World Record Extreme Long Range Shot 4.4 Miles

Sept. 14, 2022

[MikelTackNailer]

Obviously I was only kidding about equaling that 4 mile shot!

I was going to say I didn't know they piled it that high in Boston. Seriously though, those boys have a strange and expensive hobby I wouldn't indulge in. Just tweaking out-of-the-box rifles gets steeper the more you let it sit on your mind ("Maybe if I got this part in titanium" etc. etc.).

[JBW1949]

What is the ONE shot World Distance Record???

That would be much more impressive than a 69 shot record....

[Gay State Conservative]

I was a clerk typist during my illustrious Army career...so BCT was the only experience I had with any military weapon.And as for Vietnam...some Personnel Specialist at the Pentagon must have taken pity on me because I was never ordered to SE Asia. I did,however,visit Vietnam in 2008 mainly in honor of my best friend who died there in '69.

And you *are* correct to pay tribute to the guys who *did* serve there...IMO (not that my opinion means much when it comes to warfare) they were badly betrayed by their leaders in DC and,as a result,suffered *much* more than they should have.

[one guy in new jersey]

“...to listen and watch for impacts from missed shots...”

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A position akin to javelin catcher.

The Bill Clinton administration had a designated javelin catcher. What was that guy’s name again?

[Hot Tabasco]

... when it hit the target, over 24.5 seconds after being fired.

Wow!

[Chainmail]

".. never found them to be more than ~2 MOA in accuracy"

A match M-14 is capable of much better precision than that - in 1976 I fired my Marine Corps match M-14 at a standard 12 bullseye at the Puuloa Rifle Range in Hawaii and fired 34 consecutive V-ring bullseyes. I don't think that anyone has beaten that record since then.

We used iron-sighted M14s for 1,000 yard competition back then.

I also carried an M-14 the whole time that I was in Vietnam - would not accept the M16 when that damn thing was pushed on us.

[Old Yeller]

That should be long enough to circumvent Gates of Hell’s body guards.

[Old Yeller]

Piece of cake! I did that during BCT in ‘69 qualifying with the M-14.

I did it with a .38 snubnose revolver.

[pas]

69 hots 1 kill

[PROCON]

In addition, the M-14 was a better rifle for Drill and Ceremony.

[Hot Tabasco]

All they established (so far) was that they fired a lucky shot after 69 tries.

Lucky? Did you even take the time to read the damn article? Probably not.

1,092 MOA up and 17 MOA left. Do you even know what an MOA is in regards to rifle scopes?

Here, check out the rifle and notice the scope alignment.......

[Hot Tabasco]

I’ll also bet it was a pretty calm wind, if any...

Read the article......It's an easy read

[Blood of Tyrants]

Exactly. I’m not impressed that he got it in 69 tries. 10 would have shown skill. 69 is just pure luck.

[cuban leaf]

Sorry. I was (and am) reading several other articles. I got into it as much as my interest allowed. 😎

My post was just me “thinking out loud” as a response to the responses I saw here.

[Big Red Badger]

I was with some folks yesterday that were Consistently shooting .22 long rifle at
10x12 inche Plate from 300 yesterday.
At Will,Consistently...!?!
I know it’s my turn Next.

[Hot Tabasco]

What was the size of that 69-shot group? Or even the best 50?

He wasn't shooting for groups Hartley, he was shooting for one target hit from 4.4 miles........

Here I though you might have read the entire article. Silly me.......Sheesh!

[IYAS9YAS]

69 hots 1 kill

Sounds like Saturday in Chi-raq

[Big Red Badger]

Exactly,,,
Caliber Please.

[Hot Tabasco]

Throw enough lead downrange and you're bound to his something eventually.

Go ahead, throw your lead 4.4 miles. Doubt you'll even come within 200 yards of something you can't even see..........