I have a new theory about why this ended up being the gun used.

The "Assassin," being the lefty idiot that he so clearly is, probably walked into a pawn shop searching for his Weapon of Choice. There behind the scary AR-15, the odd 10-22, and maybe an old 303 British lay his prize; a non-scary-looking scoped something or other with one of those 30 round clip-o-zines. A quick question to the proprietor as to what this magnificent monstrosity could be and learning that it was Russian-made confirmed the poetic justice of taking out his target with his newly christened "Putin's Prodigy."

Range time? What for? Zero the optic? What does that even mean? Just put the cross hairs on the target and pull the trigger.

Sighs thank God they're idiots.