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Yikes - 2.14 miles!
From the AP newsarticle:
A Canadian sniper has beat the record for the longest confirmed kill in military history by picking off an ISIS fighter from a staggering 11,319 feet. The bullet was fired from a McMillan TAC-50 rifle set on a high-rise tower and took 10 seconds to travel the 2.14 miles towards the fighter, who was attacking Iraqi soldiers. This smashed the last record set by a Briton Craig Harrison, who killed a Taliban soldier with a 338 Lapua Magnum rifle at a range of 8,120 feet(1.54 miles) in 2009. A military source told The Globe and Mail the kill was verified by video,
OMG!
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I couldn't SEE that far.
Even with optics.
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Rockinbar: I agree!
Amazing new technology must have been in use - from the bullet used to the optics and intel.
Also the 10 seconds of flight time for that bullet just astounds me!
Makes me glad I am not an isis type idiot.
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Wow! incredible.
I'll bet he is not a friend of Justin's.
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That is simply mind boggling when you consider every single factor that had to go right in order to make that shot
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That is simply mind boggling when you consider every single factor that had to go right in order to make that shot which makes it a lucky shot. Plain and simple. But it was a damn educated lucky shot at that.
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Ten seconds?? No. That would mean the bullet was only traveling 1,000 fps the whole time. Flight time was likely more like 4-6 seconds????
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That is simply mind boggling when you consider every single factor that had to go right in order to make that shot which makes it a lucky shot. Plain and simple. But it was a damn educated lucky shot at that. There was a sniper who shot a very long ways to kill a guy on a machine gun. A new guy stepped up. Took him out with the next shot and shot the machine gun with the next shot. Maybe someone here knows the yardage. Your statement reminds me of a fighter getting knocked out by a lucky punch. No such thing. They worked for it and earned it.
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I couldn't SEE that far.
Even with optics. That's why I was wondering how high that tower was. He must have a helluva good scope. Although I can see a boat that far on open water with optics, or without optics if it's big enough. Looking at 2.14 miles of open space blows my mind trying to think about shooting that far. Gotta wonder what that gun is zeroed at.. IIRC on open water, unless you're elevated,, the freakin horizon is 2.9 miles away and this guy was shooting 2.14 miles.......... Simply amazing
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Amazing what can be done with a 6x Mil Quad and some practice.
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...which makes it a lucky shot. Plain and simple. But it was a damn educated lucky shot at that. Most of the time, the better & more complete the planning and harder one works to achieve, the luckier one gets.
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I couldn't SEE that far.
Even with optics. That's why I was wondering how high that tower was. He must have a helluva good scope. Although I can see a boat that far on open water with optics, or without optics if it's big enough. Looking at 2.14 miles of open space blows my mind trying to think about shooting that far. Gotta wonder what that gun is zeroed at.. IIRC on open water, unless you're elevated,, the freakin horizon is 2.9 miles away and this guy was shooting 2.14 miles.......... Simply amazing For an observer on the ground with eye level at h = 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), the horizon is at a distance of 2.9 miles (4.7 km). For an observer standing on a hill or tower 100 feet (30 m) in height, the horizon is at a distance of 12.2 miles (19.6 km).
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