frezik comments on Calling BS. Pics Or It Didn't Happen

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Please stop, it hurts. 200 yards is not that hard with a rifle.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We just watched 2 botched attempts at assassination recently. Its clearly not an easy thing to pull off on high profile targets.

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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One of which was done by someone who was kicked off a shooting team for being a dangerously bad shot.

Give me a modern 30 cal hunting rifle, a good scope, ammo, and a benchrest at a 200 yard range and a target. I could teach you to hit a head-sized target in an afternoon, including time to dial in the scope. Hardest skill to learn is calming your nerves when it's a real human head.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

And I'm telling you none of that good shot shit matters because the average person would not be able to remain calm for that. You need training.

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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And I'm telling you it's hardly impossible.

Edit: and it's very telling that you didn't consider that factor until I brought it up.

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

Olympics has a 62 yard rifle competition. Perfect score is theoretically over 450, though practically 600 cap is useful. Gold was 469 points, and 8th 400 points. Averaging under 9 points per shot, for 8th place, which is missing by more than an inch. Expanding to 200 yards, 8th best world athlete would miss on average by over 3 inches. (though only 1/3 of shots are taken in prone position).

Still, this is a good shot.

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