re: Do you think the shooter was aiming at the neck?

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From a buddy who knows what he’s speaking about.

Do me a favor. I know some of you on here will be tempted to surmise about what happened today as a “professional hit” and all sorts of nonsense.

Before you post it, click that privacy button, select “Friends Except” and then select me.

Because, I know for a fricking fact that NONE of those of you who’ll do this have been to any service level sniper school. And as such, I will personally embarrass you

So, before you do it, consider the aforementioned, and following, from me, a graduate of the 1st Marine Division Scout Sniper School, and various Special Operations Training Group packages SOTIC as well as deploying as a sniper in Somalia and the GWOT

Fact: the person who did this is not a trained professional. They are an ideologue driven crazy by the radical left’s incessant demonization of anyone with differing beliefs and as such, felt obligated to carry out this and saw it as their duty to “protect democracy”.

Fact: It was not a difficult shot. The speed of sound at the scene (4,487ft 89° F) is approximately 1,148 feet per second. Based on the videos, the sonic “crack” of the bullet followed by the report of the rifle by about .23 to .30 seconds. That works out to around 88 to 115 yards. The average drop of the M118LR round at that ranges on a flat range (remember flat range) is +0.2 to -0.5 inches with a full value 10mph wind deflection of 0.7 inches. Now, external factors such as height of bore of the optic can impact this, but im just going with centerline of the bore. So, for all intents and purposes, no hold overs etc. point of aim, point of impact. It does not make this person a “trained professional”.

Fact: Round hit high. This is because the shooter did not account for the fact that they were firing from an elevated position. A bullet will generally impact higher than expected when shooting from an elevated position at a target at a significant angle, this is also affected by range. This effect is compensated for by applying the cosine of the angle. Let’s say the shooter is at 114 yards and is shooting down at a 30° angle. The cosine would be 0.8660254. Which means the range to adjust for would be 98 yards. This is why the round was high. Once again, this is centerline of the bore and not accounting for height over bore Even though it was only slightly high, this was exacerbated by the oblique angle to the victim’s right. The round struck what appears to be the victim’s right clavicle, deflecting through the trachea and exiting through the left side of the neck with the temporary wound channel apparently catastrophically severing the left common or external carotid arteries, and possibly both. This illustrates that the shooter only had flat range experience. It is also possible that because he was NOT a “trained professional” he also added to this by shooting high, a common mistake for novices.

Did the shooter know how to proficiently handle a firearm? Yes. Are they a professional? No.

I hope when they find them, and they will, i pray they are not taken in. I don’t want to give them a platform of a trial. They don’t deserve it and the rhetoric their legal team will spout will inspire more of this.

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at 200 yards? That’s a lot of drop.

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