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Old August 1, 2011, 12:35 PM   #10
Jimro
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The shot by Canadian, Rob Furlong, was 2,430 meters, using a McMillan TAC-50 rifle, loaded with I believe a 750 gr AMAX bullet, although I am not sure on that point except that a match load using the AMAX bullet was available to Canadian snipers at the time. Some argue this isn't a "true sniper shot" because his target was a mortar team and he managed to hit one of three men at that range.

The shot by CPL Craig Harrison, using the 338 Lapua with a 250gr Scenar bullet from the AI AW Magnum rifle was 2,475 meters. As I posted before, his scope did not have enough drop for this to be a level shot, and even the angle of view from the S&B PMII makes it damn near impossible to use holdovers at that range even with maxing out the elevation drop.

1600 meters is a mile, so "1.5 miles" is equal to 2400 meters.

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