Longest Sniper Kill

A Canadian sniper set a new record for the longest confirmed kill last month after he shot and killed an ISIS insurgent in Iraq that was 3,450 meters away.

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Lies...Its still Bradley Cooper to me dammit!

 

Read about this earlier in the week. Just destroyed the old record!

 

holy crap!!! dude's a shooter that's for sure!!

 

Talk about reaching out and touching someone

 

I would love to know more about the rifle and the glass used to achieve this.

 

Bullet time of flight was 10 seconds! Impressive.

 

Nice!

 

I read somewhere that the rifle was a McMillan Tac 50. Not sure on the glass.

 

Just as important to the situation is the spotter..

 

Spotter never gets credit unfortunately.

 

Way to go 'eh...

Dead down range

 

We were talking about that at work. Apparently those Canucks eat a lot of carrots. 3 Canucks in the top 5 longest shots.

 

Here is the problem I have with this. Its a Canadian Sniper. I have nothing against Canada. Good for them they now hold the world record. America, Canada has just set the bar. Its time for one of our boys to pull a Chris Kyle and up the anti. This is a competition gentlemen. See it as such. Our Canadian brethren are taking the lead. Time to take it back.

 

USA! USA! USA!

 

And I thought my most recent 250 yard shot was an accomplishment

 

That's pretty dang good in my book. I wish. Need to find someone wishing to teach me

 

This is fairly old news but still very impressive given the BMG is supersonic to about 2150 yards. I predict this will be broken by the Anzio Ironworks 20mm Vulcan or 20/50 which is effective at 4500.

 

There may only be a dozen guys in our military, but if they shoot like that, that's all you need...

 

Holy hell! I remember reading an article about the guy who made the last record, he said he was basically Kentucky Windaging it lol.

 

I heard carrots were good for the eyes, but damn, it hurts when I stick it in there!

 

Thanks Jose, 2.5 football fields long, surely nothing like the OP, just keeping my basic long range skills sharp.

 

Most glass is stopping at around 1500 yds/m for drop. You're swagging it after that.

Edit*

Most *long* glass

 

I used to shoot my .300 RUM with a Leupold Mark 4 out to 1600 yards, and the scope still had some elevation adjustment left in it. There are plenty of scopes out there with more adjustment than a Mark 4.

 

Yep. Sure are, care to post a few pics of your set up? I am interested to see what you used to shoot.

 

I have owned two Savage 110 Rifles and both have been remarkably accurate and consistent from rifle to rifle. As a matter of fact both have the exact same chamber and distance to engage the rifling within 1000th". Both shoot well under 1/2 moa. I'm a firm believer in Nightforce Optics and personally opt for the 5.5x22x56 NSX. It has more adjustment than my Sierra Matchking 300 grainers can stay supersonic.

 

I need to get me a long range rifle. Want something that will allow me to shoot 1000 yards.

 

True. Which is why i didn't say *all glass*.
Definitely depends on what your sending downrange too. .300 rum is a considerable load.
Plus if you're running offset rings you can take advantage of all 120 MOA (for example) instead of +60 / -60.

I was referring to more of what folks hunt 4 legged and 2 legged with. Not ripping paper from a bench.

 

This is the only photo I still have. Sold the rifle a few years ago cause I wanted something lighter for hunting. This picture was when I was running a Zeiss. My cousin and I put together near identical rifles.

Remington 700 Sendero SF II
Defensive Edge muzzlebreak
Jewell trigger
Shooting handload Hornady 208gr A-max over 93gr of Retumbo.

In the end was running the mark 4 on a 20moa base.

 

Fair enough. Out here, I was hunting with my .300 RUM setup. Heck, some guys hunt with even heavier rifles. Idaho even has a law restricting the maximum weight of your rifle.