[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.

[mad puppy]

"56 ft can be subtended easily by your little finger from 900 yds out."

There is only one thing a spotter could possibly say after a sniper, who just fired from a prone position, with bi-pod, and managed to miss by 56ft at 900 yards:

"Gesundheit!"