Canadian elite special forces sniper makes record-breaking kill shot in Iraq - 10 secs to impact

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Wisco said:
Is that against point targets or area targets?

I'm pretty sure if someone can hit a man sized target at 50 with a 556 with an ACOG they can hit them past 200 with minimal trouble.
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Everyone doesn't have an ACOG. I'm talking a point target. Area targets are just filling the target area with lead which does have a military purpose.

Its one thing to hit a stationary target on the range. Its another thing to hit someone bobbing and weaving. My statement is from my own observations and experience.
 
General Geoff said:
I would be surprised if this new record is broken in my lifetime.
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If it is it will be due to new technology such as "guided" projectiles or just luck, as was the case in this shot.
Had his barrel moved 0.04" when it fired, he would have missed by about 6 feet.
 
None of us here know exactly what happened.
And JTF2 probably isn't going to release the reported video due to operational security needs.
And yes Canadian snipers have an excellent reputation, but we don't know specifics about their gear.
So speculation will abound.

Is a 2+ mile shot with a Mac Tac50 possible, absolutely. Hitting a large barn or large body of water (or 1 random person out of a group of 1,000) at that distance is not difficult.

But a specific man sized target at that distance really is a significant accomplishment.
 
"...say, " Sorry, eh?"..." Nope. "Share that among you! Eh.". Nobody here actually says 'Hoser.' snicker.
The guy was supposedly way up in a high rise building. Sales of McMillan .50's are going to skyrocket.
Skeptics questioned Rob Furlong's 2,430 meter shot too. He was PPCLI too.
 
tark said:
The only luck involved was the target standing still for ten seconds. Getting the bullet to the precise spot where he stood was all skill.
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you are clueless....and that has been proven on many threads.
 
tark said:
The only luck involved was the target standing still for ten seconds. Getting the bullet to the precise spot where he stood was all skill.
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TXAZ said:
None of us here know exactly what happened.
And JTF2 probably isn't going to release the reported video due to operational security needs.
And yes Canadian snipers have an excellent reputation, but we don't know specifics about their gear.
So speculation will abound.

Is a 2+ mile shot with a Mac Tac50 possible, absolutely. Hitting a large barn or large body of water (or 1 random person out of a group of 1,000) at that distance is not difficult.

But a specific man sized target at that distance really is a significant accomplishment.
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Yeah, I am not sure the sniper TEAM hit a particular target. They hit a target who was in the area, which is still an impressive shot. The media and many discussants make this out to be the doing of the sniper, making a single shot, and then apparently calling it a day and going home, having fired only one round. The sniper was only the trigger puller here. He utilized basic, but very good marksmanship skills while following the instructions of his spotter who likely did the ranging and made the calculations, guided him onto target with repeated shots, using a much better spotting scope than the shooter had, the crosshairs of the rifle scope likely completely covering the target that was hit, assuming he was actually aiming at him. The bullet traveled through a variety of atmospheric conditions at various elevations that could not be assessed directly. Notice the lack of other followup hits to take out other combatants? It took a goodly amount of training and proper gear for the TEAM to make this shot, but it isn't like Canadian snipers (or anybody else) train at these distances.So yeah, it was a very lucky shot, but one where a lot of the luck was made by the sniping team.
 
LoneGoose said:
Congrats to the shooter. Another bad guy gone, and a new record.
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There are probably half a dozen or more that have taken his place. Lets see before 9/11 they had camps in few countries now they are in control of few countries. I hate to see what the map will look like in ten years. We haven't won a major war since WWII and it sure looks like we aren't going to win this one.
 
Just what country has the US declared war against after WWII?

Now we have had conflicts but not a "real war".

I know it is a bit BS, but words mean things.....think of this as a chance to learn.....the US has not been "at war" since 1945.
 
GooseGestapo said:
Actually 850m/s is muzzle velocity. With deceleration due to air drag, impact velocity will be 300m/s +/-. Time of flight will be 6-9seconds, depending on a number of factors. (Temperatures, elevation, drag coefficients, etc.)
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You beat me to it... the bullet doesn't fly at a constant speed from muzzle to impact. :thumbup:
 
Quote from Guy Sagi and I agree. "Odds are good the spotter tossed all the variables into a firing-solution calculator, but he needed to double check direction, watch the wind, keep an eye on the weather, study the target and his movements—or lack thereof—and know full well that the moment he called “Send it,” it was his shooter going into the record books, not him."
 
Jack B. said:
Quote from Guy Sagi and I agree. "Odds are good the spotter tossed all the variables into a firing-solution calculator, but he needed to double check direction, watch the wind, keep an eye on the weather, study the target and his movements—or lack thereof—and know full well that the moment he called “Send it,” it was his shooter going into the record books, not him."
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Maybe. Which shot? The shooter didn't go into the record books for all the missed shots he took before one finally hit some guy on the ground, LOL. He probably didn't know that if the kill was made that it would even be confirmable and probably didn't even care.

fpgt72 said:
That is handy as we are a nation that has a guberment....and guberments are to be ruled by laws.
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Oh yeah, like our government doesn't break laws all the time.
 
The Canadian sniper who set a world record by hitting an Islamic State fighter from 2.2 miles away prevented a potential ISIS attack with the gunshot, a Canadian Special Forces official said.

ISIS terrorists were preparing to attack an unsuspecting Iraqi military unit when the Canadian sniper shot the fighter – which sent the rest of the terror group running for cover – and prevented an oncoming attack, according to The Canadian Press.
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full article at http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/0...-prevented-oncoming-attack-official-says.html
 
My Long Range source was talking about this at lunch Wednesday. By way of comparison, King of Two Miles winner Derek Rogers was the first competitor thus far to actually HIT the two mile (actually only 3368 yards) target. And that one time out of five on a static target after considerable shooting at closer ranges over the same field.
 
The only people who really know what happened likely aren't talking in the short term, so who among us really know?

On the other hand, when it really counts, I'd rather be really lucky than really good. :)
 
I think it takes a tremendous amount of skill to get close enough at that distance for a bit of luck to make the hit.
There are so many ways to miss at that range. That’s why they are referred to as “elite”.
 
I'm gonna guess that bullet was at the end of it's trajectory. Still enough velocity to take the target out, though. Amazing.
 
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