Comparing F-Class to sniping there are several differences...
First of all, the sniper only needs to make one hit, where the F-Class shooter needs to make 10-15 in a row.
As stated above there are no wind flags on a battle field, but there might be smoke, they have pennant flags in F-Class, so comparing to PRS shooting might be more fair in this regard. (There are no wind flags in PRS)
A Big difference is the rifle and ammo combination.... Snipers use boxed mass produced SAMMI Spec ammo, where F-Class guys use neck turned weight sorted fire formed hand loads with the best (often custom) high BC bullets they can find.
People generally think that snipers are the best shots anywhere, but that is not necessarily the case, There are good ones and some not so good ones, same goes for civilians.
But when you look closely at the equipment... F-Class uses gear that is inherently more accurate than the military would find practical.
When you hear about some long range kill shot, they usually don't tell you how many shots it took to walk it in and eventually hit the guy.... but at 2500 yards, it's very improbable that anyone would make a hit with the first round.
Take a look at what the guys are doing in ELR shooting (Extreme Long Range)… they get no sighters… all shots count.
Here's a link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaG7mz-_lwc
First of all, the sniper only needs to make one hit, where the F-Class shooter needs to make 10-15 in a row.
As stated above there are no wind flags on a battle field, but there might be smoke, they have pennant flags in F-Class, so comparing to PRS shooting might be more fair in this regard. (There are no wind flags in PRS)
A Big difference is the rifle and ammo combination.... Snipers use boxed mass produced SAMMI Spec ammo, where F-Class guys use neck turned weight sorted fire formed hand loads with the best (often custom) high BC bullets they can find.
People generally think that snipers are the best shots anywhere, but that is not necessarily the case, There are good ones and some not so good ones, same goes for civilians.
But when you look closely at the equipment... F-Class uses gear that is inherently more accurate than the military would find practical.
When you hear about some long range kill shot, they usually don't tell you how many shots it took to walk it in and eventually hit the guy.... but at 2500 yards, it's very improbable that anyone would make a hit with the first round.
Take a look at what the guys are doing in ELR shooting (Extreme Long Range)… they get no sighters… all shots count.
Here's a link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaG7mz-_lwc
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