Posted on 06/22/2017 3:09:08 PM PDT by Hadean
The Globe and Mail? I’m surprised they are not butt hurt that their favorite terrorists are getting killed.
I'm thinking it's the quality of the rabbit's foot in your pocket that's going to get the job done at that kind of range...
“The round fired was a match grade armor-piercing incendiary (API) round.”
That’s gonna leave a mark.
In his book, Chris Kyle described his two longest shots. They were, I believe, on the order of 2100 and 1600 yards. He was shooting the Accuracy International bolt rife chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum. He stated that, on shots that far out, a certain amount of pure luck was essential. I believe that, no matter whether one is shooting a .338 or a.50BMG, the same forces are working on that bullet,
Dang! What did he use a cruise missile?
The nice thing about that distance is that had he missed a target out of doors probably the target would not have known he was being shot at and the sniper would get to try it again.”
“Minutes later, the same sniper/spotter team noticed a group of three ISIS terrorists standing close to each other at about 3,200 meters away. It would have been another record-breaking shot. The sniper fired at the group and all three hit the ground. One shot, three kills? Unfortunately not this time, the three terrorists sprung up and ran away. The bullet most likely passed right in between them. For the Canadian hunter/killer team it was still an amazing day.”
~From Sofrep
From Wikipedia:
As the battles around Saratoga raged, the British, having been pushed back, were being rallied by Brigadier General Simon Fraser. Benedict Arnold [at the height of his pre-treason fame] rode up to General Morgan, pointed at Fraser and told Morgan the man was worth a regiment. Morgan called on Murphy and said: "That gallant officer is General Fraser. I admire him, but it is necessary that he should die, do your duty." Murphy scaled a nearby tree, took careful aim at the extreme distance of 300 yards, and fired four times. The first shot was a close miss, the second grazed the General's horse...From The Man Who Shot Simon Fraser:
...Within a few moments a rifle ball cut the crupper of Fraser's horse, and another passed through his horse's mane. Calling his attention to this, Fraser's aide said, 'it is evident that you are marked out for particular aim, would it not be prudent for you to retire from this place?' Fraser replied, 'my duty forbids me to fly from danger.' The next moment he fell mortally wounded by a ball from the rifle of Murphy and was carried off the field by two grenadiers.And again from Wikipedia:
Fraser tumbled from his horse, shot through the stomach. General Fraser died that night. British Senior officer Sir Francis Clerke, General Burgoyne's chief aide-de-camp, galloped onto the field with a message. Murphy's fourth shot killed him instantly. Murphy also fought at the battle of the Middle Fort in 1780.There appears to be some doubt about who actually shot General Simon Frasier. See: The Man Who Shot Simon Fraser
That is one extreme good shot.
Hell, I’ve hit targets that far away, of course I was shooting from a tank with a 105......but still.
Just 1000 meters or so under that.
“ ... the true challenge here was being able to calculate the actual wind speed and direction all the way to the target.” — - Ryan Cleckner, former U.S. Army Ranger sniper
They mention using Kestrel meters. You can get Kestrel weather meters with integrated applied ballistics and data communications links that look pretty interesting.
Not hard to imagine a few of these sprinkled (or droned) along a proposed trajectory to inform the sniper’s second of the conditions “all the way to the target”.
We have weapons systems on our gunships that have Laser Wind Detection that can calculate the correction factor for projectiles for the wind along the entire flight path to target. The ones I am aware of are for airborne systems, not carried around by a sniper team, but for all I know they have something like that compact enough now for such use. That would take a great deal of the guess work out of the problem.
Bob Lee Swagger: Where are we meeting?
Colonel Isaac Johnson: Somewhere where I can see you coming from a god damned long way off.
Now we have made them mad. Just when we were making progress by being understanding of the religion of pieces.
Still was an excellent shot considering variable of the long
rifle
Had to measure out black powder and pour down barrel
Then load a patched home made bullet down barrel
Have to sight in using crude iron sights
All considered was remarkable could fire accurately
“The nice thing about that distance is that had he missed a target out of doors probably the target would not have known he was being shot at and the sniper would get to try it again.”
Not to mention that he could get a second round off before the first round even made it there.
I love snipers and drones...they kill these clowns without them even having the dignity of knowing they’re about to die. And snipers in particular, as other’s around get to see Bashir go plop without any clue as to where it came from.
More powder and really really elevate your scope dial.
That's what I was thinking/wondering. Without the rails you wouldn't think that you'd be able to see the target in the scope.
Selleck in “Quigley Down Under” was O.K., too.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.