Science A new long-distance shooting record of 4.4 miles - Page 2

2bikemike · 10-06-2022, 04:32 PM

Thought some of you gun guys might appreciate this. I am intrigued by long distance shooting and have a rifle doped out to 1000 yds. Its hard to find a place to shoot long distances.

A lot went into this shot.

https://www.americanrifleman.org/con...et-in-wyoming/

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A new long-distance shooting record of 4.4 miles was set September 13 in western Wyoming by a shooter who requested anonymity. Scott Austin and Shepard Humphries, managers at Nomad Rifleman, near Jackson Hole, Wyo., coordinated the massive undertaking that included a support team at the firing line and multiple spotters downrange to call impacts and document/verify the shot.

It took the pair more than 20 months for the rifle to be built, craft the bullets, collect the accessories and assemble to expertise to accomplish the feat. It was shot No. 69 that hit the 8" orange circle, 24.5 seconds after the shooter squeezed the trigger. It punched through the 4'x10' thin metal sheet only 3.125" from dead-center.

Multiple shots to walk a gun onto target are common when extreme long distance is the pursuit, but this range presented a whole new set of challenges. To reach that distance, the bullet rose 2,500 feet above the bore, into wind meteorologists only dope by weather balloon. Despite the unmeasured variable, the record-setting shot resulted from a 53-m.o.a. wind call in ground breezes that averaged 8 mph. Elevation adjustment was a mind-boggling 1,092 m.o.a. Spindrift adjustment was calculated at 93.80" to the right.

“These types of shots are just for fun” explained Shepard. “This is not for hunting purposes, and the hit isn’t consistently repeatable yet. Maybe the people who beat our record and the other smart cookies in the ELR [extreme long range] world will be able to make first-round hits at these distances in the years to come, but at this point, it isn’t a sure thing.”

The rifle was built by S&S Sporting in Driggs, Idaho, and assembled from customized parts and accessories from Canada, New Zealand, Arkansas, South Dakota and elsewhere. It is chambered in .416 Barrett and used a hand-lathed Cutting Edge MTAC 422-grain bullet. Muzzle velocity was 3,300 f.p.s. and it hit the target at 689 f.p.s.

Hydrae · 10-06-2022, 05:43 PM

Hehe, shot No. 69.

**Shiver Me Timbers** · 10-06-2022, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Hydrae

Hehe, shot No. 69.

Ha
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**Rain Man** · 10-06-2022, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 2bikemike

Yeah it does. For 24 seconds at that distance the bullet would average 968 FPS. Considering it left the barrel at 3300 FPS and it hit the target at 689 FPS.

I wonder how far a person can shoot to the point where the bullet slows enough for the guy at the target to just catch it in his hand.

Megatron96 · 10-06-2022, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by KCJake

I remember when I dropped that 8 point white-tail buck deer from 6 miles out.

Sincerely, every red neck dipshit hunter I've ever met.

Meh, probably not, considering that most every redneck hunter can actually judge distance, unlike virtually any city-bred fool I've ever met. Nevermind that no rifle will actually shoot accurately 6 miles out . . .

Megatron96 · 10-06-2022, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I wonder how far a person can shoot to the point where the bullet slows enough for the guy at the target to just catch it in his hand.

My guess is not very much farther, as that bullet was likely falling nearly straight down by the time it reached the target.

**Rain Man** · 10-06-2022, 06:08 PM

And I wonder what it's like on the receiving end from a detection perspective. If you're some terrorist standing around picking out a goat or child to rape, do you know what's happening as the first 68 bullets hit around you? Or are you looking around and saying, "What's that noise I keep hearing, Achmed?" I'm wondering how noisy a 689 fps second bullet is if you couldn't hear it being initially shot.

Graystoke · 10-06-2022, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Hydrae

Hehe, shot No. 69.

You stole my reply.
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**notorious** · 10-06-2022, 06:08 PM

I'd like to see how they had the target set up.

It would have to be pointed skyward. If it was sitting like most targets the surface area would be tiny.

**Rain Man** · 10-06-2022, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Megatron96

My guess is not very much farther, as that bullet was likely falling nearly straight down by the time it reached the target.

Hmm, so would it be basically falling at a terminal velocity? I wonder if it could get any slower. It seems like it could.

BWillie · 10-06-2022, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 2bikemike

Thought some of you gun guys might appreciate this. I am intrigued by long distance shooting and have a rifle doped out to 1000 yds. Its hard to find a place to shoot long distances.

A lot went into this shot.

https://www.americanrifleman.org/con...et-in-wyoming/

Nice. I would like to hire this guy. To uh...shoot someon...I mean thing. Yeah.

Megatron96 · 10-06-2022, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Hmm, so would it be basically falling at a terminal velocity? I wonder if it could get any slower. It seems like it could.

Eh, maybe. I'd have to do some math, which isn't going to happen at this moment, but definitely a significant fraction of Vt I'd imagine. Though there might be a chart one could Google as well. I know ballsitics charts and calculators are a dime a dozen online.

**notorious** · 10-06-2022, 06:15 PM

422 grain moving at 689 will still **** some shit up.

It's like getting shot by a .45 ACP at point-blank range. 445 ft/lbs

**srvy** · 10-06-2022, 06:26 PM

cosmo20002 · 10-06-2022, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Hmm, so would it be basically falling at a terminal velocity? I wonder if it could get any slower. It seems like it could.

After 4.4 miles, this bullet was still traveling at 689 fps, which is about 470 mph.

**srvy** · 10-06-2022, 06:30 PM

This is the retrieved bullet.

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