Furlong Dethroned?????

No sighters and 2 shots and 2 men and then 1 shot and the remaining weapon is hit... at that distance...? Just how accurate is the rifle? It would be capable of moa... which would be about 26 inch grouping at that distance... some luck involved here...
 
Smells kind of like :bsFlag:.
Harrison killed one machinegunner with his first attempt and felled the other with his next shot. He then let off a final round to knock the enemy weapon out of action.
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Really? A .338 LM at that distance has enough energy to knock out a machine gun? Made of what? Plastic?

Not to mention you need a scope that has something like 150 MOA of adjustment if it's on a 30 MOA base...

I'm just saying I'm a bit skeptical.
 
2707 yards....Wow!?

I believe the Brits use the 338/250gr Scenar?

That is roughly 165 minutes of correction....I'd be curious to see what scope and ring setup they are using?

Almost 7 inches per click!

So far I'm a scoffer. :D
 
X-fan said:
That is roughly 165 minutes of correction....I'd be curious to see what scope and ring setup they are using?
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I am guessing L115A3:
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Something smells about this story. First round hit with a .338 at that range? No sighter? The S&B is a great scope, but this guy has to be one lucky SOB or the story is complete BS. Home many extra clicks of elevation would be required, even assuming with a very generous holdover...without a sighter to know where to adjust, the shot seems, at best, implausible. Even if we bought the soft tissue kills, it is highly doubtful the .338 Lapua, even with a 250gr bullet, would have the kinetic energy remaining to disable a machine gun. You're talking at least 3-4 seconds between the time the shot was taken and the hit as well with the .338 Lapua. I dunno...if it is legit, I'd have to say well done, but....???
 
Reading the story, as a military fellow, it looks pretty legit to me. The .338 LM is a very effective round and has plenty of power to disable a MG - keeping in mind that to disable an MG doesn't require a hole in it, a serious dent will ruin an MG. He does mention that the conditions are perfect and calm. Lastly, the drop calculated is significantly less in Afghanistan. MET Conditions are vastly different from here - how do I know? Our howitzers have slightly longer ranges in Afghanistan because of the thinner air (elevation) and less humidity. On traditional HE ammo, we would see 18km-18.5km in Canada but in Afghanistan we could achieve upwards of 19-20km (sometimes 21km in certain areas) accurately just because of the difference in MET alone.
 
Glock4ever said:
Reading the story, as a military fellow, it looks pretty legit to me. The .338 LM is a very effective round and has plenty of power to disable a MG - keeping in mind that to disable an MG doesn't require a hole in it, a serious dent will ruin an MG. He does mention that the conditions are perfect and calm. Lastly, the drop calculated is significantly less in Afghanistan. MET Conditions are vastly different from here - how do I know? Our howitzers have slightly longer ranges in Afghanistan because of the thinner air (elevation) and less humidity. On traditional HE ammo, we would see 18km-18.5km in Canada but in Afghanistan we could achieve upwards of 19-20km (sometimes 21km in certain areas) accurately just because of the difference in MET alone.
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I agree. It sounds legit. I think the bigger issue is the Taliban sniper on the prowl in the area.....
 
At 2700 yards the retained energy of a 338 cal 250 gr bullet is under 400 ftlbs according to Exbal when I loaded it with the 250 gr scenar at 2750 fps at 4500 ft elevation and 22% humidity which is dry like the sand box.
Is that enough to kill a human? I don't know but it HAS to still hurt.
Shooting large rocks at Mystics shoot a couple of years back,at roughly that distance we did see distict marks in the rocks we did hit.
Maybe the talibanners actually dies of shock from being hit from that far away?:eek:

Good on him at any rate.
 
Well a 22LR has roughly 200 ft/ibs at the muzzle and a few of the loads for a 9mm run in the 400-500 range, so I guess that 400 should do the trick. Might not hit them with authority but it will sure hurt...

2700... thats a fair piece for sure, I could maybe hit a barn door out that far... 3 consectutive shots, I guess it's better to be lucky than good!!
 
Considering that the TB don't tend to wear body armor and a 250 grain bullet is a significant chunk of lead, I don't doubt that the hit would have resulted in a KIA as long as it was a center of mass hit. As for doubting capabilities, the Brits train their snipers well and they do shoot much more then we do - in CFB Suffield where they train their battle groups for Afghanistan, they bring a lot of .338 LM to shoot. Terrain here allows for shots similiar to Afghanistan...
 
Morpheus32 said:
You mean like the one you have for sale?
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Here are the facts. 2700yds
4500feet above sea level, 22% humidity, 70degrees F. 0 wind.
250gr Scenar doing 2750ft/sec
Drop from bore = 4543" (122')
916ft/sec
466ft/lbs
5.7sec flight time

Let's try to figure this out using figures we know. How many MOA is built into the rail these guns are equipped with and let's get some details on the scope that was used and go from there.
 
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