1,200 yards is a long, Long, LONG way away

[GIThruster]

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/watch-an-auto ... socialflow

[Tom Ligon]

It is indeed a long way off, but I think the US sniper record is considerably further off, maybe 1.6 km?

Me, I'm hard pressed to get a decent group at 100 yards.

[paperburn1]

Craig Harrison (born 1975) is a Corporal of Horse (CoH) in the Blues and Royals RHG/D of the British Army, and holds the record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat, at a range of 2,475 m (2,707 yd). Established in November 2009, this exceeds the previous record of 2,430 m (2,657 yd) set by Rob Furlong in 2002. It took 9 shots to range in then three shots with three consecutive hits on targets.
I was good but this guy makes me look like a amateur on tryout night.
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It was U.S.M.C. sniper Carlos Hathcock that held the record for the us for over 30 years with a scoped 50 cal at 2500 yards.

[GIThruster]

Back when I was regularly hunting Roosevelt's Elk in Oregon and was honing my shooting skills often, I was okay to 500 yards or so. I could put a 7mm mag or .300 win mag bullet into something the size of a basketball (kill zone for an adult "Mountain Ghost") at 500 yards 9 times out of 10 on the first shot. I knew guys who hunted in in the Eagle Cap Wilderness and were accustomed to taking 1,000 yard shots, but like this sniper above, they had to take multiple shots to get a fair reading of the wind, true range, etc. If the target is going to stand around and let you do that, then your chances of success improve hugely on each shot.

Most responsible hunters satisfy themselves with "one shot one kill", and I tend to think of this as much more like an actual combat kill for a sniper. You want to get it right on the first shot and with no way to know what the wind is doing 700 yards out and hundreds of feet above the bend of the grass, such a thing is extremely difficult. (It's far easier to shoot close to the ground than across empty space where you can't judge the wind.) This technology above supposedly takes some of the guesswork out of the task. This would be an enormous step forward in sniper technology if it actually operates as stated, but I'd note to you, there's precious little info here on one shot capability. Would be very interesting to know just what that computer really does. Should be classified though. If it is what it says it is, don't expect it in your sporting good stores anytime soon, even for $10,000.