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New sniper record

Grand Mal

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_Sal said:
Canadian?

meh, no biggie :mrgreen:

:shoot:2canadian
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Yeah, I know.
I think they learn to be good shots because the Canadian military rations bullets.
 
Grand Mal said:
A Canadian JTF 2 operator has shattered the world record for a sniper shot- 3,540 meters, the old record being 2,475. An ISIS operation against Iraqi forces was disrupted.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/new...d-breaking-kill-shot-in-iraq/article35415651/

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This is like the Bob Beamon long jump. Probably gonna stand awhile, this record.
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3,540 meters equals 11,614.17 feet which is 2.2 (2.19965) miles which would take the average person 45 minutes to walk that distance, and this guy took down a bad guy (a target of ~18 inches) at that distance in ~10 seconds.

Amazing.
 
Beaudreaux said:
3,540 meters equals 11,614.17 feet which is 2.2 (2.19965) miles which would take the average person 45 minutes to walk that distance, and this guy took down a bad guy (a target of ~18 inches) at that distance in ~10 seconds.

Amazing.
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No doubt there's a lot of training involved, but maybe the guy should also have bought a lottery ticket that day!
 
Grand Mal said:
No doubt there's a lot of training involved, but maybe the guy should also have bought a lottery ticket that day!
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Yeah as I explained in the other thread about this there was a tremendous amount of luck involved in the. I also basically guarantee that the shooter fired quite a few rounds before he got a hit. Not saying there also wasn't a lot of skill because obviously there was but as a Special Forces Sniper myself I know the reality of shooting that far.
 
Incredible shot... I take my hat off to our Commonwealth friends :)
 
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