Canadian Snipers gotta love them Options

[lyonhart]

The longest-ever confirmed sniper kill was made by Master Cpl. Arron Perry of the Canadian Armed Forces in Afghanistan during combat in 2003. Using a .50-caliber MacMillan TAC-50 rifle, Perry shot and killed an Afghan soldier from a distance of 2,430 metres.

The record was set during Operation Anaconda when a Canadian three-man sniper team from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, (PPCLI), set the new record with a shot on a Taliban fighter

That's about 1.5 miles That, my friends, is a truly amazing feat. The bullet was in the air for four seconds and dropped 146 feet. About 250 meters longer than Carlos Hathcock's famous shot. I'm happy if I hit something at 250 meters total distance.

Hat's off to a well trained soldier from up north. I hope the record stands forever.

[miked]

I was going to write that the bullet should not have been in the air for 4 seconds, it just seemed wrong with the Muzzle Velocity of M2 ball at 2960. Since my ballistics charts only go up to 1000 yards, I found an online calculator.

Luckily, I calculated before I wrote.

The flight time of M2 ball from a Mac Tac50 to 2430m is 5.609 second, This assumes an elevation of 1700 feet above sea level.

All I can say is DAMN!!!!!

This post has been edited by miked: 06/04/06 4:31pm