It’s bullet drop. Bullets don’t fly perfectly straight. There is an arch to them. So if they are both pointing at each other it’s not a laser rifle. It’s not a video game where ever shot from the sniper basically comes straight from the scope. Nicholas Ivering talks about something similar basically when you are shooting at extreme distances you’re basically playing volleyball with bullets.
OK, when it comes to long range rifle rounds, (ESPECIALLY in the 30 caliber area, it can get quite confusing,) the .308 Winchester, the 30-06 Springfield, the .300 Winchester Magnum, .30 Nosler, .30-375 Wby Magnum, .300 H&H Magnum, .30 Carbine, and 30-30 Winchester, ALL of these calibers have the SAME bullet diameter of .308 inch diameter, 2 of them are different from all of the others, the 30-30 winchester is a heavy round nosed bullet and is loaded into a "RIMMED" cartridge, and is used for hunting in brushy and bushy areas where you might have to shoot through small tree limbs or twigs, it carries a slower velocity so the bullet is not easily knocked off it's flight path between the muzzle of the rifle and the target, the .30 Carbine has a similar bullet but it is lighter, and it is loaded into a STRAIGHT walled cartridge, and was designed for close quarters to mid range urban combat, it less than a piercing round and more of a hard hitting blunt force round, ALL of the other can and do use the same bullets, they are all .308 inches in diameter, their lengths and designs might vary slightly, gut their weights will all be between 150 grains to 245 grains, and typically come to a sharp point, the .308 Winchester is a very common hunting round, used for mid sized game, such as mule deer, white tail deer, cariboo, and other animals in that size range, and mid range sniper activities in combat, usually ranging from 500 to 1,000 yards, the 30-06 Springfield has nearly the identical performance characteristics as the .308 Winchester, the only real differences between the 2 cartridge's is case length, the 30-06 Springfield brass is .200 inch longer to accomodate a thicker base and primer housing, other than that they are virtually identical, NOW getting into the other ones, such as the .300 Winchester Magnum, .300 H&H Magnum, for hunting these are considered DANGEROUS GAME rounds, such as moose, elk, bears, large cats such as lions, and tigers, even though they use the same bullet, their cartridges are much different than the others, typically up to .250 inch longer and .150 inch bigger in diameter, they can hold about 50% MORE gunpowder than the .308 Winchester and the 30-06 Springfield, now where the .308 Winchester and 30-06 Springfield, (TYPICALLY) has muzzle velocities of around 2,700 ish FPS, (Feet Per Second) the .300 Winchester magnum and .300 H&H Magnum have muzzle velocities ranging from 3,700 FPS to 4,200 FPS depending on bullet weight, type of gunpowder is loaded with, and other variances, now the .308 Winchester and 30-06 Springfield as stated are nearly identical performance speaking, and have nearly identical effective ranges of 500 to 1,000 yards, the .300 Winchester Magnum and .300 H&H Magnum are also similar in both muzzle velocity and range and that range is usually between 500 yards and 1875 yards, because of the significantly higher velocity, their bullet path in flight also has a measurable FLATTER trajectory, now there are 2 primary ways that bullets do damage to organic targets such as animals and people, a heavier but slower bullet usually does what is called BLUNT FORCE damage, think of hitting your thumb with a hammer, basically this involves hitting with a lot of force spread out over a larger area involves more bruising and crushing of tissue at and around the site of impact, and the other is called VELOCITY damage, think of taking that hammer and driving a needle through your thumb but doing so at 2,700 or more FPS, at those speeds, a rifle bullet carries with it a small SHOCK WAVE, think of a fighter jet as it is crossing the supersonic threshold, once you get a rifle bullet to about 1,200 FPS or higher, and until it slows down to 1,200 FPS and lower, a supersonic shockwave is carried along with the bullet from the leading point of the bullet and this supersonic shockwave is incredibly destructive to organic tissue such as flesh, organs, LIQUIDS such as brain tissue and blood, and air cavities such as lungs, and IF the bullet velocity is still very high when it enters the body, that shockwave tends to liquify things like the heart, kidneys, liver, brain, ECT. while this does ensure pretty much an instant kill, which is very important especially on the battlefield, the mechanics can be rather disturbing, I hope that helps your understanding.
