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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Blacktail Sniper on September 30, 2015, 05:40:32 AM

Title: World record long shot....
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on September 30, 2015, 05:40:32 AM: Pretty impressive, but would be more impressed if they did it more than just one time.

Even a broken clock can be right twice a day...

http://americangg.net/texan-breaks-the-world-record-for-longest-shot-at-3800-yards/
Title: Re: World record long shot....
Post by: pianoman9701 on September 30, 2015, 07:33:11 AM: Nice firearm he has.
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on September 30, 2015, 07:41:27 AM: I think those rifles are made in Montana. I wonder how many hours it took to do it. I know the CHEYTAC's are expensive..
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Post by: elkinrutdrivemenuts on September 30, 2015, 09:02:37 AM: I was pretty impressed. I'm sure if conditions were a little better, they could have done it in less shots.
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Post by: birddogdad on September 30, 2015, 09:08:59 AM: cant imagine a rifle sighted in and shooting 13 FEET HIGH at 100yds... but you can only dial a turret just so far...
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Post by: Bean Counter on September 30, 2015, 09:40:12 AM: As much as good photography is all about waiting for the right light, a shot that far is all about the wind. They probably had myriad flags for crosswinds across distance and had to wait a long, LONG time between shots for calm wind.
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Post by: b23 on September 30, 2015, 10:31:50 AM: Nice plug for one of our very own, Benchmark Barrels.

I'd like to know what bullet they were shooting, lathe turned maybe, and, besides verrrrrrrrrryyyy longgggggggggggg, I wonder what the time of flight for that setup is.

X2 on the wind. I've talked to Shawn Carlock about this many times and he always tells me, being good at shooting long distance is all about reading the wind and making the correct adjustment for it. You can dial in loads and you can build accurate rifles but if you miss the read on the wind, none of that other stuff matters, it'll be a miss.

VERY cool to make the hit but, for me, it would be considerable more impressive if they backed it up with another hit on the next round. Even if they just barely clipped the edge of that gong on the next shot, I'd consider it much more of a success.
Title: Re: World record long shot....
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on September 30, 2015, 05:02:59 PM: You would think with unlimited resources that one could shoot farther than that.

Oh yea that's what cruise misses are for. :chuckle: