It’s not that hard. With a decent rifle and scope, and 30.06 ammo, 200 yards isn’t that tough a shot. If the assassin was aiming for a head shot, then a shot to the neck makes sense.
Bounced of Charlies body armor and entered his neck.
My son has a 30.06 M1 Garand. I’ve only fired a couple rounds. 100 yards with steel sights. Drilled the bullseye.
I rarely shoot 100 yards. Don’t have a 200 yard range nearby.
With a scope it seems a pretty easy shot.
jimtorr wrote: “If the assassin was aiming for a head shot, then a shot to the neck makes sense.”
Aiming for the upper body also makes sense since an inexperienced rifleman tends to ‘jerk’ his shots resulting in a high and right impact (For a right handed shooter.)