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Snipers are defined, at least in part, by their unmatched ability to put precision fire on a target at great — sometimes extreme — distances. Staff Sgt. Hunter Bernius, a Marine Corps scout sniper who runs an advanced urban sniper training course, walked Insider through his most technically difficult shot, which involved shooting a target 2,300 meters away. At that distance, it takes the bullet a few seconds to reach the target, so the sniper must carefully factor in wind, direction, time of day, the spindrift of the round — and potentially even the rotation of the Earth.

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Top editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy US military snipers have to be able to make the hard shots, the seemingly impossible shots. They have to be able to push themselves and their weapons. Staff Sgt. Hunter Bernius, a veteran Marine Corps scout sniper who runs an advanced urban sniper training course, walked Insider through his most technically difficult shot. He fired a bullet into a training target roughly 2,300 meters (1.4 miles, or 7,545 feet) away with a .50-caliber sniper rifle. Hunter Bernius, a Weapons Company scout sniper and native of Lufkin, Texas, taking a shooting position during field training at an undisclosed location. US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tommy Huynh Snipers operate away from the larger force and are used to scout the movements of enemy troops, gather intelligence, and eliminate targets on the battlefield. These dangerous missions require them to become masters of stealth and concealment, as well as very skilled sharpshooters. The longest confirmed kill shot was taken by a Canadian special forces sniper who shot an ISIS militant dead at 3,540 meters, or 2.2 miles, in Iraq in 2017. The previous record was held by Craig Harrison, a British sniper who shot and killed a Taliban insurgent from 2,475 meters away. "There are definitely people out there who have done amazing things," US Army 1st Sgt. Kevin Sipes, a veteran sniper and instructor at the sniper school at Fort Benning in Georgia, told Insider. "Anything is possible." While 2,300 meters may not be a record, especially not in a training scenario, it is still a very hard shot to make. It requires a lot of work to get the shot on target.

'Hard math'

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US military snipers typically operate at ranges of 600 to 1,200 meters. At extreme ranges, the Marine is pushing their weapon past its limits. The M107 semiautomatic long-range sniper rifles used by the Marine Corps, for instance, can fire effectively out to only about 1,800 meters. "Shooting on the ground can be easy, especially when you are shooting 600 meters in or 1,000 meters in. That's almost second nature," Bernius explained to Insider. "But when you are extending it to the extremes, beyond the capability of the weapon system, you have all kinds of different things to consider." At those longer ranges, a sniper has to rely a lot more on "hard math" than just shooter instinct. Bernius, a Texas native who has deployed to Iraq and other locations across the Middle East, said that he made his most technically difficult shot when he was a student in the advanced sniper course, a training program for Marine Corps sharpshooters who have already completed basic sniper training. "When I came through as a student at the course I am running now, my partner and I were shooting at a target at approximately 2,300 meters," Bernius said. "We did in fact hit it, but it took approximately 20 to 25 minutes of planning, thinking of everything we needed to do with calculations, with the readings." At that distance, Insider learned, it can take the bullet a few seconds to reach the target, meaning there is a whole lot of time for any number of external factors to affect where it lands. "You have all kinds of considerations," Bernius told Insider, explaining that snipers have to think about "the rotation of the Earth, which direction you are facing, wind at not just your muzzle but at 2,300 meters, at 1,000 meters, you name it." Direction and rotation of the Earth are considerations that most people might not realize come into play. Which direction the sniper is facing can affect the way the sun hits the scope, possibly distorting the image inside and throwing off the shot. It also determines how the rotation of the planet affects the bullet, which may hit higher or lower depending on the sniper's position.

"This is only for extreme long-range, shots over 2,000 meters," Bernius said.

Other possible considerations include the temperature, the humidity, the time of day, whether the sniper is shooting over a body of water (it can create a mirage), the shape of the bullet, and the spindrift of the round. "We ended up hitting it," Bernius said. "That, to me, was probably the most technically difficult shot."

businessinsider.com - Here's How a Marine Sniper Hit a Target Over 7,500 Feet Away

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