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To: 6ppc

There were some maps of the site, and showed where the shooter was and how far from Trump.

He got several shots off, almost certainly a semi-automatic, and a skilled shooter wouldn’t use a .22 LR for that kind of shot, they’d use a fast round with a harder hit like a .223. That round will cover that distance in less than a tenth of a second, and Trump didn’t move his head that much.

The single shot that grazed Trump was about 4 MOA, pretty good for a .22 LR, but not very good for a professional with a better round.

It was not a professional shooter, probably a semi-practiced amateur.


114 posted on 07/13/2024 9:15:50 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Fido969

Generally agreed, but, it’s not just the time to target, it’s the delay from decision to pull the trigger to the time the gun actually fires (which is mostly the time the ol’ finger takes to react.) I tend to be a bit slow with my trigger pulls because if I rush them, I have problems with steadiness. Lots more practice should resolve that*, but, thus far it hasn’t. :-(

So, I miss a lot of squirrels at only 30-60 ft., with a pretty decent (1100 fps) scoped .22 pellet gun. The darn things move just as I shoot. Now, ask me to hole the “o” in a SunDrop soda can, and it’s a different story. :-)

*Well, maybe. I practiced like heck at bowling and never got past very mediocre!


121 posted on 07/13/2024 10:25:23 PM PDT by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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