New Russian Sniper Rifle

[Batsto]

Wow! 
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/russian-firm-developing-sniper-rifle-for-use-beyond-four-miles/

[JHbowhunter]

Legal in NJ?

[Lunatic]

4 Miles? I can not envision too many real life application for a 4 mile range rifle.    

[Haskell_Hunter]

The cone of MOA gets bigger with distance.  You'd have to be the elite of the elite shooters to reliably make shots that far out.

[Lunatic]

1 hour ago, Haskell_Hunter said:

The cone of MOA gets bigger with distance.  You'd have to be the elite of the elite shooters to reliably make shots that far out.

Objects this far out are taken out with a canon 

[Haskell_Hunter]

24 minutes ago, Lunatic said:

Objects this far out are taken out with a canon 

Drone.

[Greybeard]

3 hours ago, Lunatic said:

4 Miles? I can not envision too many real life application for a 4 mile range rifle.    

pelosi shumer clintons soros nadler schiff harris waters aoc comey obama to name a few applications

[Lunatic]

7 minutes ago, Greybeard said:

pelosi shumer clintons soros nadler schiff harris waters aoc comey obama to name a few applications

Well, 

The danger to America is not Joe Biden, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency.

[Greybeard]

3 minutes ago, Lunatic said:

Well, 

The danger to America is not Joe Biden, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency.

I didn't name Biden because he's already brain dead puppet and not worth a bullet

[bushden]

I would LOVE to give that a go on a long distance range.!! 7K is insane !!

[JHbowhunter]

7 hours ago, Lunatic said:

4 Miles? I can not envision too many real life application for a 4 mile range rifle.    

isnt' that the direction crossbows are heading?  

[Lunatic]

51 minutes ago, JHbowhunter said:

isnt' that the direction crossbows are heading?  

4 miles would be useless but 200 yards would be nice 

[Bubblehead]

Here’s why none of this is believable to me. The .50BMG is not the most ballistically superior bullet in existence, the .416 Barrett is so why wouldn’t you use that bullet for this application?

to remain a stable and constistently accurate round the bullet needs to remain hypersonic until it reaches its target.  The .416 Barrett loses hypersonic ability at about 1.2 miles and the .50 bmg around 1 mile. The belief that they can magically make this round travel at hypersonic speed at 4 times what it can now is ridiculous. 
 

third. Even if it was possible for this rifle to suddenly shoot that far they would have to make the round so heavy and the charge so great no human would be able to absorb the recoil without making the rifle either so heavy that it wouldn’t be practical as a “sniper rifle” or make it a semi auto making it less accurate than it needs to be with use of a muzzle break that would instantly give away your position 

[Lunatic]

31 minutes ago, Bubblehead said:

Here’s why none of this is believable to me. The .50BMG is not the most ballistically superior bullet in existence, the .416 Barrett is so why wouldn’t you use that bullet for this application?

to remain a stable and constistently accurate round the bullet needs to remain hypersonic until it reaches its target.  The .416 Barrett loses hypersonic ability at about 1.2 miles and the .50 bmg around 1 mile. The belief that they can magically make this round travel at hypersonic speed at 4 times what it can now is ridiculous. 
 

third. Even if it was possible for this rifle to suddenly shoot that far they would have to make the round so heavy and the charge so great no human would be able to absorb the recoil without making the rifle either so heavy that it wouldn’t be practical as a “sniper rifle” or make it a semi auto making it less accurate than it needs to be with use of a muzzle break that would instantly give away your position 

Not much of an argument froM me on the practicality of this weapon, or even if it’s possible to make one but didn’t the article say they are making a new 50 cal round. If so then your first two paragraphs are out the window.