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At 2.35 Miles, This Is The Longest Rifle Shot Ever Recorded In Competition
Outdoor Life ^ | 29 Mar 2021 | John Snow

Posted on 03/30/2021 12:12:35 PM PDT by 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

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WOW!
1 posted on 03/30/2021 12:12:35 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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


2 posted on 03/30/2021 12:17:55 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
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!

3 posted on 03/30/2021 12:18:36 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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.”


4 posted on 03/30/2021 12:19:26 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I could do that. :-)


5 posted on 03/30/2021 12:24:42 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Impressive.

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6 posted on 03/30/2021 12:27:24 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. , )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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


7 posted on 03/30/2021 12:28:01 PM PDT by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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8 posted on 03/30/2021 12:32:50 PM PDT by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No Amazon, No Chy-Na made )
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To: zeugma

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


9 posted on 03/30/2021 12:33:03 PM PDT by bantam
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To: jonascord

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


10 posted on 03/30/2021 12:33:14 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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


11 posted on 03/30/2021 12:42:28 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

Enough to go..... TING.


12 posted on 03/30/2021 12:53:46 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

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


13 posted on 03/30/2021 12:55:36 PM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: Renkluaf

Would have to be awfully tall to be affected.


14 posted on 03/30/2021 12:58:23 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: Jonny7797

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


15 posted on 03/30/2021 1:00:36 PM PDT by taxcontrol (You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.)
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To: G Larry
Try to imagine aiming 200 feet high and 90 feet right of the target.....?

Golfers do that all the time in the wind.

16 posted on 03/30/2021 1:01:45 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

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.


17 posted on 03/30/2021 1:03:33 PM PDT by doragsda
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To: 1Old Pro

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


18 posted on 03/30/2021 1:05:38 PM PDT by dakine
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To: 1Old Pro

And miss by 15 yards!


19 posted on 03/30/2021 1:08:05 PM PDT by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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To: Renkluaf

Maybe somebody there had really good eyes.


20 posted on 03/30/2021 1:08:44 PM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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