Sniper Rifle Cup Holder Provides Convenience While You Kill People

@mopo: I'm waiting for that skin to show up at http://www.FPSbanana.com. Maybe I should put in a request...

@Forsakenchild: If those were my choices in the "things with cupholders" category, and then there was another category of "weapons," then yes. I would choose the hard hat as my cup holding appliance

now is there going to be a piss-jar attachment so you can relieve yourself while you lie in wait for your target?

willyolio

@Toastie:

Or perhaps you have never deer hunt in the rockys where a 500yard shot is not unheard of.

este

@Toastie:

RUN!!! I own a TRG-22 in 308. OMG it hasn't hopped out of my hands and shop up anything on its own... yet. Look out!

Really, people that think only the military should have weapons need to hit the history books!

este

@Joaquin: Pretty sure the type of person who would use that hunting would also have spraypaint.

secretmanofagent

@themikebrown: They need to add this to CS, so I can drink my Mt Dew while I HS CTS.

@mikeness: Enjoy the cold, refreshing brew of Miller Lite .50 cal rounds!

@MisterWho Cares: Well hey, the caffeine will keep the sniper awake, alert, and very jittery.

That's also a great spare location to hold your jars of piss. Quick access for easy throwing.

The only thing that would make this better is if it had Hello Kitty all over it.

@roflwaffles is terribly unfunny: The thing to the left of the barrel is a PAQ-4 laser. The thing mounted to the scope is a surefire flashlight.

@kbarrett... Won't let me edit as I'm getting a 15 minute error even though I just posted it!

@IwishIwasAmime: So if you somebody said, "Choose, but choose wisely... you can have either the hard hat with two cup holders or the sniper rifle with a cup holder." you would choose the hard hat? Personally my preference of choice goes towards the better, and my instincts say the sniper rifle with cup holder is the better.

Forsakenchild

Rifles are easier which is why I only did bow twice. Both years I saw deer, 2 bucks and a doe and I couldn’t get any of them as they were a couple hundred yards out. If I had my Savage or Weatherby (hell, even my 32 Winchester from when I was a kid) it would have been game over, but no, I sit there for hours hoping they will smell my bait, but no, of coarse not… Screw bow hunting; it’s for sleeping off a hangover ;)

Years ago they pushed through a new law here that you could no longer bait during gun season which basically meant that if you didn’t have a plot of land to plant alfalfa, carrots, or the like, you were wasting your time going out. That was the end of the line for me, I gave it up.

@tande04:

If my Great uncle Les was still alive, I would introduce you to him.

Was a poucher during the depression, and used a .22lr at night in Southern Oregon ... and killed his game in exactly that fashion. One bullet through both ears.

In his late 80s he would do the same, with a Rem 700 during the day ... and use teenage relativves as mules to pack out the meat ( Wanna go hunting, kid? ).

It's how I was taught to kill ... and I still prefer headshots, even with my muzzleloaders. If I'm not certain of getting one, I don't shoot.

Don't assume your local practice is universal. Mind you, I do shoot the boiler room with my crossbow. Need a softer target.

kbarrett

Dam they keep on making weapons better and better nowadays.

Intelext

ahhh, America, where even our trained snipers can turn into 'couch potatoes' lol

jk - actually looks useful and the rifle looks awesome.

banmojo

@a Picatinny rail

calyth

Yeah, just what you need on your AWP... A cup holder.

Mountain Dew and Sniping make for some strange bed fellows.

Doesn't anybody see?! This is to hold your jarate!!!

@Joaquin: Hmmm I'd think that would screw my Ghillie Suit over.

derilium

@kbarrett: In all of my years of being around hunters I've never seen one put a round between both ears. I don't think I've ever even known anyone kill anything with a head shot.

tande04

@Forsakenchild: of course its better, you have two cans available with no effort. On the other hand, that red might blow your cover

@Toastie: Not all folks hunt for sport ... many hunt strictly for meat.

They will get a doe tag, and then kill that doe at 500 yards with a 7mm mag or somesuch ... rounds that make the .308 NATO look tame ... by sailing a round through both ears ( no wasted meat ).

