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[BazaJT]

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.

[STEMO]

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? 

[Mister Rog]

Well' I'm impressed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40372403

[Olympia5776]

Respect ...

[STEMO]

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.

[Lazydocker]

Very impressive. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I'm sceptical.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Just look at the rifle and sight set up

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

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

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.

[Doctor Gollum]

American Sniper is worth a watch

[Lizzie Zoom]

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

[Viral_Jim]

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.

[Andy B]

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 

[Lazydocker]

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

[STEMO]

I might be inclined to believe he did it....this time. But it's still a 1 in a 100 shot.