I arrived at the site location at approximately 8am on September 25, 2007. The purpose of the event was a seminar and demonstration of firearms being offered to the United States Government by several private bidding entities. Mr. Mxxx was one of the attending bidders. The scheduled time for the seminar was 9am to be closed at 3pm. Mr. Mxxx was scheduled to arrive at 10am but arrived early, a few minutes past 9am. Attendees totalled 89 including bidders and witnesses including myself. Attending were 4 members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 36 armed forces personnel of various rank, and the remaining attendees were civilian representatives from the Government and private industry.
After the seminar and range session was completed, Mr. Mxxx retrieved a rolled blanket from his vehicle at the request of Mr. Dxxx, a representative from the White House. Inside the blanket was a .50 caliber bolt action rifle.
A scope was procured as was ammunition. Mr. Mxxx sighted the rifle in and allowed several military personnel to fire the rifle at various targets on the range. At this point, Colonel Cxxx, a witness to the days events, pointed out a target about midrange to Mr. Mxxx. The target was an M998 vehicle. He was asked if he could place any hits on the target. Mr. Mxxx fired four orientation rounds with a US Army Sergeant calling his hits. On the forth hit, Mr. Mxxx struck the target. He confirmed his hit and followed up with 9 additional rounds. Colonel Cxxx then called a cease fire. He and several other attendees, including Mr. Mxxx rode out to the target. When they returned, the Colonel confirmed 10 impact points on the lower portion of the drivers door of the M998. The group measured 11.2 inches outside edge between the two farthest impacts.
Several attendees inquired about the distance. Colonel Cxxx made a call and within fifteen minutes, a light armored vehicle drove up to the line. The vehicle was equipped with a lazer ranging system which was used to confirm target. The vehicle read 3,594 yards to target. After subtracting the distance from the vehicle to the muzzle of the rifle, the firing distance was determined to be 3588 yards +/- 5 yards for error.