scopes are angled in a way where its like your looking from the barrel when you look through them. otherwise it would kind of defeat the purpose of having one if it was looking at a spot the bullet wasn't going to go lol
The bullet gets there before the sound. tt took roughly seven seconds for the sound to get there on the 2500 yard shot. That's roughly 2.3 km. He hadn't been through Marine Force Recon selection and training which would have.been a requirement for MACV-SOG. The Model 700 .308 he used was actually a specially built USMC M40 Sniper Rifle in 7.62x51 (Military version of .308) that the Remington Custom Shop built based on the M700 Action. The Marine Corp was switching from .30/06 to the 7.62x51 for their match rifles which is the ammo the used for sniping. Because the .30/06 Match Ammo was designed for the M1 Garand it was similar power to 7.62x51 unlike the Civilian Ammo.
The Mythbusters were operating out of California and had to get permission from Discovery Channel for most of their purchases. I'm guessing military grade, full-metal jacket rounds were hard to come by and when they *did* get to the full-metal jackets, it was simpler to go with armor piercing.
Full metal jacket rounds are the most common and are often the least-regulated type of ammunition available. It should have been very easy and cheap to replicate the shot accurately. I’d guess they cut corners to use guns and equipment they already had on hand, thinking they could still prove the concept
you say were as if this was a long ass time ago. it was like 10-15 years ago when the mythbusters did this, FMJ were not that hard to come by lol if nick got them easily there's no reason the discovery channel couldn't
@@brigidtheirish what does nick not living in cali have to do with anything? you dont think the mythbusters are not able to travel over a few states or something? lol
@@brigidtheirish also choosing the simpler option instead of the correct option is kind of the problem lol and i wasnt talking about the word choice of "were" i was talking about the fact you think hollow points were hard to come by as if america was on war bonds or something and low on supplies lol
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It’s bullet drop. Bullets don’t fly perfectly straight. There is an arch to them. So if they are both pointing at each other it’s not a laser rifle. It’s not a video game where ever shot from the sniper basically comes straight from the scope. Nicholas Ivering talks about something similar basically when you are shooting at extreme distances you’re basically playing volleyball with bullets.
OK, when it comes to long range rifle rounds, (ESPECIALLY in the 30 caliber area, it can get quite confusing,) the .308 Winchester, the 30-06 Springfield, the .300 Winchester Magnum, .30 Nosler, .30-375 Wby Magnum, .300 H&H Magnum, .30 Carbine, and 30-30 Winchester, ALL of these calibers have the SAME bullet diameter of .308 inch diameter, 2 of them are different from all of the others, the 30-30 winchester is a heavy round nosed bullet and is loaded into a "RIMMED" cartridge, and is used for hunting in brushy and bushy areas where you might have to shoot through small tree limbs or twigs, it carries a slower velocity so the bullet is not easily knocked off it's flight path between the muzzle of the rifle and the target, the .30 Carbine has a similar bullet but it is lighter, and it is loaded into a STRAIGHT walled cartridge, and was designed for close quarters to mid range urban combat, it less than a piercing round and more of a hard hitting blunt force round, ALL of the other can and do use the same bullets, they are all .308 inches in diameter, their lengths and designs might vary slightly, gut their weights will all be between 150 grains to 245 grains, and typically come to a sharp point, the .308 Winchester is a very common hunting round, used for mid sized game, such as mule deer, white tail deer, cariboo, and other animals in that size range, and mid range sniper activities in combat, usually ranging from 500 to 1,000 yards, the 30-06 Springfield has nearly the identical performance characteristics as the .308 Winchester, the only real differences between the 2 cartridge's is case length, the 30-06 Springfield brass is .200 inch longer to accomodate a thicker base and primer housing, other than that they are virtually identical, NOW getting into the other ones, such as the .300 Winchester Magnum, .300 H&H Magnum, for hunting these are considered DANGEROUS GAME rounds, such as moose, elk, bears, large cats such as lions, and tigers, even though they use the same bullet, their cartridges are much different than the others, typically up to .250 