“It seems to me that unless a bullet is somehow laser guided or GPS guided (like most long rage missiles are) hitting a person at any more than a 100-150 yards is as much luck as anything else.”
You’re beyond misinformed. Sniper kills have been made at over 2400 yards, with zero luck involved. A hunter with a decent modern rifle can routinely make shots at 400+ yards.
OK...first,we're assuming that it's a normal sized man who's the target.That said I wonder of physicists and ophthalmologists have studied this issue.My guess is that that's occurred.If so I'd be interested to see their conclusions.
And bear in mind I'm not trying to disparage our military marksmen.I'm just thinking that 2400 yards is about a mile and a half.The margin for error to hit a man at that distance is so small as to be almost unimaginable.
And on second thought my 100-150 yard figure may have been unreasonable.I think I can see where a highly skilled marksman could hit a man at a greater distance than that.