Re: Sniping?

Christopher wrote:
As the Lapuda .338 round is becoming popular with snipers, and as it
has an effective range of 1,500 meters, would a sniper still go for a
head shot at that range or as the head is a small target go for a
chest shot instead?


An error in estimating the average crosswind velocity along the path by 1 mph will give about 2 feet of horizontal error at 1500 yard for a 338 Lapua shooting low drag match bullets. Even chest shots at 1500 meters are luck except in a dead calm. At that rainge sniping is more correctly called harassing fire.

At least the 338 Laupa is still supersonic at that distance.

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