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To: Servant of the Cross

2,000 yards is chump change these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_recorded_sniper_kills


9 posted on 04/03/2013 12:51:59 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

2K yards is over a mile ... try the math.


30 posted on 04/03/2013 2:12:45 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: ltc8k6

Fifty caliber weapons have held the record over the years, I guess. It goes back to 1874 at Adobe Walls, Texas, where Billy Dixon fired a Sharps “Big 50” and shot an Indian off a horse at 1,538 yards (so the story goes). Much has been written about this achievement. Since ballistic tables have been developed in recent years, it’s been said that Billy would have needed to hold over the victim’s head as much as 10 or 12 feet - - never mind whatever the wind was doing. It’s always been one of my favorite shooting stories, though.


42 posted on 04/03/2013 3:09:33 PM PDT by 19th LA Inf
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