inch longer and .150 inch bigger in diameter, they can hold about 50% MORE gunpowder than the .308 Winchester and the 30-06 Springfield, now where the .308 Winchester and 30-06 Springfield, (TYPICALLY) has muzzle velocities of around 2,700 ish FPS, (Feet Per Second) the .300 Winchester magnum and .300 H&H Magnum have muzzle velocities ranging from 3,700 FPS to 4,200 FPS depending on bullet weight, type of gunpowder is loaded with, and other variances, now the .308 Winchester and 30-06 Springfield as stated are nearly identical performance speaking, and have nearly identical effective ranges of 500 to 1,000 yards, the .300 Winchester Magnum and .300 H&H Magnum are also similar in both muzzle velocity and range and that range is usually between 500 yards and 1875 yards, because of the significantly higher velocity, their bullet path in flight also has a measurable FLATTER trajectory, now there are 2 primary ways that bullets do damage to organic targets such as animals and people, a heavier but slower bullet usually does what is called BLUNT FORCE damage, think of hitting your thumb with a hammer, basically this involves hitting with a lot of force spread out over a larger area involves more bruising and crushing of tissue at and around the site of impact, and the other is called VELOCITY damage, think of taking that hammer and driving a needle through your thumb but doing so at 2,700 or more FPS, at those speeds, a rifle bullet carries with it a small SHOCK WAVE, think of a fighter jet as it is crossing the supersonic threshold, once you get a rifle bullet to about 1,200 FPS or higher, and until it slows down to 1,200 FPS and lower, a supersonic shockwave is carried along with the bullet from the leading point of the bullet and this supersonic shockwave is incredibly destructive to organic tissue such as flesh, organs, LIQUIDS such as brain tissue and blood, and air cavities such as lungs, and IF the bullet velocity is still very high when it enters the body, that shockwave tends to liquify things like the heart, kidneys, liver, brain, ECT. while this does ensure pretty much an instant kill, which is very important especially on the battlefield, the mechanics can be rather disturbing, I hope that helps your understanding.
Hmm that is interesting thanks for the information
scopes are angled in a way where its like your looking from the barrel when you look through them. otherwise it would kind of defeat the purpose of having one if it was looking at a spot the bullet wasn't going to go lol
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The bullet gets there before the sound.
tt took roughly seven seconds for the sound to get there on the 2500 yard shot. That's roughly 2.3 km.
He hadn't been through Marine Force Recon selection and training which would have.been a requirement for MACV-SOG.
The Model 700 .308 he used was actually a specially built USMC M40 Sniper Rifle in 7.62x51 (Military version of .308) that the Remington Custom Shop built based on the M700 Action. The Marine Corp was switching from .30/06 to the 7.62x51 for their match rifles which is the ammo the used for sniping. Because the .30/06 Match Ammo was designed for the M1 Garand it was similar power to 7.62x51 unlike the Civilian Ammo.
The Mythbusters were operating out of California and had to get permission from Discovery Channel for most of their purchases. I'm guessing military grade, full-metal jacket rounds were hard to come by and when they *did* get to the full-metal jackets, it was simpler to go with armor piercing.
Full metal jacket rounds are the most common and are often the least-regulated type of ammunition available.
It should have been very easy and cheap to replicate the shot accurately. I’d guess they cut corners to use guns and equipment they already had on hand, thinking they could still prove the concept
you say were as if this was a long ass time ago. it was like 10-15 years ago when the mythbusters did this, FMJ were not that hard to come by lol if nick got them easily there's no reason the discovery channel couldn't
@@rileytruax766 I said "were" as if it's past tense. Could've been last week. And Nic doesn't live in *California.*
@@brigidtheirish what does nick not living in cali have to do with anything? you dont think the mythbusters are not able to travel over a few states or something? lol
@@brigidtheirish also choosing the simpler option instead of the correct option is kind of the problem lol and i wasnt talking about the word choice of "were" i was talking about the fact you think hollow points were hard to come by as if america was on war bonds or something and low on supplies lol
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