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British SAS Sniper 2.4 km kill shot
May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:00pm

It is truly impressive how exceptional these blokes are with a sniper rifle and a bit of patience.

AN SAS sniper killed an ISIS terrorist from almost 2.4km away using a mega-powerful rifle, a report says.
The Sun reports, it took three whole seconds for the bullet to reach the terror thug in Mosul, Iraq two weeks ago.
A veteran sniper hit the insurgent in the throat as he tried to escape a burnt-out building, killing him almost instantly, the Daily Star said.
It is believed to be one of the most difficult long-range kills in the elite regiment’s history.
The paper claimed the shot was fired from a CheyTac M200 — a record-breaking US-made rifle with a max range of up to nearly 3.2km.

http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/sas-sniper-kills-isis-terrorist-24km-aw...

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39511 Gender:	Re: British SAS Sniper 2.4 km kill shot Reply #1 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:03pm Very good.
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Unforgiven Gold Member Offline I have sinned Posts: 8879 Gender:	Re: British SAS Sniper 2.4 km kill shot Reply #2 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:08pm This has got to be bullshit to feed the redneck masses. The target is escaping a burning building but is stationary for 3 seconds waiting for the bullet to arrive. Totally incredible.
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BigOl64 Gold Member Offline Posts: 14438 Townsville QLD Gender:	Re: British SAS Sniper 2.4 km kill shot Reply #3 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:10pm Unforgiven wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:08pm: This has got to be bullshit to feed the redneck masses. The target is escaping a burning building but is stationary for 3 seconds waiting for the bullet to arrive. Totally incredible. You base your opinion on your years of military service have you.
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Reply #4 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:14pm

BigOl64 wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:10pm:

Unforgiven wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:08pm:

This has got to be bullshit to feed the redneck masses.

The target is escaping a burning building but is stationary for 3 seconds waiting for the bullet to arrive.

Totally incredible.

You base your opinion on your years of military service have you. Grin

Logic, science, and reality trump BigHole64's fake military service brownnosing, bootlicking, emptying ashtrays, and cleaning latrines.

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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: British SAS Sniper 2.4 km kill shot Reply #5 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:42pm Its possible, but it would be hard.
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Reply #6 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:45pm

Unforgiven wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:14pm:

BigOl64 wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:10pm:

Unforgiven wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:08pm:

This has got to be bullshit to feed the redneck masses.

The target is escaping a burning building but is stationary for 3 seconds waiting for the bullet to arrive.

Totally incredible.

You base your opinion on your years of military service have you. Grin

Logic, science, and reality trump BigHole64's fake military service brownnosing, bootlicking, emptying ashtrays, and cleaning latrines.

So you know less than fkk all about what is required in this instance. Grin

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Reply #7 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:52pm

Unforgiven wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:08pm:

This has got to be bullshit to feed the redneck masses.

The target is escaping a burning building but is stationary for 3 seconds waiting for the bullet to arrive.

Totally incredible.

The target wouldn't even know the bullet had been sent fvkwit.......he wouldn't hear the report from the weapon....

You can't help being a thick bastard can you...

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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: British SAS Sniper 2.4 km kill shot Reply #8 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:52pm Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:42pm: Its possible, but it would be hard. You dont say? Thats probably why they said it "is believed to be one of the most difficult long range kills in the elite egiments history."
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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: British SAS Sniper 2.4 km kill shot Reply #9 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:53pm ... wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:52pm: Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:42pm: Its possible, but it would be hard. You dont say? Thats probably why they said it "is believed to be one of the most difficult long range kills in the elite egiments history." I was addressing unforgiven.
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Reply #10 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:56pm

BigOl64 wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:45pm:

Unforgiven wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:14pm:

BigOl64 wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:10pm:

Unforgiven wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:08pm:

This has got to be bullshit to feed the redneck masses.

The target is escaping a burning building but is stationary for 3 seconds waiting for the bullet to arrive.

Totally incredible.

You base your opinion on your years of military service have you. Grin

Logic, science, and reality trump BigHole64's fake military service brownnosing, bootlicking, emptying ashtrays, and cleaning latrines.

So you know less than fkk all about what is required in this instance. Grin

About military service brownnosing, bootlicking, emptying ashtrays, and cleaning latrines?

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Reply #11 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 2:18pm

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:53pm:

... wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:52pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 1:42pm:

Its possible, but it would be hard.

You dont say?

Thats probably why they said it "is believed to be one of the most difficult long range kills in the elite egiments history."

I was addressing unforgiven.

Yeah, that would be a waste of time and effort. He's nothing more than a little boy troll, looking for attention.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39511 Gender:	Re: British SAS Sniper 2.4 km kill shot Reply #12 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 2:59pm BigOl64 - could the sniper have put a few shots in the 'zone' and hope for the best? A few seconds tills the bullet(s) arrive, a few seconds after that till the noise arrives, the reaction time for the target to jump out of the way once he hears that noise ........
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Reply #13 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 3:05pm

Quote:

.............The cartridge is optimized for accuracy by a balance of the rotational and linear drag, which reduces yaw and precession, and keeps the tip of the projectile pointed along the trajectory.

To achieve balanced flight the rifling twist rate for the .408 CheyTac chambering was chosen at 330.2 mm (1:13 in), with eight 0.4080 in diameter grooves, 0.4010 in diameter bore and a 0.050" land width, square cut, with no taper.
The later .375 CheyTac round, developed from the .408 CheyTac, uses a 292 mm (1:11.5 in) rifling twist rate ...........

Whatever that means

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

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..............On the Discovery Channel TV show Future Weapons April 9, 2007, episode "Massive Attack" the host Richard Machowicz, a former United States Navy SEAL, made 3 out of 6 shots, hitting a human-sized sheet of metal at a distance of 2,530 yards (2,313 m) at Arco Pass in Idaho...............

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Reply #14 - May 22^nd, 2017 at 3:13pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on May 22^nd, 2017 at 2:59pm:

BigOl64 - could the sniper have put a few shots in the 'zone' and hope for the best?

A few seconds tills the bullet(s) arrive, a few seconds after that till the noise arrives, the reaction time for the target to jump out of the way once he hears that noise ........

Mate, I think they basically only get once go at pulling the trigger, according to the story he had a bead on the bloke a couple of times before pulling the trigger.

There have been a couple of cases now where a sniper has hit his target over a 2 km distance.

Im happy if I hit the target at 300 mts, and it was a big board that wasn't shooting back.

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