New sniper record

[Pyro]

Brit sniper kills 2 Taliban from 8120 feet (1.54 miles, 2707 yards) with a .338 Lapua Mag.   


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[RTHolmes]

Corporal of Horse Craig Harrison fired his consecutive shots from such a long distance that they took almost three seconds to reach their targets.

thats a long way

[Curlew]

 

[BowHTR]

it took the round just over 6 seconds to reach its target. what a shot!

[soda72]

 

[1Boner]

What does "Corporal of Horse" mean?

Now I can't get the "Mr. Ed" theme song out of my head, of course! 

[Gaidin]

I believe that means he is a Corporal in a Cavalry Regiment.
Equivilent to SGT in other regiments if I remember correctly.

[VonMessa]

 

[oakranger]

Brit sniper kills 2 Taliban from 8120 feet (1.54 miles, 2707 yards) with a .338 Lapua Mag.   


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Crist o' mighty.  talking about reaching out and touch somebody.   

[Ghosth]

ewwwwwwwww  338 lapua runs shivers up and down my spine!

[bravoa8]

Brit sniper kills 2 Taliban from 8120 feet (1.54 miles, 2707 yards) with a .338 Lapua Mag.   


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[danny76]

What does "Corporal of Horse" mean?

Now I can't get the "Mr. Ed" theme song out of my head, of course! 

It's equivalent to Sergeant, but because Sergeant means servant, the household cavalry have no sergeants.

Outstanding Marksmanship, and two consecutive kille shots proved its no fluke 

[Pyro]

The "almost 3 seconds" time of flight in the article sounds like the reporter is just dividing the distance by the muzzle velocity.  There's a little more to it than that unless he was shooting in a vacuum.  The article also makes it sound like the bullet only dropped 6 feet.

[Swoop]

yeah baby.

British sniper with a British made weapon.  I'm feeling very patriotic right now.
And the sniper in question is from my home town.

[Die Hard]

Very impressive!