This is a scary #%$&@ right here.

[mongooz]

My main is a Ruger M77 7mm Mag.

Accurate, flat shooting and powerful.
It will take down just about any big game in North America.

i built that rifle specifically for varmints and targets.
my deer rifle is a Winchester Model 70 in .270 Winchester. does quite well.

 

[Denverdave]

Where were you that you can take a one mile shot?
What rifle was he using?

6.5-284 is what he says. It was in southern Wyoming.

 

[DFB]

6.5-284 is what he says. It was in southern Wyoming.

It would have to be there or the Colorado plains.
There are not many places that open on the Foothills as you know.

 

[Flamencology]

Yes they did.

Nope.

 

[mongooz]

It would have to be there or the Colorado plains.
There are not many places that open on the Foothills as you know.

there's some serious long range prairie dog shooting going on in southern south dakota too.

 

[Steverino]

I once shot a guy in the back of the head with a spitball. 8 feet. It was tremendous, but not nearly as exiting as the fight that broke out afterward. The victim and the guy I pointed at both were sent to the principal's office.

 

[tiger roach]

I once shot a guy in the back of the head...

Had me goin' there for a moment...

 

[el diablo]

OK, so let's dissect this a minute. Two miles. Unless the terrain is perfectly flat, you can't see the target. So you are relying on spotters. Since you have a spotter who has a visual on said target, you now have to figure MV, wind, arc, potential impediments (birds, hell, even insects, trees, blowing leaves etc) and then hope said target doesn't move at all in the period of time it takes your round to reach them. I am not quite convinced about this claim.

 

[Flamencology]

Two miles. Unless the terrain is perfectly flat, you can't see the target.

How does this make any sense?

At any rate, the military has said that it was recorded on camera, as well as from other info.

 

[Acadiafall]

Yes they did.

Was actually a British Army soldier who put the Canadian into 2nd (now 3rd) place.

Don't think anyone will beat the new record though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_recorded_sniper_kills

 

[mongooz]

OK, so let's dissect this a minute. Two miles. Unless the terrain is perfectly flat, you can't see the target. So you are relying on spotters. Since you have a spotter who has a visual on said target, you now have to figure MV, wind, arc, potential impediments (birds, hell, even insects, trees, blowing leaves etc) and then hope said target doesn't move at all in the period of time it takes your round to reach them. I am not quite convinced about this claim.

the article states that the shooter was shooting from a "high rise" building, so if he was 10+ stories up, and there were no obstructions between him and the target, then he could see that far. just sayin'

 

[TomcatMF]