Yes. It's hard to beat a .33 for good old sectional density.
Posted on 05/02/2010 9:40:06 AM PDT by Steelfish
British Sniper Shoots Dead Two Taliban Fighters... From More Than 1.5 Miles Away
2nd May 2010
Hero: Craig Harrison s[Pic in URL] aved his Army colleagues by killing two Taliban machinegunners from more than 1.5 miles away A British Army sniper has earned a place in military history by killing two Taliban machine gunners from more than a mile and a half away. Craig Harrison's record-breaking sharpshooting felled the insurgents with consecutive bullets - even though they were 3,200ft beyond the effective range of his rifle. The Household Cavalry veteran's kills from a distance of 8,120ft eclipsed the previous sniper record by 150ft.
His pinpoint accuracy saved the life of his troop commander who was trapped in a vehicle under fire from the enemy in Afghanistan. In an extraordinary tour of duty, Corporal of Horse Harrison cheated death twice - surviving being shot in the head by a Taliban bullet and escaping with two broken arms when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.
The elite marksman killed the two insurgents with his British-built L115A3 Long Range Rifle, the Army’s most powerful sniper weapon. The shooting was from such extreme range that the 8.59mm bullets took almost three seconds to hit their target, despite leaving the barrel at three times the speed of sound. The firearm, which has slayed scores of Taliban fighters, is so deadly that it has been dubbed 'The Silent Assassin'.
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“And we have a President who is the equivalent of an ‘ass of horse.’”
Yes, and worse. He is evil. His father is Satan.
Yes. It's hard to beat a .33 for good old sectional density.
I know. I want one for Mother's Day!
It is too bad they publish the names of these heros. Our own SF’s already are worried about being ID, because they have no protection in their homeland.
They need to be recognized, but not this way.
“Why am I not buying this?”
And why not? My son, USMC, witnessed snipers in action in Beruit in 1984 - uncanny accuracy at long range. This as reported here is a combo of skill and luck, of course.
Dang! Another rifle I have to get now!
Approximate cost in US dollars,is about $35,000
What would be the verticle drop of the bullet at that range? That’s what blows my mind...to accurately gauge that..
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Micro-stamp a Miranda warning onto each bullet.
At a Klick, the drop is -137 inches.
THe ballistics tables are on the web.
This shot was called at 3300 yards in an Amercian version of this story.
Long range shooting isn’t new
(from http://www.researchpress.co.uk/longrange/sandyhook.htm)
- Tests of the 45-70 at SAndy Hook - 1879.
THE SHOOTER at the heavy bench rest squinted as he aligned his .45-70 Allin-Springfield Model 1873 Army rifle on the distant target. The rifle fore-stock and barrel was cradled in a rest; the butt was supported by his shoulder. The rear sight was flipped up to its full height, so with no stock support for his head, the rifle tester from Springfield Armory worked carefully to align high rear and low muzzle sight on the speck that was the target - a surveyed 2,500 yards distant.
Holding his breath, he squeezed the 7-pound trigger. The rifle fired, and some 15 seconds later, signals from the target indicated that his shot had struck well inside the 6-foot diameter bullseye on a target well over a mile away!
At these ranges, it is almost mini-artty.
The second Taliban must have been a really slow learner.
This part seems, odd.
WOW
Skill is a biproduct of hard work.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
What a loser calls luck, a winner calls hard work.
One kill maybe lucky. 2 kills...not so much.
Absolutely incredible ping!
Shot fired...One thousand one, one th...
Look at the board.
Wave flag or banner.
The same as for any object. 3 seconds as per the article x 9.8m/s^2.
That’s some serious correction required for sure.
The chapter on long range firing begins with a report from the Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, May 9, 1879. It records the results of long range tests of U.S. Army Model 1873 .45-caliber rifles using 405 and 500-grain lead bullets, including variations in muzzle velocity and penetration of lead bullets through one-inch target boards and into sand. These tests were made at the request of the Chief of Ordnance. His interest had been aroused by reports of long range infantry fire, up to 1½ miles, during the1877-78 Turko-Russian War. (There is another whole Winchester story on that war)
Remember, smokeless powder and the higher velocities it gives didn't hit the scene till 1888 and then it was the French that were the first to use the powder in military arms.
The .30-40 Krag/.30 U.S./.30 Army/.30 Government was a cartridge developed in the early 1890s to provide the US armed forces with a new, powerful round to fire from the rifle it was going to select in the 1892 trials. Since the round it was replacing was the .45-70 Government, the round was considered small-bore at the time. The rifle selected was ultimately the Krag-Jørgensen. It was the first round used by the US army designed for smokeless powder.
THe 30 Government became the 30-04, then the 30-06. Which in turn begat the 7.62 x 51, my fav single shot target round. And so ends the history of the world, at least this chapter....
Thanks for the info.
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