Let me guess, you’ve never fired a rifle while amped up on adrenaline. If you had you’d know most shots will miss unless you’re conditioned to the adrenaline response. Shaky hands and near hyperventilation make for horrible shot groups.
125 yards is only an easy shot for a professional shooter who has been exposed to duress to numb that adrenaline response. This was a 20 year old kid who had never been to war.
I did not see one on the rifle in the tmz video of him opening fire and getting counter sniped
I’ve seen other comments saying the same but maybe wait for more official reporting because it was video taken by an attendee on their phone. Not the highest/clearest quality
Maybe I’m over estimating the ability of the shooter, but not only can I make that kind of shot now, I could at that age. If you can’t climb a tree stand and make a clean shot with your heart pumping, you aren’t going to even get close to the target anyway.
Adrenaline is a huge factor, I can’t deny that. But if it was enough of a factor to foul the shot, that was an incredibly lucky earpiercing.
I dunno, maybe I am just too used to good shooting. My grandfather was a competitive shooter, and he’s the one that taught all of us. Most of my family that shoots could make that shot and it wouldn’t be anything to brag about at camp.
But the rest of it still smacks of a planned shooting that wasn’t supposed to kill trump.
Let me guess, you’ve never fired a rifle while amped up on adrenaline. If you had you’d know most shots will miss unless you’re conditioned to the adrenaline response. Shaky hands and near hyperventilation make for horrible shot groups.
125 yards is only an easy shot for a professional shooter who has been exposed to duress to numb that adrenaline response. This was a 20 year old kid who had never been to war.
Way easier shot if you bring a fucking scope
Kid didn’t have a scope on that rifle?
I did not see one on the rifle in the tmz video of him opening fire and getting counter sniped
I’ve seen other comments saying the same but maybe wait for more official reporting because it was video taken by an attendee on their phone. Not the highest/clearest quality
we’ll add that one to the “impulse killing with a truck gun” theory, then
125 is a mid range shot.
Maybe I’m over estimating the ability of the shooter, but not only can I make that kind of shot now, I could at that age. If you can’t climb a tree stand and make a clean shot with your heart pumping, you aren’t going to even get close to the target anyway.
Adrenaline is a huge factor, I can’t deny that. But if it was enough of a factor to foul the shot, that was an incredibly lucky earpiercing.
I dunno, maybe I am just too used to good shooting. My grandfather was a competitive shooter, and he’s the one that taught all of us. Most of my family that shoots could make that shot and it wouldn’t be anything to brag about at camp.
But the rest of it still smacks of a planned shooting that wasn’t supposed to kill trump.
I think “Planned Non-Lethal Shot At POTUS’s Head” falls on the wrong side of Occam’s Razor.