For an AR with a zeroed scope, a head shot at 200 yards is easy peasy. For a red dot or iron sights, a head shot at 200 years is still doable, body shots easy.
Magnum, I knew you’d know the answer.
Therefore, this points to sheer SS incompetence to let a guy get that close esp if he had a scope on his rifle.
I think then you agree, a scoped AR at 150 yards is easy even for a 10 year old.
It’s 137 meters an easy shot with iron sites if shooting a silhouette target. If shooting a human and it’s the first time hard to control breathing and heart rate. If a cop just climbed up a ladder to look at you I would bet adrenaline dump made it a difficult shot.
“For an AR with a zeroed scope, a head shot at 200 yards is easy peasy. For a red dot or iron sights, a head shot at 200 years is still doable, body shots easy.”
I would estimate MOST off the rack plain jane/ rack grade AR’s are probably w/in 2MOA (assuming decent ammo).
A 6” target at 100-125 yards, from prone. is not a hard shot. But, with nerves, breathing heavy and adrenalin, getting windage close. it is a different game. All bets are off.
“For a red dot or iron sights, a head shot at 200 years is still doable, body shots easy.”
I prefer handguns to rifles for shooting. Hadn’t shot a rifle (outside of a couple of refresher training in the USAF) in 20 years when, in prep for a deployment, I did a course with an iron sighted M-16 at an Army course. Hit all my pop-up targets (human sized) at 150 & 200 yards.
Haven’t fired a rifle since. Still love shooting revolvers and have reluctantly accepted Glocks and a Springfield Hellcat as good guns.
Sub 400 feet hitting a target without a scope is not that difficult. Scope makes if beyond stupidly easy but iron sights is not something that requires sniper calibre skill either
i agree. Although I’ve shot 10 out of ten in the ten ring at 300 yards with iron sights.
But that took training to do it. BTW I was using the 1903 Springfield 30-06 bolt action mfg 1943 by Remington.