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Calling BS. Pics Or It Didn't Happen (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 14 hours ago (1 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.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 13 hours ago

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

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Olympics has a 62 yard rifle competition. Perfect score is theoretically over 450, though practically 450 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.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Olympics uses air guns. Totally different thing.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

50m is "real rifle" also optimized for accuracy (just hit target at minimum force) rather than max blood gushing.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, but 22lr, which still isn't comparable.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

Maybe we agree... it is easier to shoot a competition/air rifle than a lethality rifle.