So I saw some posts about the meaning behind names of weapons... I thought I'd give 1000 yard stare a theory behind its name: First off, before we start. We all know that 1kstare is a very good sniper to use in crucible, let's get that aside as it will be helpful in the theory. There is a movie (lots of spoilers ahead, read at own risk, some of you may not have seen it) that came out in January of 2015 called American sniper. In this movie (based off a true story) an American sniper named Chris Kyle was sniping terrorists, ensuring safer travel for his team. Anyways,throughout the movie there is a terrorist sniper who can hit his shot from over a mile away (or, 1000+ yards out) [spoiler]at the end of the movie, Chris Kyle finally kills this sniper at over 1000 yards away[/spoiler] Point being, I think this sniper named 1000 yard stare because I'm the movie (and the book) chris Kyle was constantly staring down his sights, and he hit a legendary shot that was 1000 yards away. Edit: after seeing the comments- my theory seems to be wrong- I never knew there was an actual term for being in too much combat then getting flashbacks of it all (this term being 1000 yard stare) Thank you to those who respectfully corrected me, I appreciate it.