• BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    i dont get this narrative. little to no experience and hes inches away from a killing headshot at that distance. thats fucking hard as hell to do

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      2 months ago

      someone in another thread was like, “he had a scope!” and i’m like, “so? have you ever shot through a scope? it’s not like a video game where scope guarantees a headshot. it just makes it a bit easier.”

      130m is really far, and an AR-15 isn’t even a sniper rifle. the fact he hit trump at all is pretty amazing.

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        2 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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          2 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.