video. A Taliban is laying on top of the peak in front of you... when you hear the shot fired.... watch what happens. The sniper is about a half mile away.A Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has been confirmed as hitting an enemy soldier at a range of 2,310 meters, the longest recorded and confirmed sniper shot in history. The previous record of 2,250 meters was set by US Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam in 1967. The Canadian sniper wa