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sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq
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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1321565" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p><a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f22/new-longest-confirmed-sniper-kill-188349/" target="_blank">http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f22/new-longest-confirmed-sniper-kill-188349/</a> I discuss the shot specifics (as they're known) in a bit of technical detail. An 18" wide target at 3500m would subtend about .14mils (math is very close but not precise because I'm feeling lazy). So it would be about as wide as a reticle main line. Good luck even seeing a target that small. A 6ft tall person would subtend roughly about .4mils of vertical, which is similarly teeny tiny. Even at 25x through an MSR reticle, the target would be impossible to hold "on" because the reticle itself would obscure most of or all of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1321565, member: 96226"] [url]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f22/new-longest-confirmed-sniper-kill-188349/[/url] I discuss the shot specifics (as they're known) in a bit of technical detail. An 18" wide target at 3500m would subtend about .14mils (math is very close but not precise because I'm feeling lazy). So it would be about as wide as a reticle main line. Good luck even seeing a target that small. A 6ft tall person would subtend roughly about .4mils of vertical, which is similarly teeny tiny. Even at 25x through an MSR reticle, the target would be impossible to hold "on" because the reticle itself would obscure most of or all of it. [/QUOTE]
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