Midland's Paul Phillips part of world-record four-mile rifle shot
Paul Phillips has forged tremendous success in his 25 years as a competitive marksman....
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I'm pretty sure Paul would tell you flat out that he doesn't think of it as a record if you asked him. This was a research project more than anything.
-Alex
-Alex
I think he said so in Frank’s podcast.
It was not a record attempt
just data collection.
It is what it is, though it's absolutely good data there...
Yup I wouldn’t consider it a record and neither does Paul but it was great data and he now has better dope for that range. Said on his Facebook page he is going for 4.5 miles next. Would love to be a forward observer on that one
We used forward observers but they had to be well short of the target for safety. They could call side to side correction but they had a very hard time calling long or short with any accuracy. Once he got close I was mostly calling warmer or colder based on sound signature from the video relay. Once he was in view of the camera, the FO guys didn't have a lot to do. We switched shooters and bullets enough to require keeping them down there so they certainly played their part. Wouldn't call it an enviable job though.
-Alex
I’d bet I would have learned quite a bit from just being there though.
Living the dream!!!!
Living the dream!!!!
I know right...
Believe me, there was so much data gained, that the record was not the objective...
ELR is a thinking man's game, and much more than slinging projectiles as far as you can.
69th shot come on this isn't rifle shooting this is calling in very small artillery. Do it in 5 shots hell even 10 shots or less then I will consider it making a shot with a rifle.
What was the data gained point your rifle at the moon pull the trigger your bound to hit something 3-4 miles away.....LOL
And a Max Ordinate of 2300 feet!
What I would like to know is, could you set up in the same area again, send a round downrange and hit "near" the target with the data collected ?
That would be impressive.
Keep up the good work.
SJC
That would be impressive.
Keep up the good work.
SJC
Maybe
Maybe not
The more times you shot there the better your data gets and the better chance of you being really close on the first shot.
I astonished anyone would be slagging this. Dudes out shooting. Doing his thing. WTF.
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