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  • TKM
    Onward through the fog!
    CGN Contributor
    • Jul 2002
    • 10657

    Three miles.



    Imagine for a minute you’re standing on a ledge atop the Texas Capitol dome, with a rifle in your hand that looks a sight more sci-fi than most.
    It's not PTSD, it's nostalgia.
  • #2
    Dark Hunt
    Member
    • Sep 2016
    • 420

    You want to convince me that it's not luck, hit it twice in a row.
    NRA Endowment Life Member

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    • #3
      ELR Researcher
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2012
      • 532

      Interesting photo of the rifle (still pic). I see no significant cant to the base or the scope (in fact the scope looks parallel to the barrel) but the video shows a huge cant in the base.

      Update - in looking at the video again I see that the base that is actually holding the scope is showing a large gap at the rear. Looks like a MOAB 300 (or MRAB 300) cranked up as high as it will go.
      Last edited by ELR Researcher; 02-05-2018, 6:07 PM.
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      • #4
        K001
        CGN/CGSSA Contributor
        CGN Contributor
        • Oct 2014
        • 1003

        'added more dope in the scope'? Did he say that or that's what the writer of the article heard? Weird way to speak of data on previous engagements.
        Last edited by K001; 02-05-2018, 6:19 PM.
        03-FFL/COE

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        • #5
          sonofeugene
          Veteran Member
          • Oct 2013
          • 4513

          So, at three miles, how fast was the bullet moving?
          Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. - Rabindranath Tagore

          A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. - Rabindranath Tagore

          Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. - Arthur Schopenhaur

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          • #6
            jimmykan
            Veteran Member
            • Jan 2008
            • 3093

            Originally posted by K001
            'added more dope in the scope'? Did he say that or that's what the writer of the article heard? Weird way to speak of data on previous engagements.
            Southerners...

            I guess to him, "dope" means come-ups or elevation.

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            • #7
              K001
              CGN/CGSSA Contributor
              CGN Contributor
              • Oct 2014
              • 1003

              Right...Kentucky windage hold!
              03-FFL/COE

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              • #8
                sbo80
                Senior Member
                • Apr 2014
                • 2265

                hey, a hit is a hit. had a friend hit a plate at 300 yards with a G17. Sure it took lots of misses and practically artillery lobbing them out there. But it was fun!

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                • #9
                  kcstott
                  I need a LIFE!!
                  • Nov 2011
                  • 11796

                  Originally posted by sonofeugene
                  So, at three miles, how fast was the bullet moving?
                  I have documented load data for a 408 Cheytac field tested and verified so not just data plugged in to a calculator and hope the bullet actually can do what the data suggests.

                  a 400 gr LeHigh 408 bullet doing 2963 fps will have an estimated 655 fps at 4900 meters or 75 meters past 3 miles

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                  • #10
                    kcstott
                    I need a LIFE!!
                    • Nov 2011
                    • 11796

                    Originally posted by K001
                    'added more dope in the scope'? Did he say that or that's what the writer of the article heard? Weird way to speak of data on previous engagements.
                    I've heard the same thing on a few firing lines, it's rookie vernacular.

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                    • #11
                      kcstott
                      I need a LIFE!!
                      • Nov 2011
                      • 11796

                      Originally posted by jimmykan
                      Southerners...

                      I guess to him, "dope" means come-ups or elevation.
                      you're a southerner too

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