ditto that.
I’ve seen this kind of crap for days now.
“Charlie’s still alive.”
“He faked his death.”
“It was the JOOS!”
“Professional hit by the deep state.”
and on, and on.
I taught my son to shoot when he was three. BB gun, .22 LR at four, AR15 at 5, he passed the NRA range course (the one onsite in NoVA) when he was 6-1/2 years old, written test AND range safety. Youngest kid on record so far as I know.
A year later, he was punching holes in quarters at 200 yards from a rest with a scoped AR15.
The drop for an M1 round, .30-06 at 200 yds is about 5 inches.
The following table details the ballistic trajectory of the .30-06 Springfield cartridge, specifically comparing it to the .30 M1 and .30 M2 rounds, including range, angle of elevation, time of flight, maximum ordinate, and angle of fall at various distances.
Range, yards
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
.30-06
2.6
5.2
8.3
11.7
15.8
20.7
26.3
32.4
39.8
48.3
M1
2.7
5.4
8.4
11.8
15.9
20.3
25.3
30.7
36.8
43.5
M2
2.4
5.1
8.1
11.5
15.5
19.6
26.0
1.27
40.2
49.3
M2 AP
0.12
0.24
0.38
0.53
0.70
0.88
1.07
1.35
1.50
1.75
This data provides a comparison of the .30-06 Springfield’s ballistic performance against the .30 M1 and .30 M2 cartridges, which were developed from the .30-06. The table includes the angle of elevation, time of flight, maximum ordinate, and angle of fall for each range.
sorry for the non-table alignment, after over twenty years here you’d figure I’d know how to post graphics, but it requires remembering some obscure bit of information I rarely use.
Best guess is the guy WAS holding center of mass but didn’t know how to work COSINE functions for shooting up/downhill so the round went high.
Bottom line, ANYBODY with at least monocular vision, given a few minutes’ instruction (or less), a rifle and a torso target could make that shot first time.
Oddly the most important thing is a stable rest for your shot. With such a scoped weapon in a good rifle will make great shots to 300 yards. I can do a 300 yard shot with an M1-Garand with no scope to center of mass with ease. A 200 yard shot is easy to center of mass. A 100 yard shot to the head is easy.
With my 300 Win-mag I can do a 500 yard shot with my scope, even further if I wanted to pay for a super expensive scope.
Oddly my satisfying shots were open sights with a M1-Garand at 400 yards and hitting center of mass.
Oddly I today only shoot paper targets today. I lost the joy of shooting game but have no problem with hunters. One hunts my land and we share the deer meat. It is delicious.