New world record for extreme long range shot set in Wyoming

Old news from last year :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-imMG0A8q8

Still pretty amazing at over 7000 metres :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QD5x90JrDs

Here is another one :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaQ6h4_ja2c

Nice brakes :thumbsup:

50 cals at their best?

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Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Still pretty amazing at over 7000 metres

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7070 yards = 6,464.808 metres

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Originally Posted by MarkN

7070 yards = 6,464.808 metres

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Yeah thats the second one, the first one was over 7 kms, 4.4 miles

Wow. The engineering and shooting skill all coming together like that is impressive!

I have yet to fully watch the vid and also the previous record vid but there appears to be a few comments around the 69 shots fired and the eventuality of getting a hit.
Never the less impressive.

Sure, it's quite interesting but if the ground rules were you're gotta connect within three shots, it would be more meaningful. If someone takes say fifty shots to connect, is this much better than some random just having a go with their basic .338 and getting lucky?

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Originally Posted by 6x47

Sure, it's quite interesting but if the ground rules were you're gotta connect within three shots, it would be more meaningful. If someone takes say fifty shots to connect, is this much better than some random just having a go with their basic .338 and getting lucky?

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If you run the numbers or even close to it, its an amazing achievement even to hit it at all

2K is "easy" with a big 375, 2.5 not so much, 3K even less so & on it goes, just as 1K is "easy" with a 338, 7K is just silly

Yeh, sure, it's a ridiculous distance but I still think there's too much "spray and pray" in what they achieved. It'd be interesting to see how much quicker they could hit a target at 5000yds.

Hard to know what the wind conditions are or how variable across the 7000 yds but I can imagine there’s plenty of room for error or change in flight. Even so the dispersion pattern seemed pretty random & scoring a hit after 50+ rounds seemed more like luck than anything else.

Watched the first video - what was the part from New Zealand that they mentioned?
@Kiwi Greg mentioned muzzle brakes so I guess that’s the ‘parts’?)

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Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Watched the first video - what was the part from New Zealand that they mentioned?
@Kiwi Greg mentioned muzzle brakes so I guess that’s the ‘parts’?)

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Yep Terminator Muzzle brakes on them & plenty of other winning King of the Two Mile rifles :)

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Originally Posted by 6x47

Yeh, sure, it's a ridiculous distance but I still think there's too much "spray and pray" in what they achieved. It'd be interesting to see how much quicker they could hit a target at 5000yds.

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Aww ya cant pour water on the yanks haha. Thats like kicking a puppy.
The annual "walk it onto the target" award. Then fist bumping whilst yelling 'murica!!