I hunt with either a muzzleloader, or a crossbow ( injured left elbow ) because I feel that a centerfire rifle is too easy ... but if I really NEEDED the meat I would use a scoped bolt-action, firing a large cartridge, and be done with it, as efficiently and as brutally as possible.

kbarrett

It'll hold your Jarate for you.

Can you beer me that sniper rifle please?

@Toastie:
No, its not.
Shooting a deer in the head at 1500 meters > shooting it 30 feet away with pellet.

@Canoehead:
.50 is a anti-material round, not fit for shooting living things by military or civilians alike.

@mikeness: But what if it was German beer?

blash

Doesn't look like it will hold a Tall Boy very well...

sfokevin

@Ali Khan:
3 Scopes?
The one to the left of a barrel is a rangefinder, the thing above it is a night vision scope, the scope is a scope, and the thing attached to the scope is a sighting scope like you would find on a telescope.

@omnomnom:
I dont think anyone would have this on while they're making the shot.
More likely, it would look exactly like it does in the picture.

@Barry99705: That's not my point, the scope equipped with that rifle is overkill for any hunter. If you need that scope on your rifle for hunting, you suck at sneaking up on deer.

WRONG

This is obviously the awesomest sniper-rifle attachment that any cup holder has ever seen!

@Barry99705: And the person aiming it.

@Forsakenchild: Because putting things on your head makes it impossible to also hold a sniper rifle.

With an F-22 attached to it.

@omnomnom: That's what I was thinking with this. If you're a real sniper, this kind of thing would be retarded, and if you aren't... why do you have this gun?!?
Just put your beer on the ground, or have your spotter hold it for you.

lol... looks like something you'd bolt on to an AR-15 with quad rails, to go along with the scope, night vision, flashlight, IR flashlight, laser sight, front pistol grip, GPS, iPod holder, and box of spare mags...

@Hello Mister Walrus: True, but wouldn't having an offset weight on the gun make it harder to aim? And the weight would change as you'd take the drink out and put it back in and as you consume more of the beverage within. Small changes that make all the difference at long range.

omnomnom

awp noobs

DavidFromCanada

Have to agree on sniper rifle vs. hunting rifle -- there is no difference. That picture looks like an Accuracy International .308. All of their heavier calibers come standard with a muzzle brake.

There are dozens and dozens of big game hunting cartridges that make the 7.62 round look anemic.

Dikran Yacoubian

@Barry99705: Well, hunting with a Barrett .50 might destroy a little too much meat.

Canoehead

@Skeetz: "nam flashbacks" hilarious! why does it have 3 scopes???

Ali Khan

@rDub:

Question: What do you define as a "sniper rifle" vs a "hunting rifle"? Are we talking cartridge size, scope magnification, or what?

Because honestly, the ONLY difference between a sniper rifle and a good hunting rifle is (as Barry said) your target.

The standard sniper rifle uses your basic 7.62mm NATO cartridge which is decent but not the greatest. My 7mm outperforms said NATO catridge in every way, shape, and form. Meaning "Once you see the damage delivered by my 'hunting rifle' you would understand the difference between it and a 'sniper rifle'".

Now, if you wanna talk .50 caliber rifles and anti-material rifles then we are on entirely different wavelengths - I live in the real world and you apparently live in COD4. Most real-world militairy/police snipers DO NOT carry such ridiculous equipment when a simple long range rifle and a high powered scope will do.

wave goodbye to your head wanker!

mackid

@rDub: What are you talking about??? If the hunting rifle and sniper rifle are the same caliber, the damage is EXACTLY the same. It doesn't matter what the stock looks like, how fat the barrel is, or how crazy the shit hanging off of it looks. You've been misled by the media my friend.

@CaryStreit: Huh I always thought a snipe hunt was just something you sent kids at camp on.

tande04

@LegallyBored in NYC: Actually one of the other guns in the story they linked to is a USB gun.

tande04

@Barry99705: This is true. I'm tired of all the comments like "no one needs to own a gun like that" when it's no different than a high end sporting rifle on the inside. The media has perpetuated the myth that these "Sniper Rifles" or "Assault Rifles" are somehow deadlier than a different rifle in the same caliber.

