500 yard shot with .22lr pistol
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CanadianReich
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who has the baseball glove catching the round that falls from the sky at 500m ?
I wanted to not believe this video as well but here is what I learned from a ballistics computer:
36gr bullet with BC of .120 starting out at 1200 fps
Time of Flight: 1.8 sec
Velocity: 675 fps
Energy: 36 ft/lb
I ran a stop watch on the video and the time from the shot till we hear the clang is approx 2.7 sec. This is at least in the correct ballpark for a round that takes 1.8 seconds to impact the target and then the sound itself will take a little less time than that to come back.
As to the guy with the baseball glove. I suspect that a 36gr, .220 caliber lead projectile moving at 675 fps is gonna sting somewhat when it impacts your flesh.
And lastly, to the angle of the pistol upon firing. The ballistics computer showed 38 feet of drop. Over 500 yds this equates to approx 88 MOA. Which seems like a lot but 88 MOA is a wee bit less than 1.5 degrees. So the angle the guy is holding the pistol is consistent with the required ballistics to make that shot.
36gr bullet with BC of .120 starting out at 1200 fps
Time of Flight: 1.8 sec
Velocity: 675 fps
Energy: 36 ft/lb
I ran a stop watch on the video and the time from the shot till we hear the clang is approx 2.7 sec. This is at least in the correct ballpark for a round that takes 1.8 seconds to impact the target and then the sound itself will take a little less time than that to come back.
As to the guy with the baseball glove. I suspect that a 36gr, .220 caliber lead projectile moving at 675 fps is gonna sting somewhat when it impacts your flesh.
And lastly, to the angle of the pistol upon firing. The ballistics computer showed 38 feet of drop. Over 500 yds this equates to approx 88 MOA. Which seems like a lot but 88 MOA is a wee bit less than 1.5 degrees. So the angle the guy is holding the pistol is consistent with the required ballistics to make that shot.
Runningfool
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Now that he has his Rpal, I'm sure these sorts of videos will be routine...or at least pictures of the gun and the target after the fact.
fingers284
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Your just the person I'm looking for I think. I don't have a ballistic program and probably not computer literate enough to use one if I did have...
Could you run your program for two loads I use in the back forty. the first is a .38 sp load of 158 gr RNFP at 750 fps. The second is a .45 lc load of 230 gr RNFP at 800 fps. I need to know the bullet drop of both loads out to 400 yds.
The reason I ask is that there is a significant elevation rise to the back of my property and I would like an idea, if there ever were to be a A/D, how much muzzle elevation would be required to clear the horizon with such a slow traveling bullet.
Thank you profusely if you can help out!!!
I personally have a VERY hard time believing this claim. There are so many variables in a shot at that distance, wind speed and direction, what point on the horizon to you pic to aim at, and could you even see anything that far due to your iron sights being gigantic in comparison, short sight radius, natural wobble, etc. etc. Not to mention he used bulk ammo, no fancy target ammo. In my experience, there is a considerable difference in consistency in cheap bulk ammo. I have shot with some very good bullseye shooters, who use very high quality guns, and ammo, and are excellent shots. If I were to look at one of their 50 yrd targets, and multiply by ten, they would be lucky to hit anything at that distance. I'd be lucky to hit a barn.
Got what in 6? Sure it's possible, but what he shot at makes a difference. A barn at 500 is a big target. A ground hog or the like is a miracle. MOA with a pistol is BS. That's a 5" group at 500 yards.
Theres' no such thing as a ballistics computer.
Theres' no such thing as a ballistics computer.
Actually, I believe garrett make one for their sniper rifles, and I think the poster meant a baliisitcs program.
fingers284
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The bullet has to hit somewhere as from Suputin's figures of a retained velocity of 650 fps (read somewhere that a bullet requires 300 fps, depending on size, or so to remain in flight) and I've seen enough "one -off" long range shots (even made a few myself) to believe it could be done...repeatable?....sure, in one shot or a thousand, who knows.
There are guys who can tag an aluminium pie plate at 200yds with their .38 police detective revolvers until the cows come home, so it's not outside the realm of possibility. Using civvi street kit I have hit a 20" gong at 500m with a 12.5" pipe without magnification eight out of ten shots every go.
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Shooting over water makes it real easy to spot impacts and correct for them. I think 6 shots is unlikely with a pistol but someone familiar with long range stunts like this just may pull it off.
I have personally used water to guid me to floating debris approx 973 yards with my 22lr rifle, sure I was aiming for points on a distant mountain miles beyond the lake but I did indeed home in my target. I may or may not have hit it, some splashes were so close I couldn't tell for sure. I spent more time just shooting and being amazed at how easy is was to spot hits at that distance. By the time I looked for a target I was already educated somewhat on hold over. Iirc cad had to zoom out on my 6-18x50 scope just to see the hits near the bottom of the reticle.
Ps, this lake is barren of wildlife, and no human acess to the down range side without getting by me.
I'll also never forget the day I took a shot with my old mossberg 46b-b at a chunk of steel culvert somewhere about 600yRds away. No joke, first shot hit. Though I admit I shot and shot till I was so frustrated that I gave up, never hit it a second time.
I have personally used water to guid me to floating debris approx 973 yards with my 22lr rifle, sure I was aiming for points on a distant mountain miles beyond the lake but I did indeed home in my target. I may or may not have hit it, some splashes were so close I couldn't tell for sure. I spent more time just shooting and being amazed at how easy is was to spot hits at that distance. By the time I looked for a target I was already educated somewhat on hold over. Iirc cad had to zoom out on my 6-18x50 scope just to see the hits near the bottom of the reticle.
Ps, this lake is barren of wildlife, and no human acess to the down range side without getting by me.
I'll also never forget the day I took a shot with my old mossberg 46b-b at a chunk of steel culvert somewhere about 600yRds away. No joke, first shot hit. Though I admit I shot and shot till I was so frustrated that I gave up, never hit it a second time.
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Im calling shenanigans. Is it possible, sure. Did he do it? I don't think so unless it was entirely fluke. First off, that didn't look like 500 yards. Maybe 200. His hold was way to level for even 200 yards, and with the bullet drop of some 40 feet at 500 yards, there is no way he could even sight the target with the standard sights. Fluke or fraud.
