sharpshooter

(Newser) - "She should be cast in an action movie. No acting required!" Elon Musk tweeted over the summer after witnessing the steely determination of pistol shooter Kim Yeji, once called "the coolest person ever," at the Summer Olympics in France. The SpaceX CEO's wish has now...

(Newser) - Two kidnappers in India grabbed a 21-year-old Delhi University student who was driving a taxi—and inadvertently messed with the wrong woman, reports India.com . "I just took my gun and shot them," says Ayisha Falaq, 32, the man's sister-in-law and a competitive sharpshooter. "I shot...

(Newser) - The M107 sniper rifle is enjoying its pirate-fueled moment in the sun, but don't get used to it: Firearms being developed in a super-secret Pentagon program will extend snipers' range from 800 or so meters to more than 2,000 without losing accuracy, Time reports. What's more, bullets created...