Canadian Sniper Hit A Target More Than 2 Miles Away, Military Confirms

[Engineman1960]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...rget-more-than-2-miles-away-military-confirms

I knows its its NPR, but it list what firearm he used.

3,540 meters -- 2.2 miles with a McMillan TAC-50

 

[deerwhacker444]

Was the perp sitting in an outhouse? 10+ seconds is a long time to get the target to sit still for bullet travel time..

 

[Perplexed]

Was the perp sitting in an outhouse? 10+ seconds is a long time to get the target to sit still for bullet travel time..

Perhaps he was praying...

 

[MacFromOK]

Impressive shooting in any case.

 

[adamsredlines]

That is a crazy long way out....

 

[Pokinfun]

I wonder if he used a ballistic app, or if he did the math. I am impressed either way.

 

[D. Hargrove]

I would guess that thorough POL (pattern of life) Intelligence gathering that the Target was known to be at a certain location at a certain time daily. The target dwell time was known as were the atmospherics and surface bend/contour data. One hell of a shot for sure. Glad that man is on our side!!

 

[MacFromOK]

FWIW... I'm pretty sure the "less than 10 seconds" wasn't all travel time for the bullet. Unless it was a lot less.

 

[dennishoddy]

WOW! hell of a shot!

 

[doctorjj]

Was the perp sitting in an outhouse? 10+ seconds is a long time to get the target to sit still for bullet travel time..

The article isn't entirely accurate. Flight time would be right around 7.8 seconds. Could have been standing or siting anywhere. It also says they had to calculate for the curvature of the earth. Well, you have to calculate for your inclination but I think they were trying to say that you have to calculate for the Coriolis effect. In any case, it's a great shot. My new rifle should be able to do it with some frequency.

The difference in vertical correction at that distance when shooting due East vs. due West, at my current latitude is 177"!!!