Posted on 09/14/2025 12:25:26 PM PDT by MisterMagic
There are a lot of people talking about not seeing Tyler Robinson leaving the rooftop with the rifle. But I don't see anyone asking if he could even made the shot. I'm no expert, but taking a single shot and killing your target at 200 yards requires more than a little experience shooting a gun. At that range the bullet is going to be affected by wind (if there was any), by a drop of several inches (or more) due to gravity, and shooting from a higher elevation is going to require compensation.
Where did Tyler Robinson learn enough to shoot at that distance?
You're right, you're not - then you proceed to make expert comments. But even a novice knows that is not a considerable distance for a high powered rifle for which the shooter would look through a scope.
And I guess just some random person decided to implicate themselves and admit to something they didn't do for the heck of it, and the fact all of the evidence not only supports it, but it was confessed - and prior to law enforcement being involved.
Seriously - this is embarrassing. Stop this garbage.
Help me out here, gun folks.
Quoting Han Solo: “Good against remotes is one thing - good against the living…”
Is it really correct that putting a round at 130 meters into a human target is as easy as hitting the black on a range for someone who is untrained and not in combat?
Isn’t it true that in WW II most soldiers in Europe after training and extensive practice failed to hit human targets with most shots firing 30-06 from the M1
Garand?
I don’t know if this kid was an expert hunter or not. And I don’t know how much training he had.
But I do know that adrenaline compromises field of vision and fine motor control, and I’m reading over and over that people’s grandmothers who had never fired a rifle could be taught to do what this kid did with an hour of instruction, and I don’t believe it.
“ his dad was law enforcement.”
No he wasn’t. More fake news.
“ That kid had much more training than 1 week.”
Where and from who?
I’ve had plenty of real range time in my life: Learned to shoot in the boy scouts in the late 70s, qualified expert marksman several times while in the USAF in the early 80’s, have hunted deer in NH with a winchester model 94 open sights, and hunted moose in Alaska with a scoped .30-06 Sako. I’m a better shot in real life than I am in the world of PUBG, but I aint terrible in the game either.
“ The kid was an experienced hunter”
Source?
His father was not, and never was, in LE. He is in construction.
(I hope he doesn’t use his own house to advertise his business. It’s butt ugly.)
Here we go again. I just knew the Grassy Knollers would be showing up.
If the shooter can lay down and has something to steady the front of the rifle then its very easy.
If the shooter is standing up and firing from the shoulder with nothing to steady the front of the rifle then its harder.
The question is can the shooter keep the crosshairs on the target as he squeezes the trigger. There are three factors that matter here. The shooters ability to breathe correctly while not pulling to the side as you squeeze the trigger and and not flinching at the blast or the anticipated blast. Also compensating for drop and wind. It’s Egyptian surplus ammo. I couldn’t find any online which is curious. Using wolf ammo ballistics info if either 145 grain or 180 grain the drop is 4 and 4.2 inches respectively. In a prone position firing at a stationary human sized target this is not a difficult shot for someone to make with minimal experience. The only factor would trigger control and your reaction to the anticipated blast.
Oh and I do enjoy shooting targets at the range & did shoot one moose from 100 yards, but most times I ended up helping someone else pack one out. Sadly I sold all my guns(only 3: Sako .30-06, Winchester 94, Remington 700 pump) when I moved from AK to FLA. Thinking about re arming at some point.
So now the libs are trying to get the murderer off.
How about an honest scientific experiment? Find someone to take you to the range, teach you how to shoot a 30-06 with a scope, and then shoot a man-sized silhouette at 200 yards. See how you do.
Remember that Charlie's assassin had been shooting his entire life. He also imagined himself as some sort of hero, making it easy to aim at Charlie.
Now, here is something you didn't expect: A newbie will almost always make a great first shot. His second shot won't be so good because now he anticipates the recoil. On a 30-06, that is a brutal surprise, especially if you ignore words of wisdom regarding eye distance from the scope.
“holding your breath is necessary for a long shot”
I think I was taught to take a breath, release it, and then act. It’s been a long time.
It started with his parents. Hobby shooters shoot frequently. You must live in Massachusetts or maybe England.
I was taught to take a breath, let it about half way out, and squeeze the trigger, don’t jerk it.
And that was meters.. yards are even easier.
With a comment like that, you sound as though you’ve been on a roof about to commit murder before, and somehow, I don’t think that’s true about you.
Still…if you’ve practiced at something for a while, then I think some of those practices kick in.
Some people get excited from an adrenaline rush, and some people are terrified. Maybe this assassin got off on it. He seemed pretty proud of himself.
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I have no idea what that might be. ;-D
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