With a 50cal? That is damn impressive, I read online he was using Hornady A-Max bullets. @Surfguy will be of more knowledge here I'm sure. Modern ammunition and bullet design is drastically improving the older calibers. Previously a 1 Mile shot was the gold standard of long range shooting, now chaps can reach out over 2km with ease.
You said easily on 600 m by you? What you mean by easily. If you fire 10 bullets how many would hit man sized target?Dusa these guys are training constantly and put thousands of thousands of rounds down range every year. With the new optics and bullets available 2km shots are very possible. I definitely agree that at those types of ranges exceeding 2km, everything needs to be perfect and there is definitely a degree of luck, the slightest breeze will effect the bullet at those ranges. I am not a very common shooter these days but with a scoped 308 hunting rifle I can confidently hit a target at 600m.
If I knew the exact distance to the target as well as the zero'd distance of the rifle, I could easily get it in 2 shots maximum followed by a 3-4 inch group with 5 rounds.You said easily on 600 m by you? What you mean by easily. If you fire 10 bullets how many would hit man sized target?
Is there and any videos of professional snappers doing long shuts over 1000 m?
From what I can see on comparisons they going for much closer targets . If I see videos I would be convinced.
Wait I found some videos, But i'm not sure if this is real or commercials for rifles. Russian guy shooting that accurate that far... it's BS for sure. First video maybe more closely represents how trying to hit something far away would look like still I think they also lying about the distance. I mean it's 4.5 km. Scoop can't do miracles. Pretty sure that one would have trouble even seeing something that far. Let alone hitting it.
I guess you are good shutter Snafu. Guys I know hunters, can't make that shut .If I knew the exact distance to the target as well as the zero'd distance of the rifle, I could easily get it in 2 shots maximum followed by a 3-4 inch group with 5 rounds.
I grew up shooting rifles, and around firearms. It all depends on your proficiency, if I shot with my Stepfathers 303 I would be very comfortable and accurate because i Have had years learning on it and shooting it, however if I grabbed someone else's it might be a different story. 1000m Shot is really nothing extraordinary these days.
Chas I knew you are proud about your unit and I'm sure they are great soldiers but I again, I have problem with this numbers.No doubt the excellent Canadian sniper holds the record for a kill at distance. Their snipers are superb.
A RM Cpl sniper held the record for recorded and confirmed kills in Iraq and Afghanistan with 173. He is still serving and has been promoted.
Chas I knew you are proud about your unit and I'm sure they are great soldiers but I again, I have problem with this numbers.
How can you make 173 confirmed kills? Under what condition that can be possible. Only situation I see this numbers is true is if sniper is in urban area and he is shot civilians. (which sadly was case in Sarajevo (Bosnian war)).
In normal conditions you simply don't get chance for that many kills. I mean I know that radical Islamic terrorists aren't that smart, but they are not brainless to jump and under fire line one by one.
I would say that those snipers like to lie bit more than other soldiers.
In November 2009, Harrison consecutively struck two Taliban machine gunners south of Musa Qala in Helmand Province in Afghanistan at a range of 2,475 m (2,707 yd) using a L115A3 Long Range Rifle.[5][6][7][8][9] In a BBC interview, Harrison reported it took about nine shots for him and his spotter to range the target. Then, he reported, his first shot "on target" was a killing shot followed consecutively by a kill shot on a second machine gunner. The bodies were later found by Afghan National Police looking to retrieve the weapon (which had already been removed). The first Taliban was shot in the gut and the other through the side. Later in the day an Apache helicopter hovered over the firing position, using its laser range finder to measure the distance to the machine-gun position, confirming it was the longest kill in history at the time. [1][10]The news grab is with Rob Furlong, he and Aaron Perry broke Carlos Hathcock's record during Operation Anaconda in 2002, they were Canadians. The chap you thinking of Joe beat their record in 2009, Craig Harrison, he was a Corporal in the Household Cavalry.
Most of the info can be seen there. Note the Saffa at Number 8Longest recorded sniper kills - Wikipedia
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And Afghans stood and wait to be killed?Harrison reported it took about nine shots for him and his spotter to range the target. Then, he reported, his first shot "on target" was a killing shot followed consecutively by a kill shot on a second machine gunner.
I know Chas I already read that. Just my intelligence (whatever it is) won't allow me to believe in that. Unless someone explain to me how is possible for someone to have that many kills. All honest snipers have couple kills at most for all career and then you have those superhumans who somehow doing that in incomparably greater scale. I think those are just myths made to bust army moral. Always been always would be.As with the Canadian Marksman simply search the internet for RM sniper kills. It will be associated with the US Navy Seal who claimed to have the highest kill rate. ALL Sniper's kills have to be witnessed. It has nothing to do with me being a former RM.
You old dog! always wondered if you lot could shoot! think I was just jealous though. those armored véhicules spiffy moustaches were another world to us! Had the pleasure of having some beers with them couple of times though. Respects ancien.It is not that I want to brag, but my best grouping was five shots in one hole with a 6 MM Mauser at about hundred yards.
Lucky for me the outline of the rounds were clearly visible.
It was not in the bull's eye due to an extremely strong side dessert wind. {this was during the last testing of basic training}
The examining lieutenant remembered me 2 years later.
Then in the regiment when we did our practice on the "çhamp the tir" , I managed 99 out of hundred at 200 meters with my trusty MAS 36. The overall target was about 4 feet high.
We had no designated snipers in the 1er REC, I guess that is what the canons on the EBR's were for.
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