The article helps with context..It is as much an experiment as anything else
Humphries and Austin acknowledge that the hit isn’t a repeatable event, even after several hours spent walking the shot closer to the target. But the fact that they were able to get any shot on to the metal plate is a testament to their equipment and skill.
I think the real benefit of these experiments is the improvement in our long-range shooting skills and collective knowledge at closer ranges, meaning at 3,000 yards and in. We’ve seen an uptick in the ability of shooters in competition to get hits within the framework of these matches, where you have a handful of attempts (usually three to five) under a time constraint to hit steel targets at distances that just a few years back would be considered unimaginable.
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With all due respect to the JTF2 pair who clearly demonstrated an impressive level of marksmanship, communication and perhaps most importantly teamwork it would not have been possible without the gear that was developed by some flat faced civilians who decide to see if something was possible.
Last edited by Longbow; 09-22-2022 at 05:44 PM.
Scientist and Engineers find out all the time that what makes perfect sense in theory and the lab is quite different in the real world with a myriad of external factors, some thought of some not. This is turn often results in innovation. I think the Charlie TARAC is a prime example of someone wanting to do something that in theory could be done but until its invention was darn near impossible.
Sure, but it's not like this is the first time someone has stepped out of the lab to test it. They've been studying ballistics in real world scenarios for literally centuries - projectile motion was described by Galileo.
So with that context are they really learning anything? Or are they just ####ing around? I'm sure they as individual shooters are probably learning from the experience, but I'm not so sure they're contributing to human knowledge as a whole...
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This would be very impressive within the first 5 shots or so...given enough time and ammo, anyone can hit anything assuming the bullet is capable of getting there.
Either way it is pretty cool.
"Gun control" is a feel good term, which is designed to disquise the globalist disarmament efforts under the pretense of fighting crime.
I take your point. These folks are also selling a product, the ELR experience, so I am sure the press is part of their plan. I have not checked to see if they actively compete in ELR, but part of the problem as told to me by folks I know who do, is that because it is a competition and a costly one at that, everyone is left to discover their own truths. At this point there is no bank of easily accessible knowledge.
I guess my larger point was that progress is incremental and often comes from folks taking a theory or science applying it in the real world finding it doesn't quite work as expected and then innovating to make it happen.
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