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Hey man, nice shot.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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February 5th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
How about this shot.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/713521/posts
2430 metres=2657 yards or 1.5 miles. That’s some shooting!
February 5th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
The Canadian soldier took three shots from what I hear.
February 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
The article says two shots were required by the Canadian sniper.
The records being set in Afghanistan will probably stand for a long time. If we start fighting over Mars or especially the moon you’ll see another jump in the ranges people are able to reach out and touch others. Of course there are some tall mountains in South America and a lot of the Rockies are not exactly runts and could offer a challenge to these records. But Everest and siblings offer the best opportunities for earth based long range records. On a calm day at 20K feet you could make some really amazing shots. At 20K feet a 2700 yard shot is about the same difficulty as the 2300 yard shot at 10K feet.
February 5th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
“Dixon scored one of the remarkable shots of Plains legend late in this
engagement, picking off an Indian at a distance later measured at
1,538 yards, just under seven-eights of a mile; and with allowances for
luck, it was a memorable feat.”
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3975/billdixo.html
What makes Billy Dixon’s shot so incredible is that he did not have a scope on his .50-90 Sharps rifle. As I understand it the sights on Dixon’s rifle were pretty much the same as the sights on the Sharps rifle used by Tom Selleck in “Quigley down under”.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
A few years back Precision Shooting magazine had an article about trying to recreate the Dixon shot. They concluded it was plausible. There was an article in the June 2003 issue of the NRA’s magazine America’s 1st Freedom but I haven’t read it.
Also of interest about this shot was the Indian who was shot was not killed. It hit his arm and knocked him off his horse. He never regained full use of arm and he went on to become a diplomat (IIRC) rather than continue his career as a warrior.