Record Shattered Longest Sniper Kill

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 6/28/2017 | C Bolton

[21twelve]

There was some sniper talking about a movie. “Yeah - the head shot with the blood splatter on the wall behind him isn’t accurate - but we couldn’t very well show what really happens. At that distance the bullet is coming almost straight down. The head disintegrates, and the upper torso is torn in half.”

[Chode]

the deflection on the trajectory of the bullet generated by the spinning motion of the earth is negligible at medium distances, but becomes important around 1000yds and beyond, especially because it can add to other minimal errors and keep you off target

when an object flies eastward, in the same direction of earth’s rotation, centrifugal force acts opposite of gravity, pushing it away from the earth’s surface

[Delta 21]

Figure into that vehicle speed, turret rotational speed and direction, and dont forget CANT and ammo type!

Abrams was dead center every time out to 4K if you paid attention to all the details :)

[Chode]

gotta love that ballistic computer...

[CodeToad]

ROFL! Awesome perspective!

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“10 seconds is an eternity in bullet years.”

That’s succinct, pithy, and memorable.

[TexasRepublic]

I hope the other jihadis had an “Oh, Shi’ite!” moment when they saw his melon explode into a red mist.

[going hot]

and did not hear the report, and if the projectile was subsonic by then, they heard nothing, but the head of the target jihadi exploding.

Kind of like an act of God...

Well, maybe a low decibel whistle, just before impact.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Sorry, just thinking about the dog.

Good shot though. Since it was a Canadian sniper, do you think he said "sorry" after dropping the target?

[CodeToad]

Absolutely! “Sorry, mate, ya had it coming”