In August, Corporal Christopher Reynolds, of the Black Watch, Scotland's best known regiment, took out a Taliban leader in Afghanistan's Helmand Province at 1,853 meters, (they typoed kilometers), nearly two kliks. As the Daily Mail reports, that's the sniping distance record for British forces in the region.
"I have to admit the first round landed next to him", Reynolds says. "We were so far away, that he didn't even realize he was being shot at."
Sources put Reynolds' rifle as the L115A3 Long Range Rifle in .338 Lapua, made by Accuracy International.
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Except for the typo, it's word for word, pg. 32 Shooter's Almanac.
Putting the For Sale sign on the truck tomorrow,....
1,853 meters, = 5,559 feet.
1 mile 5,280 feet.
Holy S***!!!

Glad those "kilt" wearing shooters are on our side...
