This Enemy Sniper Took the Wrong Rifle 😳
A military sniper recounts recovering a fellow Marine's rifle (Tommy Parker's) from an enemy sniper he killed. He describes taking the last chambered round as a symbolic 'hog's tooth' and explains how it was ultimately placed on a regimental plaque rather than kept personally.
Summary
In this account, a Marine sniper describes a significant moment during combat where he recovered a stolen rifle belonging to fellow sniper Tommy Parker. The rifle, identifiable by its McMillan stock, Remington 700 short-action barrel, was a 2/4 (second battalion, fourth marines) sniper rifle. Upon recovering it, the narrator removed the last round chambered in the weapon.
The narrator references the military tradition of the 'hog's tooth' — a last chambered round taken as a trophy after killing an enemy sniper — and notes that by definition, this round qualified as his hog's tooth, since it was meant to kill someone else and he neutralized the threat. However, rather than keeping it, he chose to honor the broader unit it belonged to.
Because the second battalion, fourth marines falls under the fifth marine regiment, he determined the round did not truly belong to him personally. The round was mounted vertically on a plaque engraved with '24' and '35' (representing the unit designations), and was formally presented to the regimental commander, symbolizing the collective sacrifice and ownership of that moment by the entire regiment.
Key Insights
- The narrator identifies the recovered rifle as Tommy Parker's by its distinctive features — a McMillan stock and Remington 700 short-action barrel — recognizing it immediately in the field.
- The narrator explains that a 'hog's tooth' is defined as the last round chambered in an enemy sniper's rifle after you kill them, qualifying this round under that tradition since it was meant for another target.
- Rather than keeping the hog's tooth personally, the narrator decided the round belonged to the fifth marine regiment because of how Marine Corps regimental structure assigns battalion ownership.
- The plaque created from this event was engraved with '24 and 35,' representing the unit designations of second battalion fourth marines and the fifth marine regiment, commemorating the shared significance of the moment.
- The last chambered round was formally presented to the regimental commander rather than retained by the individual sniper, reflecting a deliberate decision to honor collective military service over personal recognition.
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Transcript
[0:00] And he holds the rifle above his head, McMillan stock Remington 700 shortaction barrel. And I said, "Holy." And we realize it was 24 sniper rifle, Tommy Parker's rifle. And the first thing I do is I look at this rifle and I'm like blown away by it. I take the last round chambered. Technically, that would be my hogs tooth by the definition. I killed another sniper. I took that hogs tooth from him. That was the round that was meant for somebody else. What we did with that was we got it put on a plaque that had the single bullet vertical and then it had 24 and 35. Because the way that the Marine Corps regiments…
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