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Canadian sniper hits Islamic target 2 miles away
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Site Supporter   Location: East of Lake Washington Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 Posts: 1864 
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WOW!
Quote: A SNIPER with Canada’s elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for longest confirmed kill from a staggering distance of 3450 metres. A member of Joint Task Force 2 killed an Islamic State terrorist with a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle, The Glode and Mail reported. The shot took just under 10 seconds to hit the target and was fired from a high-rise location during an operation within the past four weeks. “Canada has a world-class sniper system. It is not just a sniper. They work in pairs. There is an observer,” a military source said. “This is a skill set that only a very few people have.” Now that is an understatement if there ever was one. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/po ... e35415651/ |
| Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:42 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Airway heights Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2011 Posts: 12246 Real Name: Michael
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Oh fuck that's a shot.
_________________ ANZAC wrote: That one that says "From my cold dead hands..... will require a background check" He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. --- Leonardo DaVinci When its time to go in: That place of steel and stone. I pray that you will keep me safe, so I will not walk alone. Help me to do my duty, please watch me on my rounds. Amongst those perilous places and slamming steel door sounds. God, keep my fellow Officers well and free from harm. Let them know I'll be there too, whenever there's alarm. Above all when I walk my beat, no matter where I roam. Let me go back whence I came, to family and home Author unknown. |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:11 am |
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In Memoriam Joined: Wed Mar 6, 2013 Posts: 12018
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  Insane. Wonderful. |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:22 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Bellevue Joined: Tue Aug 6, 2013 Posts: 4895 Real Name: Jennifer
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Joint Task Force Two. Tasked solely with finding and killing top al-Qa'ida and now Daesh leaders since....well, no one knows exactly. Canadians: Quiet, polite, and deadly.
Attachment: 69252d416243c5a3c0c8b877feec5173 (1).jpg You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ "The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." ~ Samuel Adams "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." ~Tenzin Gyatso, aka His Holiness the Dalai Lama "We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves." ~ Romans 15:1 "Ils Ont Les Armes, On Les Emmerde, On A Le Champagne!"~Charlie Hebdo, November 2015 |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:36 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: The banana belt of MT Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015 Posts: 8587 Real Name: Brian
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The Coriolis Effect refers to the deflection on the trajectory of the bullet generated by the spinning motion of the Earth. Its effect is negligible at medium distances, but becomes important around 1000yds and beyond, especially because it can add to other minimal errors and keep you off target.
Coriolis effect affects everything not firmly attached to the Earth’s surface. It affects fluids, like air and water, as well as floating and flying objects like ships, airplanes and… bullets. Despite being associated with Coriolis, the phenomenon that actually affects the vertical component of the trajectory is called Eötvös Effect. The rotation of the Earth generates a centrifugal force, the same that pushes you to the side when you make a sharp turn with your car. This force acts perpendicular to the Earth rotatory axis, adding or subtracting to the gravity force. When an object flies eastward, in the same direction of Earth’s rotation, centrifugal force acts opposite of gravity, pushing it away from the Earth’s surface. If the object flies westward, in the opposite direction of the Earth rotation, centrifugal force pushes the object toward the ground concurrently to gravity force. Thus, bullets fired to the east always fly a little higher, and, conversely, bullets fired to the west always travel somewhat low. Source: https://thearmsguide.com/5329/external- ... y-section/ _________________ "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."- Hunter S. Thompson |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:53 am |
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 Site Supporter  Location: Tacoma Joined: Sat May 4, 2013 Posts: 6229
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Keep it up soldier!
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| Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:09 am |
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 Location: Oly Wa Joined: Fri Aug 10, 2012 Posts: 614 Real Name: Rick
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Dayyymn!
 _________________ Keep your booger picker off the bang switch till its go time! Walk tall and carry a big Sig! |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:30 am |
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 Location: Vaughn Joined: Tue Mar 19, 2013 Posts: 1951
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yeah but can he sink a Timbit into a 12oz cup from across a gym floor
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| Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:38 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9295 Real Name: Young
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The shot took 10 seconds to reach target. Wow!
That 50 caliber!! Amazing. Previous record was with a 338 Lapua. |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 10:11 am |
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 Location: Bothell Joined: Sat Sep 12, 2015 Posts: 4893
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oldkim wrote: The shot took 10 seconds to reach target. Wow! That 50 caliber!! Amazing. Previous record was with a 338 Lapua. I was thinking about that too.... 3540 meters = 12,000 ft means that the AVG velocity was 1200 ft/sec... knowing that the muzzle velocity is ~3000 ft/sec, that means the terminal velocity at impact had to be pretty low --- say 600-700? Maybe less? (haven't looked up vel vs distance for 50) Still, with a 50 cal bullet at that speed, it had to be pretty messy... must have been like a mortar dropping down on him ---- splat. _________________ Plan B is actually repeating Plan A.... it just involves much more alcohol. Of the ten voices I hear in my head, only three keep telling me NOT to shoot.... Do I go with the majority or common sense? |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:17 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Puyallup Joined: Thu Jul 5, 2012 Posts: 3068 Real Name: Glenn(sted)
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Why does this seem like a challenge accepted for the US team!
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| Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:37 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Maple valley Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 Posts: 3541
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I can picture the scene.....
Achmed sitting around a hookah after banging a goat, feeling all superior about killing infidels, talking a bunch of shit about it, when all of a sudden his head explodes! BAAAHAHAHAHAHA!! |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:53 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Airway heights Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2011 Posts: 12246 Real Name: Michael
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10 seconds is long enough to text him and tell him he's about to die
_________________ ANZAC wrote: That one that says "From my cold dead hands..... will require a background check" He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. --- Leonardo DaVinci When its time to go in: That place of steel and stone. I pray that you will keep me safe, so I will not walk alone. Help me to do my duty, please watch me on my rounds. Amongst those perilous places and slamming steel door sounds. God, keep my fellow Officers well and free from harm. Let them know I'll be there too, whenever there's alarm. Above all when I walk my beat, no matter where I roam. Let me go back whence I came, to family and home Author unknown. |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:23 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: SnoCo Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 2360
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/ ... index.html
https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/p ... e35415651/  _________________ "The faster you shoot, the less shot you will get." Last edited by Jonathan Brown on Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:46 pm, edited 1 time in total. |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:42 pm |
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Site Admin   Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52134 Real Name: Steve
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Topics merged.
_________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:44 pm |
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