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I, Sniper is a novel by Stephen Hunter, published by Simon and Schuster in 2009.[1] It is Hunter's fifth novel whose hero is Bob Lee Swagger, a U. S. Marine Corps sniper who first appears in Viet Nam.[2] It is fifth in order of publication and fifth in the chronology of the character.

It is remarkable in its inclusion of thinly pseudonomous characters: Carl Hitchcock, Marine Corps sniper, is based upon the real sniper,Carlos Hathcock. Other characters are based upon Ted Turner, Jane Fonda.

references in the novel include: Automated distance ranging and telescopic aiming optics.

The sport of Cowboy Action Shooting.

"Big Iron", a song by Marty Robbins about an outlaw named "Texas Red" and an Arizona Ranger, and their gunfight

Remington, Winchester, and other manufacturers of precision rifles.

[1] Title page [2] "Point of Impact"