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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1431386" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>I won't go so far as to say it is impossible but I do think it highly unlikely that this shot went off as we might envision those infamous one shot one kill scenarios and if it did go off with one shot then it was a fluke coupled with dumb luck. </p><p></p><p>I think viva brought up a good point about walking the shot in. This is reasonable but even at that I think this would require another spotting team closer to the target who directed the shots because at 2.2 miles you can't see if the person is friend or foe and you can't just go shooting people. </p><p></p><p>I also wouldn't be surprised if it were staged to some degree. I'm not knocking the sniper team in any way and if I'm right I admire them all the more but shooting at ranges outside the effective range of your rifle requires you to have your equipment set up for those ranges and this is so far outside of the norm that it would mean the scope mount had to be modified considerably to suit this range and the rifle would be nearly useless for any shots under this range. So the question is why would you go into battle with a punked out rifle that is only good for shots outside the effective range unless of course you were setting up to break a record? This is what I suspect they did and my hat's off to them.</p><p></p><p>To give an example of what I mean, a friend's son wanted to punk his .22 cal rifle to shoot 1000 yards. They messed around with this for a long time and after shimming the scope mounts to account for the bullet drop the scope was looking through the barrel so the mounts had to be redesigned to allow an offset to the side of the rifle. The project ended there but this would be a similar situation I would think. The effective range of a .22 is far less than a .50 cal but the principle is still the same. At some point its like tossing horseshoes. </p><p></p><p>Assuming this isn't fabricated BS, I think Viva is right suggesting the bullets were walked in and I think a secondary spotting team was used to direct the shots and to confirm the kill. I also think more credit needs to be given to the spotter than the trigger puller because someone had to be sharp to account for all the variables they had to contend with. I would also like to know more about the target itself and whether or not he was standing in a crowd at the goat auction. This would make things much easier too. JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1431386, member: 4362"] I won't go so far as to say it is impossible but I do think it highly unlikely that this shot went off as we might envision those infamous one shot one kill scenarios and if it did go off with one shot then it was a fluke coupled with dumb luck. I think viva brought up a good point about walking the shot in. This is reasonable but even at that I think this would require another spotting team closer to the target who directed the shots because at 2.2 miles you can't see if the person is friend or foe and you can't just go shooting people. I also wouldn't be surprised if it were staged to some degree. I'm not knocking the sniper team in any way and if I'm right I admire them all the more but shooting at ranges outside the effective range of your rifle requires you to have your equipment set up for those ranges and this is so far outside of the norm that it would mean the scope mount had to be modified considerably to suit this range and the rifle would be nearly useless for any shots under this range. So the question is why would you go into battle with a punked out rifle that is only good for shots outside the effective range unless of course you were setting up to break a record? This is what I suspect they did and my hat's off to them. To give an example of what I mean, a friend's son wanted to punk his .22 cal rifle to shoot 1000 yards. They messed around with this for a long time and after shimming the scope mounts to account for the bullet drop the scope was looking through the barrel so the mounts had to be redesigned to allow an offset to the side of the rifle. The project ended there but this would be a similar situation I would think. The effective range of a .22 is far less than a .50 cal but the principle is still the same. At some point its like tossing horseshoes. Assuming this isn't fabricated BS, I think Viva is right suggesting the bullets were walked in and I think a secondary spotting team was used to direct the shots and to confirm the kill. I also think more credit needs to be given to the spotter than the trigger puller because someone had to be sharp to account for all the variables they had to contend with. I would also like to know more about the target itself and whether or not he was standing in a crowd at the goat auction. This would make things much easier too. JMO [/QUOTE]
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