I qualified expert in the Army with both M-16 and .50 cal. With a broken rear sight where I had to visually self adjust to hit the targets I hit 37 of 40 targets with my M-16 including hitting 1 of 4 targets at 300 meters. This was at Ft Sill, Ok where it is always windy.
Now with all that said 3000 yards is over a mile and a half away! The pop up target, which is roughly human sized from the waist up, at 300 meters with a rifle sight is almost completely hidden by the front sight needle and you have to make miniscule adjustments for wind and the rise/drop of the round flight path while keeping track of your breathing patterns and smooth trigger squeeze under pressure with a second or two to maintain accuracy. Even with a super powerful scope under perfect conditions that 3000+ yard shot with a probable moving target is practically impossible. I have to believe at that distance the target is not even visible behind the cross hairs of the scope. Or you have to slightly lead or trail the target even though you've adjusted the clicks on the weapon to account for wind. So many factors to consider it's almost unbelievable. That is amazing and I would love to shoot with serious experts like that to see how they do it and learn.
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Last edited: Dec 14, 2019