British Sniper - 1.5 mile shot(s)?

[Irving]

I kept hearing about this recently, and thought it was the old record set by the Canadian. I thought that one was also 1.5 miles. Maybe it was only 1.5 Kilometers.

[cdrissel]

I am not questioning the skills of the shooter.

I was looking at the physics and probability of making a 2700 yard shot.

[TS12000]

pssht metric system....

[cowboykjohnson]

shit you guys don't know anything about ballistics, i took down two prairie dogs yesterday at 2.87 kilometers with my ruger 10/22 and a simmons 3-9x40 scope I bought at wal-mart. no-name brand rings were used and it was federal 550 bulk pack ammo.

oh, and they were headshots, and when I pushed the safety over, yes, I did say "SAFETY OFF" quite loudly

well I did that with my Sig mosquito and iron sights... so HA!

[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.

[TFOGGER]

I can remember making 900+ yard shots on an old VW bus with a 10/22. As I recall, we were shooting downhill about 75 feet to the target, and we had to aim about 6-7 busses high......


Hit percentage was maybe 30% after we got the range, but those 50 grain bullets still had enough oomph to knock holes in the rusty parts...