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  • At 4.4 Miles, Wyoming Team Sets New Rifle Shot World Record

    09/29/2022 1:07:52 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 72 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | 9-20-22 | Mark Heinz
    From the pull of the trigger, roughly 24 seconds elapsed before forward spotters heard the telltale plunk of a 422-grain copper bullet piercing the thin metal target. The shooter was 4.4 miles away, a distance so great, the Earth’s rotation came into play. It was a new world record for a rifle shot, set by the Jackson-based Nomad Rifleman team led by Schott Austin and Shepard Humphries. The shot was made with a custom-built rifle chambered for the .416 Barrett cartridge. During a Zoom interview Tuesday with Cowboy State Daily, Humphries declined to identify the team member who made the...