New Record for Sniper Kill Distance?

Think you're good at shooting accurately? Try this on for size: 1.75 miles. Yes....miles.

Two marksmen using Barrett M82A1 .50 caliber rifles simultaneously fired. The bullets were six seconds in the air. One killed the Taliban commander. It is not known for certain which sniper fired the fatal shot.

While there have been no triumphant press releases, in the tight global Special Forces sniper community the shot is much discussed, because it seems certain to be a world record.

As the bullet yawed through the thin air on a windless morning, GPS aids measured the distance at 2815m. That amounts to 2 1/2 times the length of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. The targeted Taliban would not have heard the gunfire.

It took the bullet six seconds to reach the target. Six seconds. The other interesting thing is that that target wouldn't have heard the gunshot. Can you imagine just the Taliban guys hanging out, and Aazim's head just explodes? That would make you go to prayers pretty often.

This makes me feel bad when I miss a clay target at a range of....40 yards.

That's a long shot.

[h/t Uncle]