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Canadian Sniper Sets New Distance Record: Drops ISIS Target at Two Miles

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  1. Rolfe

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    Canadian Sniper Sets New Distance Record: Drops ISIS Target at Two Miles

    A soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces has set a world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in history: 3,450 meters (2.14 miles, for those who don’t speak Canadian.) The member of the elite Joint Task Force 2 dropped a fighter for the so-called Islamic State during an operation in Iraq this month, Canadian Forces announced in a statement.

    Canadian Sniper Sets New Distance Record: Drops ISIS Target at Two Miles - The Truth About Guns

    This is noteworthy.
     
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    He ain't got nothing over the Spleen!!! (SBD)
     
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    NO! HOW CAN IT BE!?

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    Amazing.

    USMC range regs in 1972-76 we qualified at 200, 300, and 500 yards with iron sights. Rabbit hunting with a shot gun at 25 yars it is not; expert marksmanship is a skilled trade.

    From a shoulder fired weapon, any shot striking the intended target at 2.2 miles, in any sights configuration, is simply incredible.
     
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    Glad I clicked on the OP's link, and read that the bullet's travel time was under 10 seconds. All the MSM reports I've seen merely say "10 seconds." I'd guess a sniper rifle has a muzzle velocity north of 3,000 fps. For that fast of a bullet to take 10 seconds to reach a target 2.14 miles away (about 11,300 feet, thus average horizontal velocity of 1,130 fps), it would arrive at walking speed. (Which is silly. More likely the flight time was 5 seconds or less.)
     
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