British Sniper - 1.5 mile shot(s)?

[cowboykjohnson]

was it a .338 or a .50?

[cdrissel]

British issued AI L115A3 in .338 LM

Also, nice of them to publish his name, home town and number of children.

Makes me think the story is BS.

[cowboykjohnson]

that makes it less probable in my book... but what do I know...

[jake]

Also, nice of them to publish his name, home town and number of children.

He's British, and he probably lives in London. If the Taliban go after him they'll be mugged, happy slapped and stabbed by a bunch of 15 year olds in about half an hour and it will be on youtube half an hour after that

[cdrissel]

Question - is there a laser range finder that can measure that distance with less than a 5 yard error?

[cowboykjohnson]

if anyone has one that can I'm sure it's the military!

[cdrissel]

Using my previous data (250gr SMK) the danger area for that shot at 2700 yards is only about 10 yards for a 1/2 human torso shot.

[cdrissel]

Another point.

The rounds would have gone subsonic around 2000 yards.

[275RLTW]

Question - is there a laser range finder that can measure that distance with less than a 5 yard error?

http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solutions/lldr/

this one is +/- 5 yds and accureate to 10K m on a stationary hard target, designates and ranges moving targets to 5K m. A bit heavy, but syill carried by FO/TAC-P teams for designating guided munitions.

[rockhound]

hell of a shot or a magic bullet