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<blockquote data-quote="264WM" data-source="post: 1074788" data-attributes="member: 48145"><p>9 miles with drone bullets. LOL Everyone would like us to believe they have the magic to bend the bullets to the target. At 2 miles we can only assume there are a very few people that can consistently hit a large target. I am a land surveyor and look through a 30 power telescope frequently in all situations of natural conditions from desert to mountains. It takes high quality equipment to see a survey target at 2 miles and use a lazar to measure the distance to 1 hundredth of a foot. Ideal conditions are night or cool mornings with cloud cover as when the sun comes up the heat waves kick in and cause long distance targets to dance all over. Higher the temperature worse the heat waves. Also the lower to the ground you are the worse the heat waves. Shooting from a high point to a high point will reduce heat wave some but then wind becomes a major problem because it can be blowing in several directions in that 2 mile distance. At 2 miles the curvature of the earth also becomes a factor along with barometric pressure. When you have several thousand rounds to burn sooner or later you will hit the target Like the basketball player that tosses the basket ball from one end of the court to the other and makes the last winning shot. Does it happen yes, frequently no. Some times we have to realize we are just mortals and except that. There are plenty of feathers to go in hats for the hail mary pass. Do they mean anything not unless you have a large some bet on when it will happen. The military takes the low scoring shooters that just qualifies on the range and hands them fully auto weapons to through as much lead at the enemy to keep there heads down and maybe hit some. The best shots end up snipers go figure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="264WM, post: 1074788, member: 48145"] 9 miles with drone bullets. LOL Everyone would like us to believe they have the magic to bend the bullets to the target. At 2 miles we can only assume there are a very few people that can consistently hit a large target. I am a land surveyor and look through a 30 power telescope frequently in all situations of natural conditions from desert to mountains. It takes high quality equipment to see a survey target at 2 miles and use a lazar to measure the distance to 1 hundredth of a foot. Ideal conditions are night or cool mornings with cloud cover as when the sun comes up the heat waves kick in and cause long distance targets to dance all over. Higher the temperature worse the heat waves. Also the lower to the ground you are the worse the heat waves. Shooting from a high point to a high point will reduce heat wave some but then wind becomes a major problem because it can be blowing in several directions in that 2 mile distance. At 2 miles the curvature of the earth also becomes a factor along with barometric pressure. When you have several thousand rounds to burn sooner or later you will hit the target Like the basketball player that tosses the basket ball from one end of the court to the other and makes the last winning shot. Does it happen yes, frequently no. Some times we have to realize we are just mortals and except that. There are plenty of feathers to go in hats for the hail mary pass. Do they mean anything not unless you have a large some bet on when it will happen. The military takes the low scoring shooters that just qualifies on the range and hands them fully auto weapons to through as much lead at the enemy to keep there heads down and maybe hit some. The best shots end up snipers go figure. [/QUOTE]
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