New World Record Set for Farthest Long-Range Rifle Shot: 4.4 Miles

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saw that...makes me laugh the amount of trash talking because of the number of rounds it took to hit the target....."oh it shouldn't be a world record because it took you so many rounds to hit the target".....whatever....let me see when you hit it at that distance.

well done!

Boltgun
 
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Boltgun said:
saw that...makes me laugh the amount of trash talking because of the number of rounds it took to hit the target....."oh it shouldn't be a world record because it took you so many rounds to hit the target".....whatever....let me see when you hit it at that distance.

well done!

Boltgun
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Wasn't it like 60 shots walked in. Sorry i didnt re read it. But it this was in the long range group talk group on reddit. Probably should of tried a 2 hit and not stopped.
 
Some world records are more impressive than others. Was this truly a feat of remarkable skill or would anybody with enough time and money be able to pull this off. I suspect the latter. A 1km shot with irons gets me more excited. This pales in comparison to the record set by JTF2 in 2017.
 
Terrible_E said:
Some world records are more impressive than others. Was this truly a feat of remarkable skill or would anybody with enough time and money be able to pull this off. I suspect the latter. A 1km shot with irons gets me more excited. This pales in comparison to the record set by JTF2 in 2017.
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I prefer to see it as guys and gals experimenting out on the ragged edge showing what is possible.
 
Boltgun said:
saw that...makes me laugh the amount of trash talking because of the number of rounds it took to hit the target....."oh it shouldn't be a world record because it took you so many rounds to hit the target".....whatever....let me see when you hit it at that distance.

well done!

Boltgun
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To be fair... If its going to be a "World Record" it should be qualified by the number of rounds to get the hit. A hit at distance of X with ? number of attempts would be prudent to make the point relevant.

Anyone can hit any target at any distance within the range of the rifle if they take enough shots at it, that does not make it any sort of notable accuracy achievement. I'm sure I could hit a 5" bullseye at 1000 meters with an SKS... eventually, but it would not be worth bragging about.

In this case, he has a big gun that shoots far, so naturally he can hit things farther away than a guy without the ballistic performance.
 
It's neat but, hardly news. The fellas turned a rifle into an artillery peice and lobed small shells at a metal sheet until he hit it. What I would like to know is the degradation of MOA by distance. The shot that hits says the math works out to make a it a 1.5 MOA shot. Ok cool I guess but what was the MOA spread overall? If your going to the 'ragged edge' maybe set things up so you get some good data and not just one peice of data.

I bet this rifle could put 3 rounds through one hole at regular distance, so at one point did it stop being minute of a fly's ass. What was the MOA spread for the rifle at that distance? They didn't bother to find out. It's bad science if that was the goal and it's not very impressive overall if that was the goal. Just seems like a bit of a flop.
 
johnl said:
70 tries of lobbing rounds for a hit and it not being a repeatable event...impressive I guess.
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Same type of general criticism that folks levied against ELR matches at the begining, yet every year they learn a ton, get better modify equipment(it wasn't that long ago that Delta and a Charlie TARAC did not even exist) and put some structure around the game.
 
Maple57 said:
I'm sure I could hit a 5" bullseye at 1000 meters with an SKS... eventually, but it would not be worth bragging about.
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This is exactly how I feel too. At what point does this go from being noteworthy to just dumb luck after repeatedly trying? I can make a half-court shot in basketball if I take enough shots. But that isn't going to get me drafted into the NBA...

To me this is nothing more than a #### swinging contest for people with too much money and free time.
 
Yeah if it was within 10 or even 20 rds it would be more noteworthy.

Also, how big was the target.
 
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