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| sphenicie | Jun 28 2017, 06:13 AM Post #1 |
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Think you are a good shot? A Canadian sniper has made a 3871 yard confirmed kill shot. Weapon was a McMillian Tac50 optics Schmidt and bender 5-25 x 56 PMll BMG 50, (12.7x99) Muzzle velocity 2641 Drop when sighted @ 100 yds +/- 20 feet, (240 inches) windage ??? The bullet was in the air for almost 10 SECONDS. if you calculate flight time at full MV it is 4.4 sec. |
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| Cobrajet25 | Jun 28 2017, 08:07 AM Post #2 |
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Amazing. Just amazing. The previous record was, what, 24xx meters? Also set by Canadians? |
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| wizard93 | Jun 28 2017, 10:29 AM Post #3 |
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That is an amazing shot. I figured it up on a ballistic calculator for the 50BMG M33 ball round at that velocity and came up with this: I tried to copy the chart here, but you're gonna have to look at it HERE. Crap, that didn't work, either. Anyhoo, that's where I put in the info to see the trajectory chart. A bullet drop of 1,667 feet? That's crazy! I can't imagine trying to dope the wind at that range. Edited by wizard93, Jun 28 2017, 10:32 AM.
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| PTA2PTB | Jun 28 2017, 11:12 AM Post #4 |
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I'm totally awesome! I swear.
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I think you misunderstood Sphenicie, or miscalculated. He meant 20' of TOTAL drop - for the shot (if the rifle was sighted in for 100yds), and not 20' per 100yds. |
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| PTA2PTB | Jun 28 2017, 11:18 AM Post #5 |
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I'm totally awesome! I swear.
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...actually, 20' of drop sounds like the figure for 1000 yds and not 100, for .50 BMG |
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| Prairie to pine | Jun 28 2017, 11:34 AM Post #6 |
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Lets not make the canooks mad ahhhe; Jonathan
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| PTA2PTB | Jun 28 2017, 11:39 AM Post #7 |
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I'm totally awesome! I swear.
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Au contraire, sir. Let's do! Just so long as it's at someone other than US. |
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| wizard93 | Jun 28 2017, 12:19 PM Post #8 |
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I got my measurements from JBM. Here's what it calculated based on my inputs:![]() The ballistic table: ![]() ![]() According to the chart, the bullet drop at 3900 yards is 18440.6 inches. Bullet time of flight is 11.638 seconds. Bullet velocity has dropped to 683.2 fps. The bullet goes sub-sonic after 1500 yards. 18440.6 inches divided by 12 = 1536.7 feet. That's the total bullet drop that I calculated. |
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| sphenicie | Jun 28 2017, 04:07 PM Post #9 |
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Well, lets not piss off that "Canook", anyway! Forgive my quick, without a calculator, numbers........BUT, I am IMPRESSED! JFC, and that ain't fried chicken, At 25x, at3k, I don't think I could see the target......YEA, 20' high and 15' left.....10 sec hang time....... |
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| PTA2PTB | Jun 29 2017, 11:24 AM Post #10 |
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I'm totally awesome! I swear.
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I stand corrected. My bad. My apologies to Wizard, too.I'm trying to envision the hold-over required to get 1536.7 ft of elevation. Either he was, quite literally, shooting for the moon, or his target was, more than likely, located down in a canyon somewhere. |
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| PTA2PTB | Jun 29 2017, 11:26 AM Post #11 |
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I'm totally awesome! I swear.
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Yes. To remain safe, you should stay at least 3 miles from the Canadian border, at all times. |
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My apologies to Wizard, too.
2:31 PM Jul 11