4.4 Miles? New Record?

[Muddyboots]

Would have been nice to see details.

World record for longest long-range rifle shot broken Tuesday

A new record for longest long-range rifle shot was set Tuesday.

ksltv.com

 

[Clay Crusher]

Wow...24 seconds just to hit the target! Amazing!

 

[Old Rooster]

Take a look at that scope rail!How many MOA Muddy?

 

[Clay Crusher]

Take a look at that scope rail!How many MOA Muddy?

It says here the scope mount is a "Custom 350 MOA mount by S&S Sporting" Crazy!

New World Record Set for Farthest Long-Range Rifle Shot: 4.4 Miles

A team of shooters hit a steel target at 7,744 yards in the Wyoming desert, besting the previous world record shot by several hundred yards.

www.outdoorlife.com

 

[Old Rooster]

I watched the video but didn't read the whole article.
Should have read it.Thanks Clay Crusher
If I ever hit something at that distance I promise it would be by accident only!

 

[ARlife4me]

It says here the scope mount is a "Custom 350 MOA mount by S&S Sporting" Crazy!

New World Record Set for Farthest Long-Range Rifle Shot: 4.4 Miles

A team of shooters hit a steel target at 7,744 yards in the Wyoming desert, besting the previous world record shot by several hundred yards.

www.outdoorlife.com

The base is stupid by design and a waste of effort. Short answer is stack 2 20moa and you get 400. Don't argue, do the math. You don't add, you multiply. I cheated by using a digital level with digital inclement/angle.

 

[ARlife4me]

I know it's a looooonnnnngg ways, but could be done with a 9mm also. Well it might take something a little bigger? Find the right angle and take in for drift, shoot a bunch and eventually it'll make contact. If you have a Speer # 13 or 14 look at the 1st 2 pages of each cartridge data. It give angle and distance of capabilities.

 

[Benchrest Braxton]

The base is stupid by design and a waste of effort. Short answer is stack 2 20moa and you get 400. Don't argue, do the math. You don't add, you multiply. I cheated by using a digital level with digital inclement/angle.

this has to be satire?

 

[Harry Knutz]

I know it's a looooonnnnngg ways, but could be done with a 9mm also. Well it might take something a little bigger? Find the right angle and take in for drift, shoot a bunch and eventually it'll make contact. If you have a Speer # 13 or 14 look at the 1st 2 pages of each cartridge data. It give angle and distance of capabilities.

9mm would hit the ground long before that distance. But I know what you are saying.

I wonder how many rounds he shot before he hit the target, A few months ago there was another world record set for close to that range and they took a ridiculous number of shots to hit the target, Not all that impressive to me.

 

[Clay Crusher]

9mm would hit the ground long before that distance. But I know what you are saying.

I wonder how many rounds he shot before he hit the target, A few months ago there was another world record set for close to that range and they took a ridiculous number of shots to hit the target, Not all that impressive to me.

I agree. Anyone could hit that shot with enough time and rounds downrange. I regularly shoot and compete in Sporting Clays. Among my regular group, it's a rule that if you make an incredible shot, you have to do it twice, or it never happened. Our way of dealing with 'luck'. Haha

 

[ARlife4me]

Here goes my next 10 mile record shot. I will place a large area in white paper. Next I'll go back 10 miles, fire several 100 rounds in the general direction. Travel down to check for impact. BAMB! NEW WORLD RECORD. I forget the important part, I need to stand it up so it looks like it's a target and paint a dot or circle where the impact was. Or I could get some friends shoot something at close range and they all agree it happened.

 

[MtPockets]

While I DO think it's impressive- if I tried it, my bullets would probably land in the wrong zip code- but in the video, doesnt it mention that his wife (who was in a concrete bunker in front of the target) thought it sounded like a ricochet off the roof of the bunker she was in?
A ricochet is a very distinct sound.
What are the chances it ricocheted into the target?

 

[Northkill]

They recovered the bullet and were able to determine impact angle to confirm a direct hit... Luck can give you anything, but I won't be the one tearing it down. They worked hard for this. They aren't your average lead-slingers either...

 

[Benchrest Braxton]

it amazes me the amount of negativity coming from a forum of supposed long range shooters (who should understand the math and sheer difficulty of a shot like this)

so for his shot,

1mph of wind = 26 feet horizontal deflection

the final elevation input was 1,092 MOA. That is 88,539 inches in holdover. If we convert that, that = 7,378 feet, 2,459 yards, or 1.39 MILES OF HOLDOVER.

If you do the rifle cant error calculation on that, 1/10th of a degree of cant = almost 13 feet of horizontal deflection…..insane

i'm really curious now of the maximum height ordinance of the projectile. I tried running a computation in my kestrel but it maxed out at 5,500 yards. I'm estimating that the bullet was a minimum of at least 2,500-3,000 feet up in the air at one point, maybe more.

When you consider those things as well as all the other variables, 69 shots seems like a very small amount of shots to hit the target

I understand in relation to smaller distances that is alot of shots for an impact, but the degree of difficulty is massively more so than even a 2 mile shot.