[mad puppy]

"In 2003 Royal Marines sniper Corporal Matt Hughes killed an Iraqi gunman from 900 yards with a “wonder shot” in which he aimed 56ft to the left and 35ft high to allow for wind."

Look, I don't doubt for a second that these guys are incredible, but 56 FEET to the left is simply not reality for a 900 yard shot. Assume a sniper bullet can average 3000 ft/sec to target (1000 yards), that means the wind has to blow that bullet 56 ft LEFT in one second??? In that kind of wind there would be so much dust in the air you wouldn't be able to see a house at 900 yards.

[Fatuncle]

I'm sorry, I didn't catch the 'feet' when I read the article. I think you are right, that the correction was for inches, not feet.

[papertyger]

56 ft can be subtended easily by your little finger from 900 yds out. Not nearly as impressive as your initial assumptions would lead you to believe.

[Mr. Lucky]

It's been a really long time since I last qualified on the range, but if I recall correctly, a .308 or a .30-06 will lose over half its velocity at 900 yards. Given a muzzle velocity of, say, 2700 feet per second, the round should take something over two seconds to reach the target. 56 feet would seem to be the correction necessary for a 17mph wind.

[Candor7]

He was using special boomerang ammo, the new type that curves into the target from the side , and smells like bull shite!!!