Rob Furlong WOW

[red baron]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Furlong



Amazing shot.

[Rev. Millertime]

FACK!   

[Kopfjäger]

Check out the slo mo recoil on the 50.

[Monsterlover]

Damn. . .

[swampduc]

That recoil is insane 
And I thought my 270 WSM hurt after 15 rounds a few wks ago.

[Mother]

I still think Hathcock is the superior shot

given the explanation of air density in that article

the rifle used



The specially designed ammo

and he only beat the shot by 144meters

not to mention he missed twice

Hathcock did it in seriously denser air

with crappier ammo in an old M2 with inferior Unertl scope than the Leupold on that Tac .50

[ZLTFUL]

I still think Hathcock is the superior shot

given the explanation of air density in that article

the rifle used



The specially designed ammo

and he only beat the shot by 144meters

not to mention he missed twice

Hathcock did it in seriously denser air

with crappier ammo in an old M2 with inferior Unertl scope than the Leupold on that Tac .50

100% agreement. While not to minimize Furlon's shot which in and of itself is staggering. The Hathcock record was the bettershot due to equipment used.

[Oldfisti]

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[il d00d]

Another 3-4 hours of my life spent on Wikipedia.  Again.

Fascinating.  I don't really feel strongly about guns one way or another, so I kinda feel like this guy:
Peace Activist Has To Admit Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Is Pretty Cool

The women snipers of WWII make for interesting reading too - Tanya Baramzina   was integrated vertically in the war.

"Born in the city of Glazov, Baramzina graduated from the Glazov State Pedagogical Institute and spent two years teaching a kindergarten class in a village school at Kachkashur. In 1940, she enrolled at University in Perm, and when Germany invaded the Soviet Union, she began to attend nursing courses in the evening, while training to become a sharpshooter."

[Kopfjäger]

The wind call on the shot in Afghanistan would be very difficult to say the least. With no foliage it is extremely hard to see the winds at that distance. Using mirage at that range is tuff as well, because you are looking through 2k of mirage. I have spent a good deal of time in that terrain. I am a former 8541 and presently a SOTIC level I instructor. I have alittle working knowledge on the subject.

[Mother]

The wind call on the shot in Afghanistan would be very difficult to say the least. With no foliage it is extremely hard to see the winds at that distance. Using mirage at that range is tuff as well, because you are looking through 2k of mirage. I have spent a good deal of time in that terrain. I am a former 8541 and presently a SOTIC level I instructor. I have alittle working knowledge on the subject.

perfect

so you are the guy to ask

in that arena of a millionth of a percentile

who is the better shot? Furlong or Hathcock?

[erkishhorde]

Iono, when you put it Mother's way and say the previous record was done with crappy equipment (relatively speaking) it sounds more like luck.  Not to say that the equipment was junk since I don't know anything about the subject. If the guy corrected twice and then hit, I can see how it's skill with maybe some luck. If the guy gets it on the first shot and never does it again (neither of them did, actually) it's hard to tell if it was a fluke. I guess that could be said about either, though. Until it is repeated by the same person it's hard to tell if it's a fluke.

[He Man]

Tahts an actual sniper rifle vs this thing only a mad man can dream of

[supakpow2]

Iono, when you put it Mother's way and say the previous record was done with crappy equipment (relatively speaking) it sounds more like luck.  Not to say that the equipment was junk since I don't know anything about the subject. If the guy corrected twice and then hit, I can see how it's skill with maybe some luck. If the guy gets it on the first shot and never does it again (neither of them did, actually) it's hard to tell if it was a fluke. I guess that could be said about either, though. Until it is repeated by the same person it's hard to tell if it's a fluke.

Probably not much luck in either of those. 99% skill, 1% luck. Conditions vary but that's what they train for, not to make a 2400yrd. shot in dead calm with the exact same round every shot, no change at all. You could train a lot of upper level shooters to do that. Maybe. If anyone thinks different, just go to your local shooting range and put a couple of groups on paper at a few hundred yards. If they have that distance. 200 to 300 yds. looks like a mile when your shooting. 10X that is RIDICULOUS.
Then take into account the same type of conditions that those guys deal with (wind, light, air density, physical condition of shooter and the environment they are shooting from) at those distances, but at 200 to 300 yrds. and you begin to have an appreciation for the skill involved. Some guys can't print even at that shorter distance, no less put an actual group on target. Then go into the field and try putting a deer or elk on the ground at those distances and it goes up another level yet. Needless to say, that's a lot of skill for both of them.

[Timmy Tucker]

Iono, when you put it Mother's way and say the previous record was done with crappy equipment (relatively speaking) it sounds more like luck.

He had 93 confirmed kills and over 300 probable kills. I don't see a whole a whole lot involving luck there.