I was curious to see which was the longest recorded sniper kill and stumbled upon Craig Harrison. He was serving in Afghanistan and killed a Taliban machine gun team from 2,475 meters, or 1.5 miles away. According to a post, it took around 6 seconds to hit his targets. However, the [weapon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_International_AWM) he was using (L115A3) has a muzzle velocity of 936 meters per second. Using simple math, shouldn’t it have taken only 2.6 seconds to reach his target? Harrison himself claims that he had the perfect conditions with clear weather and no wind. Given all this information, what took so long for the bullet to hit? Was it because of elevation or some does my ape brain not comprehend this question?
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Okay this is cool. Now somebody please do the math. How far could the bullet possibly travel in these perfect conditions. And is it actually possible to fire the bullet far enough that it could slow down so much that it could actually hit the target but not traveling fast enough to cause damage. I’m thinking it’s a trillion in one shot but, is it actually possible with the curvature of the earth and even slightly different elevations?
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