Whittington Ultra-Long Range — Ringing Steel at 2100 Yards
Many of us dream of taking and making a shot at one mile (1760 yards). Well Top Shot Champion Dustin Ellermann pushed the envelope even farther during a recent ultra-long-range session at the NRA’s Whittington Center in New Mexico. On his Facebook page, Dustin wrote: “I earned the ‘One Mile+ Shot’ mancard this week with 1MOA Solutions. We reached out to 2,100 yards with the Barrett M99 .50 BMG out in the hills of the Whittington Center. You can see the target area marked in the center of the photo. This is a locked-down mountain range, with 30,000 acres.”
Bullet flight time was 3.7 seconds, drop was 94 MOA, velocity at target was only 1,100 fps. The 7,500′ elevation and a 5 degree down-slope helped the ballistics. Dustin reports: “About six seconds after impact you would hear the ‘ding’.” [Editor’s note: Yes it really takes roughly six seconds for sound to travel 2100 yards. The speed of sound at 7500′ elevation* is 1053.61 fps, or roughly 351.20 yards per second. The distance-to-target of 2100 yards divided by 351.2 works out to a 5.98 second time delay.]
One of Dustin’s friends commented: “We rarely think about what the bullet does after it exits, but seeing the 60% drop in velocity [over the trajectory] and how long it was actually in flight (3.7 seconds) makes these types of shots so amazing! Congrats to you making the One Mile + club!”
*This is with temperature corrected -30° F below standard at sea level.
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Questions:
1. How big was the target?
2. How many shots before he hit the target?
3. What was he shooting (cartridge, rifle specs)?
BTW: Earlier this year we started with our URSA (Unlimited Range Shooters Association) shoots in California. Our nearest target (a 37″ AR500 plate) is 2054 yards (NorCal) and 2086 (SoCal). We shoot 10 rounds. You have to hit the target 3 in 10 to qualify and 4 in 10 to advance to the next distance (2500+ in NorCal and 2630 in SoCal). So far (3 shoots at each venue) we have had one shooter do as well at 7 in 10 at 2054 and another 5 in 10 at that distance. We shoot monthly, with a brief break in Aug and Sep, resuming in October. See http://www.unlimitedrange.org. BTW, we shoot any cartridge that is locally legal and there are NO fees.
Cartridge was .50 BMG shot from the Barrett M99 shown in the picture. Visit Ellermann’s facebook page and you could pose your questions to Dustin himself: https://www.facebook.com/TopShotDustin
A mile is 1760 yards… a nautical mile is 2025 yards
Editor,
Just include more info in your article and we will all have less questions and enjoy reading the Daily Bulletin even more!
Editor: I can only print the info that is offered by the source. This came from Facebook. Dustin did not provide any further details.