Interesting quote: Ryan Cleckner, a former U.S. Army Ranger sniper who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and wrote the authoritative “Long Range Shooting Handbook,” called the feat an “incredible” accomplishment, one that owes as much if not more to the spotter’s expertise than the shooter's skill.
“The spotter would have had to successfully calculate five factors: distance, wind, atmospheric conditions and the speed of the earth’s rotation at their latitude,” Cleckner told Fox News. Emphasis mine.
Re: Sniper Record
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:56 pm
by flechero
WOW, just WOW! Incredible is an understatement!!
Re: Sniper Record
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:41 pm
by bblhd672
C-dub wrote:Well, shucks, that beats my longest shot of 400 yards.
Only by 3471 yards. Keep practicing!
Re: Sniper Record
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:04 pm
by KC5AV
Just saw this infographic. I can't verify the accuracy of the data, but wow.
Wow. I can't even get half of that on Battlefield 4.
Re: Sniper Record
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:31 pm
by powerboatr
just incredible that anyone is able to dope the shot to this degree of accuracy.
the graphics really helped me to help someone understand just how much physics are involved.
bad guy probably just all of the sudden fell over
Re: Sniper Record
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:30 pm
by KC5AV
youtube video breaking down how this may have been done:
Re: Sniper Record
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:32 am
by n5wmk
Lots of information in that video. Kind of long, but it certainly gives me an appreciation of what it took for the team (shooter and spotter) working together to make that shot. Certainly a lot of finely tuned skills and equipment, but more than a smidgen of luck, I suspect. My hat is off to that team!
Re: Sniper Record
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:03 am
by C-dub
powerboatr wrote:just incredible that anyone is able to dope the shot to this degree of accuracy.
the graphics really helped me to help someone understand just how much physics are involved.
bad guy probably just all of the sudden fell over
I'm not sure how much energy was left in the round that hit him at that distance, but whatever that .50 BMG hit might have just exploded and then whatever remained just fell over. I can only imagine what anyone standing next to or near him thought in the next second or two.
They probably never heard the shot even a few seconds later at that distance.
