I wonder if there’s a military version of this:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/17000-linux-powered-rifle-brings-auto-aim-to-the-real-world/
2.14 miles away. 1000 meters longer than the existing record.
Wondering if it’s a technological advancement that made that happen.
It says he was shot from a high rise building. That would have changed the angle of the bullet path and reduced the amount elevation that he would have had to dial into the scope. I’m sure he lazed the target and then lazed the ground beneath him and then used that to determine his angle and then dialed in the appropriate elevation. I’m guessing he either didn’t have a significant crosswind.
Has to be, the guy wouldn’t even be in the scope when he pulled the trigger. We are talking dealing with cross winds, elevation, image distortment, gravity and even at that distance earth curvature all while battling diminishing power as the bullet loses steam. This sniper literally made a shot that will be almost impossible to beat.
My cheap bullet software does not go beyond 1000 yards but with low BC it seems to indicate that the bullet would go subsonic not much further than 1000 yards. Since going transonic most bullets go unstable, they had to use a combination of Ultra Low Drag and transonic stable bullets like used on 416 Cheytac. I am seriously curious what bullet they used and who makes them