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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: BazaJT on 22 June 2017, 19:00:23
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It's been reported that a Canadian sniper has killed an IS fighter with a 2mile shot.Admittedly I know nothing of the skill needed to make such a shot but it seems to me to be a heck of a feat.
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It's been reported that a Canadian sniper has killed an IS fighter with a 2mile shot.Admittedly I know nothing of the skill needed to make such a shot but it seems to me to be a heck of a feat.
Was he aiming at the IS fighter or just in the general direction of a group of people milling about? ;D
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Well' I'm impressed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40372403
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Respect ... :y
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So......he took into account the distance, the wind variation and even the curvature of the earth?
No, never, ever. Unless this was his 1000th attempt and he finally got lucky.
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Very impressive. :y
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I'm sceptical.
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Just look at the rifle and sight set up 8) 8) 8) 8)
A highly trained sniper must be perfectly able to strike a distant target, and if they really try hard enough, as this one did, take out a target at 2+miles :y
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I tried out a night sight a couple of weeks ago that makes it easy to take a rabbits head of at 400 yards +. It was an amzing, and very expensive piece of kit.
However, as mentioned factors such as wind have quite an affect on the best shot with the best kit at a distance of two miles, which is why I'm sceptical.
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American Sniper is worth a watch ;)
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I tried out a night sight a couple of weeks ago that makes it easy to take a rabbits head of at 400 yards +. It was an amzing, and very expensive piece of kit.
However, as mentioned factors such as wind have quite an affect on the best shot with the best kit at a distance of two miles, which is why I'm sceptical.
But this equipment is in the hands of very highly trained specialist military marksman :y
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No, never, ever. Unless this was his 1000th attempt and he finally got lucky.
Looking at the setup it doesn't seem implausible. As a cadet, our school used to shoot at the Bisley competition and the longest competitive range was 1000yards.
I am aware that's areound 1/3 of the distance this shot, but we were shooting over open sights, without a professional spotter, wind gauge etc. And the best of us could put a grouping of 3 shots in an area about the size of a bin lid (or a human torso if you think about it another way) and we were only children at the time.
I could easily believe that a professional with the right gear could make similar shots at 3-4x the distance.
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If Clint Eastwood could shoot through a hangman's rope from a few hundred yards away without fancy optical sights ..... ;) ;)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5eMiKQX84kE :y
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No, never, ever. Unless this was his 1000th attempt and he finally got lucky.
Looking at the setup it doesn't seem implausible. As a cadet, our school used to shoot at the Bisley competition and the longest competitive range was 1000yards.
I am aware that's areound 1/3 of the distance this shot, but we were shooting over open sights, without a professional spotter, wind gauge etc. And the best of us could put a grouping of 3 shots in an area about the size of a bin lid (or a human torso if you think about it another way) and we were only children at the time.
I could easily believe that a professional with the right gear could make similar shots at 3-4x the distance.
Ahh, another Bisley shooter. I remember it well (and very fondly!)
Like you say... 1000 yards with open sights it was perfectly feasible to group inside a 12" diameter circle ;) :y
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
Maybe that's why it's newsworthy? ??? ;)
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
Maybe that's why it's newsworthy? ??? ;)
Well...I want to know about the 99 times he missed. Did he break someone's window? Did he kill a pigeon? ;D
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More likely the intended victim said " did you hear that?" ;D ;D
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No, never, ever. Unless this was his 1000th attempt and he finally got lucky.
Looking at the setup it doesn't seem implausible. As a cadet, our school used to shoot at the Bisley competition and the longest competitive range was 1000yards.
I am aware that's areound 1/3 of the distance this shot, but we were shooting over open sights, without a professional spotter, wind gauge etc. And the best of us could put a grouping of 3 shots in an area about the size of a bin lid (or a human torso if you think about it another way) and we were only children at the time.
I could easily believe that a professional with the right gear could make similar shots at 3-4x the distance.
1200 yards on Stickledown when I was shooting. :y
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I think it is quite likely. Although I had limited long range shooting ability, I served on the RAF Small Arms Association Committee, and I met some of the, very modest, Army snipers at Bisley during my days shooting at the inter-services and 'Imperial' meetings over a period of years. They were outstanding then, and I know that the kit that they have now with the backup man making a two man team gives them a tremendous degree of accuracy over phenomenal range. :y
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
yes apart from the difficulty you also have to rely on the target not moving for the 10 seconds it took the bullet to travel from the gun barrel to his chest :o
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
yes apart from the difficulty you also have to rely on the target not moving for the 10 seconds it took the bullet to travel from the gun barrel to his chest :o
The target won't be fired upon until in a predictable pattern... Normally another sniper or sat at a desk/table etc ;)
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
yes apart from the difficulty you also have to rely on the target not moving for the 10 seconds it took the bullet to travel from the gun barrel to his chest :o
The target won't be fired upon until in a predictable pattern... Normally another sniper or sat at a desk/table etc ;)
difficult for a head shot though ::)
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
yes apart from the difficulty you also have to rely on the target not moving for the 10 seconds it took the bullet to travel from the gun barrel to his chest :o
The target won't be fired upon until in a predictable pattern... Normally another sniper or sat at a desk/table etc ;)
difficult for a head shot though ::)
Aim small, miss small ;)
I other words, you don't go for a head shot as a sniper ;)
Besides, the likelihood is the victim was probably a sniper/sharpshooter lining up his own attack
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
yes apart from the difficulty you also have to rely on the target not moving for the 10 seconds it took the bullet to travel from the gun barrel to his chest :o
The target won't be fired upon until in a predictable pattern... Normally another sniper or sat at a desk/table etc ;)
difficult for a head shot though ::)
Besides, the likelihood is the victim was probably a sniper/sharpshooter lining up his own attack
i think you've been watching that shaving private ryan video too much ;)
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
yes apart from the difficulty you also have to rely on the target not moving for the 10 seconds it took the bullet to travel from the gun barrel to his chest :o
The target won't be fired upon until in a predictable pattern... Normally another sniper or sat at a desk/table etc ;)
difficult for a head shot though ::)
Besides, the likelihood is the victim was probably a sniper/sharpshooter lining up his own attack
i think you've been watching that shaving private ryan video too much ;)
You mean Shaving Ryan's Privates? ::) :P :D
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thats the one how many times you watched it now?;D
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
yes apart from the difficulty you also have to rely on the target not moving for the 10 seconds it took the bullet to travel from the gun barrel to his chest :o
The target won't be fired upon until in a predictable pattern... Normally another sniper or sat at a desk/table etc ;)
difficult for a head shot though ::)
Aim small, miss small ;)
I other words, you don't go for a head shot as a sniper ;)
Besides, the likelihood is the victim was probably a sniper/sharpshooter lining up his own attack
A .5 hit anywhere will make your eyes water. :y
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I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.
yes apart from the difficulty you also have to rely on the target not moving for the 10 seconds it took the bullet to travel from the gun barrel to his chest :o
The target won't be fired upon until in a predictable pattern... Normally another sniper or sat at a desk/table etc ;)
difficult for a head shot though ::)
Aim small, miss small ;)
I other words, you don't go for a head shot as a sniper ;)
Besides, the likelihood is the victim was probably a sniper/sharpshooter lining up his own attack
A .5 hit anywhere will make your eyes water. :y
Indeed :o