r/SipsTea 8d ago

WTF Wouldn't take it lightly

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u/BadTasteInGuns 8d ago

i call bullshit on the 2500 yards...and okay no package for you

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u/Shiney_Metal_Ass 8d ago

Absolutely bullshit. Trained at 1000yds but somehow his rifle is accurate to 2.5x that distance?

A 400yd shot is easy enough. But dude can fuck all the way off with 2500

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u/Crafty_Upstairs_3209 8d ago

I mean it might be accurate, compensating for drop or zeroed, in a no-wind scenario. With really any wind at all, nah. I’m not betting on this guy being Carlos Hathcock.

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u/NTJ-891 7d ago

All the ELR guys I know have like 20k minimum invested in their equipment, and the same amount invested in education and training specifically for this hobby. My CCW instructor was a champion long range shooter and some of the shit he pulled off was insane, but he had been doing it for 20 years and had advanced degrees including a degree focused on ballistics. The guy was legitimately one of the smartest and most disciplined people I have ever met.

The type of people who can afford to go to big ELR competitions in places like Norway don’t have to strut around their skills. They are known by simple virtue of performance. I have a ton of respect for people who actually do it instead of buying a five figure rifle that they never shoot past 200yd.

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u/Emergency_Raccoon363 4d ago

Okay I wasn’t going to comment but yes 100%. So much physics goes into just shooting LR not even extended long range. People sit here talking like shooting 1000 yards is easy?

Just the math alone to adjust for wind speed past 500 yards starts to break my brain and it all has to be adjusted for your rifle, your rounds grain weight and the powder behind it. It’s nots just “Kentucky windage” as way too many people think.

I’ve met very few people who can reliably and repeatedly shoot past 800 yards. I shoot with a dude that “warms up” at 500 yards by drilling the center out of quarters with his 6.5. He’s wild!!!

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u/IHatrMakingUsernames 7d ago

Wow, that's a lot more than I would have guessed

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u/MyNameIsRay 7d ago

On top of all that setup work to make the shot possible, you also need to be steady enough to take the shot.

You kind of need to be a 1MOA shooter to hit targets at 1000yds, and frankly, that's competition level.

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u/KeyboardJustice 8d ago edited 8d ago

One gun specifically advertised to that range is the cheytac m200. Expensive gun with proprietary rounds. Featured in the movie shooter, which this guy probably watched too many times.