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Harrison killed the two Taliban machine gunners with shots that took the 8.59 mm (0.338 inch) rounds almost five seconds to hit their targets, which were 900 m (980 yd) beyond the L115A3 sniper rifle's recommended range. A third shot took out the insurgents' machine gun. The rifle used was made by Accuracy International. [21]
The previous record of 2,475 meters (2,707 yd; 1.538 miles) was set by British sniper Craig Harrison in 2009 in Afghanistan, using a .338 Lapua Magnum chambered L115A3 Long Range Rifle sniper rifle. [7] Two of the top five longest recorded sniper kills were made with the McMillan TAC-50 rifle, both by Canadian soldiers.
300 metre rifle three positions [1] 1190 WR: 300 metre standard rifle: 593 United States: Jason Parker (2005) [2] 592 Sweden: Karl Olsson (2017) [3] 591 WR: 50 metre rifle three positions (qualification) 1188 WR: 50 metre rifle three positions (final) 466.0 WR: 50 metre rifle prone: 633.0 WR: 10 metre air rifle (qualification) 637.1 Hungary ...
A Ukrainian sniper claims to have broken the world record by killing a Russian soldier almost 2.5 miles away, with a custom rifle called ‘Lord of the Horizon’.. The previous record was held by ...
The cartridge has been used to set a long-distance target shooting record. In March 2023, Jaclyn Bryan shot a target at 4,227 yd (3,865 m) with the .375 CheyTac, taking the record for the second-longest-distance shot (current as of August 2023). [ 8 ]
Beat his own record of 1.76 seconds [28] Fastest time to hit 6 target plates from 7 yards with a 9mm caliber handgun: red-dot-equipped Smith & Wesson revolver: 2.01 October 6, 2023 Broke Max Michel's record of 2.05 seconds [29] Fastest time to hit 6 target plates from 7 yards with a 9mm caliber revolver: red-dot-equipped Smith & Wesson revolver ...
The .30-378 Weatherby Magnum is a .30 caliber, belted, bottle-necked rifle cartridge. [2] The cartridge was developed in response to a US Army military contract in 1959. While still unreleased to the public, the cartridge went on to set world records for accuracy including the first ten 10X in 1,000 yards (910 m) benchrest shootin
The rifle was first introduced in June 2020 on the official Snipex Facebook page. In July, the first presentation video appeared on the official YouTube channel of XADO . [ 5 ] Based on the state examinations results, the 14.5×114 mm caliber Snipex Alligator rifle was unofficially adopted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2020; [ 6 ] it was ...