This Marine Corps sniper put a bullet in a target nearly 8,000 feet away

[Peter1469]

This Marine Corps sniper put a bullet in a target nearly 8,000 feet away

Good shot.

US military snipers have to be able to make the hard shots, the seemingly impossible shots. They have to be able to push themselves and their weapons.

Staff Sgt. Hunter Bernius, a veteran Marine Corps scout sniper who runs an advanced urban sniper training course, walked INSIDER through his most technically difficult shot: He fired a bullet into a target roughly 2,300 meters (1.4 miles, or 7,545 feet) away with a .50-caliber sniper rifle.

[Common]

The World’s Longest Sniper Kill: The Enemy Shot Dead at 3,871 Yards (Over 2 Miles Away)

In mid-2017, the sniping community was rocked by incredible news: a Canadian sniper team operating in the Middle East had made a successful kill at a distance of more than two miles. The team, deployed to fight the Islamic State, killed an ISIS fighter at a distance of 3,871 yards. The shot was a record breaker and more than a thousand yards farther than the previous world record. The shot, which bordered on the impossible, was made only slightly less so by the skill of the snipers involved.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/th...ead-3871-24141

[MisterVeritis]

The World’s Longest Sniper Kill: The Enemy Shot Dead at 3,871 Yards (Over 2 Miles Away)


In mid-2017, the sniping community was rocked by incredible news: a Canadian sniper team operating in the Middle East had made a successful kill at a distance of more than two miles. The team, deployed to fight the Islamic State, killed an ISIS fighter at a distance of 3,871 yards. The shot was a record breaker and more than a thousand yards farther than the previous world record. The shot, which bordered on the impossible, was made only slightly less so by the skill of the snipers involved.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/th...ead-3871-24141

Plus, the targeted guy moved to where the round was going to be.

[Retirednsmilin308]

This Marine Corps sniper put a bullet in a target nearly 8,000 feet away

Good shot.

That translates into 2,666 yards.

A one-in-a million shot, but the Canadian still has this beat.
He used the more powerful American ammo and an old trick of putting it out in the sun to increase pressure.