3,600 yard shot

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Unbelievable !

Imagine aiming your rifle at a 36″ target placed 3,600 yards away, knowing that somewhere around seven seconds will pass between the time you pull the trigger and impact.

Seems almost impossible, right?

Not for a team from Hill Country Rifles, who partnered with expert instructors from FTW Ranch to attempt the shot.

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/03/262838-shooter-goes-distance-attempts-make-mind-blowing-3600-yard-rifle-shot/?utm_source=afternoonalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email

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That’s just crazy. At that distance you have to start factoring in the curvature of the earth. :smiley: David

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Man, I love me some 375 Cheytac.

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I also love their rifles! About 10 years ago I had them completely rework my Rem 700 300 Win Mag. They installed a magnum contoured Lilja barrel. blue printed the action, squared the lugs, mounted the action and glass bedded it in a HS Precision stock and installed a Jewel Trigger. They guaranteed that it would shoot a 3 shot group .5" or less at 100 yards. The sent me a target showing a .35" group with regular ole Hornady 180gr spire pt. ammo. Most everything I’ve shot out of it keeps 5 shot groups at less than .5"

What an amazing shot!! Looks like he did it in only 3 shots!!

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Look at 1:12

The cant on that Picatinny rail is extreme. I bet you can’t even zero that rifle short of 500+ yards.

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Awesome shot! I am curious:

Noobish question 1: if he hit all 3 shots in the 36" gong at 3600 yards, would his group be considered MOA?

Noobish question 2: if anyone can shoot sub-MOA at 100 yards, could they also be capable (assuming they knew the formulas or had someone tell them where to point at) of making that shot?

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That’s just, wow.

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Yes.

Noobish question 2: if anyone can shoot sub-MOA at 100 yards, could they also be capable (assuming they knew the formulas or had someone tell them where to point at) of making that shot?

Yes… pretty much. We took a couple of bolt gun/long range newbie guys out last weekend and had them making repeat shots at 500, and respectable shots at 1000 yards.

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Thanks, i figured. Also, I can’t believe i mis-spelled curious :sarcastic:

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Not just that, you have to factor in how far the earth moves in the 7 seconds of flight time.

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Don’t really need to worry about the curvature of the earth so much as the rotation of the earth (coriolis effect):
http://www.appliedballisticsllc.com/spindrift.html (yeah, it says spin drift, but also discusses the coriolis effect).

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I’ll disagree with Markm on this. It takes a bit more that someone telling you where to point the dangerous end to make hits at those distances. If it were that easy everyone would be doing it.

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I think Mark was saying the rifle might be able to do it. Obviously small mistakes in hold and trigger break which don’t factor heavily at 100 or 200 yards begin to vary results more dramatically at 800 yards and beyond.

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WOW just WOW! Thanks for sharing that. Amazing

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Am I nuts or is it higher in the rear?!? Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

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Nope.
To get longer/higher trajectory the barrel needs to point upward.

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Thanks for the corrections. I knew it was something like that. It is quite amazing and way beyond my basis of knowledge. David

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Probably have to account for the tides/gravitational pull of the sun and moon if you shoot much further…

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I recall there being a extensive thread over on the centering around a custom build that was supposed to sub moa out to 5k. Supposedly there was some .mil interest in it but the site went FUBAR and idk what happened to it.

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Saw the video the other day. If he indeed walked that in with three shots, that’s impressive.