• DogWater@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This is…not entirely accurate. 200 yards is WELL within 556x45’s effective range. Like by a lot. At that range your bullet isn’t even dropping more than 4 inches.

    It’s not that it’s a super easy shot for a novice, but saying that it’s remarkable that he even hit him because of the range is crazy.

    It’s remarkable because of the stress and lack of training.

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      4 months ago

      It’s remarkable because of the stress and lack of training.

      That’s what I’m talking about. Anyone with little experience can take a much longer shot than that (at a range, at a stationary target, when they are calm, cool, and collected), but consider his target, the scoping he was doing, and that he was already being followed/tracked, he was probably freaked the hell out. It’s incredible that he got a single shot as close as he did.

      It’s also an absolute and ridiculous security failure that he got a shot off at all.