Kinda funny if you think about where the title of sniper came from. It's origins are not military, but Scottish Game Wardens who hunted a bird called a "Snipe" on the lands of their Lords. They become so good at HUNTING the bird; they were referred to as "Snipers."

CaryStreit

@Joaquin: You honestly think that a cup holder with a hard attached to it is better than a cup holder with a sniper rifle attached to it? In a fight who do you think would win, the hard hat or the sniper rifle? Seriously, the only thing I might take over a cup holder with a sniper rifle attached to it is a cup holder with a tank attached to it!

Forsakenchild

@Barry99705:
(warning, this is in baaaaad taste)
So you're saying that when I go negro hunting in the woods out back of my farm, I can call my gun a sniper rifle?
And I could use this cup holder for my Miller!
Yahoo!

@Toastie: Can you get a rifle exactly like this if you weren't in a government's military?

@bobojuice: A WINNER IS YOU! +1

Now that redefines the phrase: Here, hold my beer!

@Toastie: If only the government or military could buy a rifle like that I would be very concerned.

NCMO

@Xeno: The people at Thanko should get on that and add a usb attachment to it.

@Barry99705: I would tend to disagree. Once you have a chance to see the damage delivered by a sniper rifle you would understand the difference between it and a hunting rifle.

You can always market the sniper rifle as the hunting rifle that also tenderizes (into small chunks) your meat for you!

rDub

@Xeno: And there's absolutely no reason why Gem can't bring his thermos.

Skeetz

@gemcosta: Well the weapon should help provide heat to keep it warm if you're killing enough. If you aren't that busy killing then you have time to finish your coffee.

Xeno

@Barry99705: and several thousand dollars ;)

angelzero

As crazy as this seems outwardly, it might actually not be a bad idea. Snipers spend a vast majority of their time sitting around (they might not fire a shot for weeks). If I had that job, I would care a lot about comfort.

Hello Mister Walrus

That is very messed up.

@Toastie: The only difference between a hunting rifle and a sniper rifle is the target.

@whatnot22: Who says your scalding hot coffee will still be hot by then?

At last! Something to hold my latte while I wait for my target.

Imagine you're an enemy sniper, looking through your scope panning across the landscape waiting for a target. You think you see something move, a glint of something shiny, you focus real hard... and right before the bullet enter's your skull you see a miller lite can in a cup holder mounted on the sniper rifle that just ended your life. Shittiest way to die ever.

There's a better option:

This is needed because Fresca tastes even worse from a Camelbackâ„¢.

RoboChop

@Yanguang: +1, mate!

Not satisfied with their 80's campaign Pepsi Co moves on to Nam flashbacks.

Skeetz

If there's anything i have learned from South Park, the worse thing you can do while hunting is spilling your beer!

"How could you tell the weapon was american?" "There was a cup holder sir, with beer... that's right sir, I said beer"

JARATE!

@Phantommizzi: If you bought a rifle like that and you weren't in a government's military, I'd be very concerned.

Because a beer helps with aiming at shit you want to kill or taget, it's a universal targeting technique passed on by the pros!

BRILLIANT!

neost

300yds? With that rifle (although maybe not with that scope) you could hit your target from over 1000yds.

All_Thumbs - R.O.A.C.H.

Great! Now when I'm sitting in my gully suit i don't have to have keep reaching over for my Bud. I always drink at least 6 Beers when I'm AWPing people from a sniper nest.

Right, first we build a giant badger... Edit: No, No, No, this isn't some oblique way of saying "first," which I wouldn't do, but rather it's a reference to the website Wired linked to regarding the cupholder, which is Badger Ordinance... *whew*

I prefer hot scalding coffee versus Fresca. When you torch off a round at your enemy, I'd rather be scalded than have to deal with flat soda with no fizz left.

whatnot22

See, if I owned a nice rifle like this, I would invested in this cup holder. Its genus. Its probably better then the Rock Band drum kit cup holder . . . but not by much

Phantommizzi

@banmojo: America, Fuck Yeah!

Wouldnt the sound of opening you can give you away?