Posted on 01/05/2024 4:39:55 AM PST by Twotone
“An experimental weapon, with experimental
ammunition…Let’s experiment.”
— British actor Alan Rickman,
Quigley Down Under, 1990.
At high noon on November 18, 2023, 58-year-old Vyacheslav Kovalskiy, a Ukrainian sniper assigned to the Sluzhba Bezpeky Ukrainy (Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU) Special Group “Alpha,” an elite, special operations, or SpetsNaz, unit, broke the existing world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in history, at a mind-boggling 3,800 meters (2.36 miles!) near Kherson, Ukraine. The previous record was held by a Canadian JTF2 counterterrorist unit sniper in Iraq, at 3,540 meters (2.2 miles) in May 2017, with a McMillan TAC-50A1 (C15A1 in Canadian service) rifle.
The SBU press office announced on November 19, 2023, that, “The SBU sniper set a world record. He hit a Russian soldier (an officer) from an incredible distance. SBU snipers are changing the rules of world sniping, demonstrating the ability to work effectively at fantastic distances.” The SBU added that the shot had broken the previous world record by approximately 260 meters (just over 850 feet).
The massive, six-foot-long sniper rifle that achieved this significant milestone was the Ukrainian-made, MAYAK Volodar Obriyu (“Horizon’s Lord”), bolt-action, single-shot, anti-matériel rifle, chambered in 12.7x114mm HL (the HL stands for Horizon’s Lord, indicating a unique and proprietary cartridge). This brand-new (since 2021) weapon was specifically developed due to a “need for an anti-matériel and sniper weapon system that would have a longer effective range and flatter trajectories than the rifles chambered in .50 BMG (12.7x99mm NATO).”
(Excerpt) Read more at gunpowdermagazine.com ...
Extreme long range shooting: What is it and what’s the appeal? (07/10/2017)
https://www.guns.com/news/2017/07/10/extreme-long-range-shooting
(photo: Jim Spinella pings a target 4,549 yards, or 2.58 miles, with an Extreme Long Range Tactical rifle chambered in 375 Cheytac.)
By most accounts, ELR constitutes shooting past the 1,500 yard mark with groups like Hill Country testing the capabilities of their setups out past 2 miles. At those ranges, a myriad of factors go into the success or failure of the shot.
History lesson:
The Second Battle of Adobe Walls on June 27, 1874. (Billy Dixon’s 1500 yard rifle shot)
Billy Dixon’s Memories of the Second Battle of Adobe Walls Part 1 (Jun 29, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q2U5-x48EQ
https://www.texashistorylessons.com/billy-dixons-memories-of-the-second-battle-of-adobe-walls-part-1/
Billy Dixon’s Memories of the Second Battle of Adobe Walls Part 2 (Jul 1, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThAUVKOJEXI
https://www.texashistorylessons.com/billy-dixons-memories-of-the-second-battle-of-adobe-walls-part-2/
A Closer Look at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls (Jul 14, 2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hp6weaY-S0
https://www.texashistorylessons.com/a-closer-look-at-the-second-battle-of-adobe-walls/
Life and Adventures of ‘Billy’ Dixon (autobiography, copyright 1914) free download no copyright issues.
A Narrative in which is Described many things Relating to the Early Southwest
Author: Billy Dixon, Frederick Samuel Barde
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45075/45075-h/45075-h.htm
Using .308 as an example (I know, that’s way off versus this cartridge and load) ...
The bullet drop at 1000 y is ~300 inches. So ... this round might drop [9 second flight] close to ~900 inches or more at 3000 meters?
If my math is right, that’s a 22+ meter drop. Roughly 75 feet. That’s a helluva BDC on that scope...
Disclaimer: all of the prior is armchair speculation.
It is unlikely that the sound arrived before the bullet as sound travels about 300-400 meters per second. So since it looks like the two targets are moving after the bullet arrives I would be inclined to think that if the bullet did not hit either of them then whatever it did hit alerted the targets who then took cover. If the bullet actually hit either of them but was not a fatal hit, bleeding out very soon is most likely as a bullet that size will make a very large hole in the body, maybe two (entry & exit).
I didn’t say the sound got there before the bullet. I know the bullet here likely travels faster than the sound. The bullet could have been far amiss and not even in the FOV of the two and sound alerted them. I just didn’t time it from the time of the crack to them going down. Regardless, I don’t call that a kill.
Already posted:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4201931/posts?page=1
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4198230/posts?page=38
“”””Ukraine is known for Ghost of Kiev type bragging.””””
If they were then we wouldn’t still be hearing about the Ghost of Kyiv.
The SBU press office announced on November 19, 2023, that, “The SBU sniper set a world record. He hit a Russian soldier (an officer) from an incredible distance. ...
I believe nothing coming out of Ukraine or Russia.
Perhaps RevMom can confirm it . . . /s
With all the ammo spent on zeroing in on the target at these ranges, I don’t see how one shot could hit the target without extraordinary good luck.
Yea someone’s brains got blown out, woo hoo! Let’s party.
I searched on the title.
> optics
I believe the article only says “Japanese.”
Let’s see, an anti-material rifle shooting anti-matter bullets . . yeah that oughta’ do the trick.
You hear about it because it is most likely another lie like the ones Zeepers always promote.
Can’t believe a thing coming from corrupt Uke government. Telling the truth once in a while would be a good idea to help with their decreasing popularity.
Article says the travel was about nine seconds. The sound would have arrived a bit over two seconds later at that distance (2.4 miles).
body shot
> I believe nothing coming out of Ukraine or Russia.
Maybe this place will have an announcement at some point
https://www.bartleinbarrels.com/testimonials
We hear about the same thing over and over because there are so few examples of what you claimed.
I think I am reading that wrong cuz I see a 183’ drop at 3200 yards.
Help??
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