Just stop it
Probably not more than a few hundred on this forum that could do it.
That would be nice. However we will see more of this crap.
Yes! Just stop it.
A 200 yard shot to a man size target with a decent scoped rifle isn’t difficult.
I recently took a marksmanship course.
I am right handed - right eye dominant. At the time I had a cataract that left me nearly blind in my right eye.
Shooting an unfamiliar rifle, left handed, left eye, unsupported & standing, and with only iron sights, I put all rounds into a standard target (torso size) at 200 yards.
My girlfriend who had never shot a rifle before, did the same with an M1 carbine.
A 200 yard shot, prone, with a scope is NOT difficult. The location of the fatal hit was a lucky-unlucky coincidence and not a sign of unusual skills.
Agree. This crap is getting VERY OLD.
I agree, here on FR a day ago, we had this same discussion, in the video of the shooter getting off the roof, if you watch the slowed down version, he’s clearly got backpack on and carrying the rifle, it has a towel or something covering it up, it’s definitely a long stick, broom, or rifle under the covering.
It is perfectly legitimate to question who else is involved in the shooting and did he have help, but it’s pure fantasy to say that he fled from the roof without a rifle so how could it be found later in the woods.
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.