New Sniper Record

[Born Hunter 17,798]

The previous record was held by a Brit at 2,475m, with lots of Canadians and Americans in that ball park.

 

Now this report has come out...... Some Canadian has gone and added an entire kilometre to that record!

 

https://www.vox.com/world/2017/6/25/15863472/canada-sniper-record-two-miles-isis-iraq

 

3,540m, that's some distance!

[socks 32,253]

Am I going mad or have we had this topic recently ???

[walshie 2,804]

Am I going mad or have we had this topic recently ???

 

Both.

 

While it's a fantastic achievement, it's still more luck than judgement. It takes a lot of calculations to get on target at any sort of distance as I found out shooting at less than a third of that, but there is still a lot of guesswork involved with wind direction etc.

[TOMO 26,589]

yep about two week ago,,,forgive sheldon hes a bit slow

[Born Hunter 17,798]

Sheldon has been busy doing calculations and building quantum flux annihilators. I can't keep up with every piece of inconsequential gossip!

[king 11,984]

I read up on the British shot a while back.

And what amazed me was that the spotter and sniper had to allow for the spin of the earth to calculate the shot.

[Greyman 28,852]

Here is a picture of me getting ready just before I took the shot, if I,m being totally honest I was aiming for his mate but the wind was a bit stronger than I,d allowed for

[bob.243 9,015]

As long as he got the muzzrat, that's all that counts.

[Greyman 28,852]

As long as he got the muzzrat, that's all that counts.

I know mate but by the time my 12mm lead ball hit the fecker he'd had three kids and a grandchild so they are still plus three

[Born Hunter 17,798]

While we're on the topic, check out this lass nearly getting her noggin splattered by a fellow sniper in Syria.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/28/bullet-narrowly-misses-kurdish-female-sniper/?playlist=structure%3Anews

 

Looks like she nearly f***ing scoped herself an all. LOL

[bob.243 9,015]

 

As long as he got the muzzrat, that's all that counts.

I know mate but by the time my 12mm lead ball hit the fecker he'd had three kids and a grandchild so they are still plus three

 

[Greyman 28,852]

Here is a picture of me getting ready just before I took the shot, if I,m being totally honest I was aiming for his mate but the wind was a bit stronger than I,d allowed for

 

I thought you were wearing a camo jacket [/quote). I always hunt naked and often hide in ponds. You have to make a few sacrifices to be the best

[mackem 27,234]

[Astanley 11,576]

Makes my best shot look a bit silly now .

1966 aged 10 dropped Ian plews aged 14 with a clean head shot ,with my gat ,manage d to re load and shoot his mam in the tit in an effort to stop her grassing ( didn't work ) both shots from a range of no less than 20 yards and had to factor in allowances for next doors fence .

[WILF 47,402]

Id have used a long bow !