Comments on: Shooter Hits Bison Target at 2240 Yards with Iron Sights

By: william bliss

william bliss — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 22:19:59 +0000

Wow….great shooting! Some hunters here in Canada have trouble hitting a moose at 300yds with a scope!! I love shooting my K11’s (1913 and 1928) at 300 to 1000yds with open sights and consistently score hits 8 out of 10 shots….great fun.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:31:19 +0000

Great shooting – looks like we have some negative nelly’s that don’t want to acknowledge a fellow shooter’s achievements. pay them no heed. well done.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 01:38:08 +0000

Could someone post a link to the “Guinness World Record” for this? From the detailed description above and the info in the video it looks like he got 3 direct hits, and one skip hit, (none of them consecutive), out of 75 shots fired on the day, in the conditions of that day on a “36 inch Buffalo target” at 2240 yards over iron sights from a bench with a weighted rest. Is that the record?

By: Ernest Jimenez

Ernest Jimenez — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 07:20:59 +0000

Thank you,

By: James

James — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:15:32 +0000

Well done Earnest, very impressive. You’ve motivated me to take out my K31. 190 SMKs and IMR 4064? Interesting, I see a lot people using RL-17 or H4350 with their K31s. I’ll give 4064 a try.

By: Slim

Slim — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:51:20 +0000

I’m glad we can see world records being broke without having to buy the book. That’s some awesome shooting with iron sights I doubt most people could get one hit without a scope.

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:41:36 +0000

If he would be shooting a machine gun with full belt of ammo, he could also just pull the trigger and still qualify for the “record” ?

By: Ernest R Jimenez

Ernest R Jimenez — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:44:39 +0000

“Spray and pray” is inaccurate, and inaccurate for the author of this article to imply; particularly if you watched the video from the beginning, which you overlooked. We rented this range two months in advance, and obviously having no control over the weather. When we began it started raining, and continued until we were forced to stop. That accounted for approximately 25 shots. We then paused untill it stopped, then I threw 25 more. Because the dirt was wet, +80% of all shots fired were undetectable and we were using 7 VERY experienced spotters, from the shooting bench and set up at 1500 yards. In addition we used three live feed cameras set up on/near the target. The impacts into the wet dirt created an impact plume of approximately one-foot neatly impossible to spit from 1.27 miles. Not till we paused a second time, to allow the second storm to pass, did I shoot a 25 shot string with 4 hits. It began raining (Storming) again and we were forced at that time to stop. On a side-note, last thanksgiving I shot this same target under reasonable weather conditions and achieved 7 hits out of 25 shots, same rifle, same setup. By no means, was this a case of spraying and praying.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 23:40:32 +0000

Yes kids, spraying and praying works. Spin the number wheel enough times and eventually your number comes up. Why would this qualify as any kind of “record”? Ever heard of the “The Sandy Hook Tests of 1879?” They also got a few hits on a target a very long distance away.

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