At 2.35 Miles, This Is The Longest Rifle Shot Ever Recorded In Competition

Outdoor Life ^ | 29 Mar 2021 | John Snow

[DUMBGRUNT]

The story behind Ryan Cheney’s record 4,134-yard shot

He hit a plate at 3,592 yards—which itself was a record hit for a .33-caliber projectile—but then managed to drop a shot on a piece of 6-foot by 6-foot steel at 4,134 yards, which is 2.35 miles.

I had dialed all the elevation in my scope, 33 mils above my zero, and had an extra 35 mils thanks to the prism. Even so, I was holding 10 mils over the target, for a total of 78 mils of elevation. [Editor’s note: At 1,000 yards, this puts the shot more than 200 feet above the ground.]

Time of flight: 9.4 seconds to 4,137 yards

[DUMBGRUNT]

WOW!

[zeugma]

Impressive. I’d like to know how many shots he had to take though.

[jonascord]

Great. Now the Communists will claim that my .22 short is deadly from 4 miles away, and all rifle ranges within 6 miles of human habitation will have to be closed.

If it saves One Life!

[Abathar]

Shooter: “Dammit, missed again, wonder why it went left this time and not right.”
Spotter: “The sparrow farted on the right side when it changed branches.”

[Jonny7797]

I could do that. :-)

[Lurker]

Impressive.

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[G Larry]

Try to imagine aiming 200 feet high and 90 feet right of the target.....?

[PMAS]

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[bantam]

UNBeeee-lievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reno89519]

Yes, we currently have a 1 mile exclusion zone this will now get the local idiots to raise it. How unfortunate.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

How much energy do you calculate the bullet had left when it hit the plate?

[LastDayz]

Enough to go..... TING.

[Renkluaf]

So just how do you know that there’s no one walking around in the 2+ mile trip?

[LastDayz]

Would have to be awfully tall to be affected.

[taxcontrol]

Well I could do every step he listed .... except hit the target. /grin

[1Old Pro]

Try to imagine aiming 200 feet high and 90 feet right of the target.....?

Golfers do that all the time in the wind.

[doragsda]

You would have to know the velocity of the bullet when it hit the target to calculate that.

The ballistics listed give a muzzle energy of 7340 ft-lb.

The bullet will retain it’s original mass of 330 grains throughout the flight. Let’s assume ( and this is a complete assumption on my part) that the bullet is still traveling 500 ft/sec when it hits the target. That would have a retained energy of 183 ft.lb.

[dakine]

Was that you in my foursome on Saturday... ? 😎

[G Larry]

And miss by 15 yards!

[EandH Dad]

Maybe somebody there had really good eyes.