A new long-distance shooting record of 4.4 miles

[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/

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.

[notorious]

They fired $600 worth of ammo for that hit.

[Fish]

That scope mount.

[srvy]

23232 ft or 7744 yards.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Fish

That scope mount.

Yeah, what is the MOA slope of that?

I've got a 30 on my .338 LM. That thing is .

It has a couple of adjustable optics added to the end of the scope, too. I've seen them, but forgotten what they're called.

[notorious]

Vortex Razor Gen III 6-36 scope.

The target would still be a blip in that sight picture. Aim for the tiny blurry white thing and let her rip.

[2bikemike]

Originally Posted by Fish

That scope mount.

Yeah what the hell is that at the end of the scope? Is it some kind of magnifier?

[notorious]

Originally Posted by 2bikemike

Yeah what the hell is that at the end of the scope? Is it some kind of magnifier?

It's for more elevation adjustment. The scope doesn't have near enough.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

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

So it was still even faster than a Patrick Mahomes II pass. Impressive.

[2bikemike]

I took a precision marksmanship course about 10 years ago. We worked in teams. It was pretty interesting to shoot out to 1000 yards and you would shoot, your spotter a split second later would say hit and then you would here the ring of Steel.

Another interesting thing is they set up a target about 650 yards out behind a berm. If you stood up tall you could see the target. You had to try and judge where to aim against the berm lay prone and shoot to your spot. The spotter would walk you into the target behind the berm. That was a lot of fun!

[srvy]

That bullet descended to the target at a 48* angle earth's rotation had to be figured in as when the trigger is pulled 24 seconds later the target isn't in the same location.

Article
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2022/09...-world-record/
Kewl picture.

[Mike in SW-MO]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

I know a 4 miles is a long way but 24 seconds still seems way too long.

Miles out plus 2500 feet up on a parabola. Plus windage & coriolis.

[mdstu]

I ran across this video a couple months ago. To say it had a profound effect on me would be an understatement. Anyways, I thought it was pretty interesting listening to him explain his record setting kill.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

I've shot my brother's BMG 50, can't imagine the power behind this beast.

[Hammock Parties]

give mahomes a week of practice and he'll own the record

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by notorious

That's incredible. I've hit plenty of 1000+ yard shots, but this is a whole different league.

You’ve hit plenty of 1000+ shots??? I bet most of those were cold bore shots too, weren’t they….