Army Sniper Recounts Amazing Shot

American Forces Press Service ^ | Chuck Cannon

[bboop]

Yah, hurray.

[Fast Moving Angel]

I love happy endings.

[Vendome]

That warms my heart.

[PROCON]

"We measured the distance at 1,310 meters," McGuire said.

That's most of a mile..I would of loved to have seen the face of the terrorist a milli-second after he was hit.

Good ridance! Great shooting!

[stevie_d_64]

Reach out and touch someone, ping...

[Shooter 2.5]

The hardest part used to be guessing the distance but that’s all changed with laser range finders. My son gave me one as a Christmas present and I didn’t think I need one since I go to the same area all the time. It surprised me as to how many times I have needed it. It’s also handy for learning how to read distances.

The fun part is also knowing the people I’m with can hit at ridiculously long ranges.

[Farmer Dean]

With all the planes,helocopters,tanks,and artillery we have,it’s still a good man with a good rifle getting the job done.

[Shooter 2.5]

I don’t think you really want to see that face.

[21twelve]

A bumper sticker said:

“God Bless Our Troops.
Especially Our Snipers.”

[mapmaker77]

Phenominal shot! Did any of y’ll ever read point of Impact by Stephen Hunter.

[Randy Larsen]

Simply amazing shooting!

This man will never be out of venison.

[Issaquahking]

Best damn fighting force ever - U.S.A.!

[Graybeard58]

The shot was so effective that no one knew about it, other than McGuire, his spotter - and the target.

Damn fine shootin'! I wonder though if the target really had time to know what hit him before he got to meet his 70 virgins.

[weef]

Great story! Thanks!

[21twelve]

I watched some sniper expert that consulted for the movie “Shooter” talking about the scenes. “Well, the long range shot was fake - for the movie. At that long of a distance the bullet is coming almost straight down. It spilts the person in two down to the waist - arms flying off, etc. Too graphic for a movie.”

Hard to believe there is THAT much damage, but....

[lightman]

Hard to believe there is THAT much damage, but....

...a fitting end to a violent practitioner of the "Religion of Pieces"

[FlyVet]

Being a relatively lousy shot myself, but knowing a little bit about ballistics, these guys amaze me. They have a Cray computer between their ears.

So many variables. Muzzle velocity, ballistic coefficient of the bullet, mirage, wind direction (which can change several times over that distance), temperature, altitude, humidity...it takes a ton of knowledge and practice to make those shots. And then there's sneaking within range, getting away after the shot without being nailed by a sniper yourself....world class stuff.

[JSteff]

“70 virgins.”

You mean 70 raisins?

[Leisler]

The .50 round ( many of them ) were used by P-47 pilots to take out Tiger Tanks. They did this by shooting at the road in front of the tank and bouncing the rounds off the road and up into the tank.

So, a .50 has a lot of energy in it. I would think the shock wave of hitting a basic water vessel of a human would pumpkin you all over the place.