I watched the Discovery Channel presentation of the Maersk Alabama hijacking. That, by the way, was fascinating. Didn't talk about the missing $30,000 though.

Anyway, they had three apparently single-shot sniper rifles trained on three different subjects. The distance was minimal, 75 to 100 feet I'd guess, but the boats were pitching. They wanted simultaneous head shots as the only way to keep a wounded person from pulling a trigger on the hostage.

In a case like that where there's nothing of concern nearby I would think they could go for an instantly debilitating body shot or a head shot even in unsteady conditions.

Wouldn't work to be shooting at someone with a hostage in front of them, I realize.

Arf