Subject: U.S. Army sniper nails record shot

[JB]

Wow this is impressive, as anyone who is any sort of a gun enthusiast can appreciate a shot like this with a .30 cal round.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/world...1618-6393r.htm
RAMADI, Iraq -- Gazing through the telescopic sight of his M-24 rifle, Army Staff Sgt. Jim Gilliland, leader of Shadow sniper team, fixed his eye on the Iraqi insurgent who had just killed an American soldier.
His quarry stood nonchalantly in the fourth-floor bay window of a hospital in battle-torn Ramadi, still clasping a long-barreled Kalashnikov. Instinctively allowing for wind speed and bullet drop, Shadow's commander aimed 12 feet high.
A single shot hit the Iraqi in the chest and killed him instantly. It had been fired from a range of more than three-quarters of a mile, well beyond the capacity of the powerful Leupold sight, accurate to 3,300 feet.

12 feet of elevation?!?! are you kidding me, thats insane.