My nephew is a decorated retired "expert" sniper in the Marine Corp. At the standard range of 2,400+ meters or there about, he can hit a dime dead center. All celebrated military snipers in the United States -- and only a few of them can be counted in our fingers -- have their individual signature when they hit their kill-target. For instance, if a terrorist is taken when hit in the eye at such distance, the Military knows whose kill was it.

This tells me that in the United States, only technology in sniper-shooting can be improved while the "skill" cannot. Skill could no longer be improved because it is already topnotch.

 I go along with what JV says. It is that high quality beyond and/or above the ordinary of how long you hold your breath before you pull the triger. In training, those who turn blue fail the test and therefore hardly qualify.

I know how extremely dangerous but at the same time I am also aware how outstandingly marvelous the life of a Sniper is. Snipers never die … they just fade away.