Posted on 09/27/2020 9:36:39 AM PDT by BeauBo
A former federal agent who survived a cartel ambush in Mexico in 2011, where his partner (Special Agent Jaime Zapata) died, set a world record by successfully making a 2010 yard handgun shot. Using a 10 mm handgun and standing without the help of a bench or rest, former ICE agent Victor Avila struck a target more than a mile away as part of a series of endeavors to give back to the community...
USA1Shot, a company that developed a rapidly deployable brace attachment for handguns aimed at helping law enforcement officers have the stability of a rifle while using their service handgun. The tool is meant to be carried in an officers belt giving him rapid access.
Even though he is not a competitive shooter, Avila utilized a .40 caliber handgun with a scope and one of their braces, to shoot a target at 1,650 yards away several times. That shot was soon followed by a 2,010 yard shot with a 10mm handgun also using a scope and the brace. The 90-minute shooting session was recorded on film and tracked using GPS and laser devices. Even though Avila landed the shot during the summer, it took several weeks for the results to be documented and certified as a world record.
In law enforcement, you are used to hearing the shot and immediately hearing if it hit the metal plate or seeing the results on paper, Avila said. Here, it takes 11 seconds for the bullet to travel to the target.
After each shot, Avila was not able to move as he waited in the same position to see if he missed...
You are standing in an offhand position, there is no bench to lean on, it took a lot of concentration, a lot of breathing,
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Heck, I wouldn’t want to get hit with water at 900fps!
Cool stuff but the problem is cost. No fun shooting something only once in training because costs are to high.
Besides, it really isn’t that hard to hit targets such that we need an expensive solution to a non-existent problem. As an engineer, I have that problem every day. In fact, today I am in an innovation workshop and I see people come up with fancy solutions to problems that really don’t exist. Interesting solutions but to problems no one has asked to be solved.
Damned impressive. Ive taught myself to make consistent hits on a steel silhouette at 150 yards with my 4 inch Kimber 1911. This feat makes me feel like thats nothing.
Good shooting, Agent.
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See post 63.
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Sounds like a valid point. (For instance, just think how many shooters could hit Nadler's south end from a mile away!)
Good to see your moniker.
I hope you are doing well.
5.56mm
Me, I could shoot THREE apples off the top of Mount Everest, even while I was jugglin' 'em before I throwed 'em up there!
True nuff!
I am, thank you. I hope you are as well.
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SVD / FPK 7.62x54R is an easy 800m tool with iron sights, add a viable optic and a good trigger man an a mile is easy. Go with a wizard and 2000m on a human torso or 18 inch brisket is repeatable .
Did ya know you can use a Sig magazine with a Glock in a pinch ?
Yep yep yep ...... ouch ! 2021 is keeping me up late already.
FSB using Accuracy International 338 Lapua, Kerstel Ballistics, Majik Drones, FLIR and Glock 17’s ....... even EOTech or a close copy. So much for State Department restrictions .
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