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#9063753 - 06/22/17 10:08 AM Canadian sniper, to put in perspective.
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http://www.newsweek.com/world-record-sniper-kill-isis-iraq-canada-628156

Not that I'm all rah rah about celebrating kills but put this distance into google maps and it is essentially being at the top of a building at Yonge and Bloor and hitting someone at Yonge & Queens Quay!

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#9063791 - 06/22/17 10:50 AM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: Big Tasty]
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Yea I heard about this on the radio this morning, 3.5kms is crazy. Not that I know the first thing about guns or sniping but I can imagine there is a lot more to it than just aiming and being steady.
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#9063815 - 06/22/17 11:20 AM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: SuPeR-MaRiO]
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10 second travel.
That's far.
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#9063852 - 06/22/17 12:26 PM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: porschetr]
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Just a bit outside of my comfort range, lolz
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#9063979 - 06/22/17 02:12 PM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: LNXGUY]
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that's crazy. i don't want to play call of duty against that guy.

Edited by titty sprinkles (06/22/17 02:12 PM)
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#9064058 - 06/22/17 03:33 PM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: titty sprinkles]
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 Originally Posted By: titty sprinkles
that's crazy. i don't want to play call of duty against that guy.

Funny that the article doesn't mention it, but on the radio this morning they said it was a female.

The list of top snipers are all male, but they don't provide the name for the Canadian.

1. Canadian sniper in Iraq (2017): 3,450 meters.

2. British sniper Craig Harrison in Afghanistan (2009): 2,475 meters

3. Canadian sniper Rob Furlong in Afghanistan (2002): 2,430 meters

4. Canadian sniper Arron Perry in Afghanistan (2002): 2,310 meters

5. U.S. sniper Brian Kemer in Iraq (2004): 2,300 meters

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#9064115 - 06/22/17 04:41 PM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: SuPeR-MaRiO]
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Perhaps they don't want her to be in the ISIS wanted list.
Did they say how many shots she had to take to get the kill?
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#9064328 - 06/22/17 09:06 PM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: SuPeR-MaRiO]
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 Originally Posted By: SuPeR-MaRiO

Funny that the article doesn't mention it, but on the radio this morning they said it was a female.


The video says "His target".

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#9064559 - 06/23/17 08:01 AM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: robbbby]
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war sucks and is bullshit, but this is pretty awesome.

has OT gone all ape over it being a Canadian and not a 'Murcan?

our jet fighter pilots apparently win out quite often over their american counterparts too ;\)

lol
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#9065409 - 06/24/17 11:15 AM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: SuPeR-MaRiO]
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 Originally Posted By: SuPeR-MaRiO
Yea I heard about this on the radio this morning, 3.5kms is crazy. Not that I know the first thing about guns or sniping but I can imagine there is a lot more to it than just aiming and being steady.


I have to be really steady when trying to hit a target at 300M with an old Remington .308. The sniper must've been using one hell of a rifle for this shot. Likely a Barrett.

I can't even imagine trying to hit 2000M, much less 3500M. Must've been a huge scope on that rifle. How can you even see a human at 3500M ?

At 3500M even the slightest error will be meters off target. The bullet has to be perfect! And I can't imagine the math the spotter was doing to figure out the windage on the sniper's scope. You have to account for everything. Temperature, wind, gravity, angle, recoil etc. An insane amount of math.

I'm pretty sure that this wasn't on the first shot either. They probably missed a few before they got the record breaking kill.
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#9065470 - 06/24/17 04:19 PM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: Just A Troll]
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#9066098 - 06/26/17 07:46 AM Re: Canadian sniper, to put in perspective. [Re: porschetr]
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Nice!

Same cartridge as the Barrett.
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