Initial reports are saying he was on the roof for several minutes. I’m sure more/better details will come in the following days.
As for the range, 125 yds is WELL within effective range for AR-15s and .223/5.56. Personally, mine is sighted for 220 yd so the ballistic markings are accurate out to 600 yds. There’s a nearby 500 yd range that people frequently take their AR-15s to for longer range shooting. This is also considered “medium range” as far as rifles go.
Ehhh, as mid tier as the ar platform is for precision shooting, a decent scope and sighting it in, you aren’t going to miss at that range unless you intend to, or you’re just a bad shooter.
I acknowledged that the person could just be that incompetent, and the choice of rifle would seem to point to that, but I don’t buy it. The timing, when this is far from the first time the target was in public long enough to make an attempt, I just don’t believe that this is anything other than a deliberate move to garner support and radicalize his supporters more.
Seriously, I wear bifocals, and I have made shots that were worse than that, with 223. It was not with an ar, but I would argue that the difference is moot since the ar platform can be decent at mid range shooting like that.
The shooter was under high stress. He probably didn’t have that many seconds to make the shot before he would be spotted by Secret Service.
According to reports he also used an AR-15, which is not ideal for that kind of range.
Initial reports are saying he was on the roof for several minutes. I’m sure more/better details will come in the following days.
As for the range, 125 yds is WELL within effective range for AR-15s and .223/5.56. Personally, mine is sighted for 220 yd so the ballistic markings are accurate out to 600 yds. There’s a nearby 500 yd range that people frequently take their AR-15s to for longer range shooting. This is also considered “medium range” as far as rifles go.
Ehhh, as mid tier as the ar platform is for precision shooting, a decent scope and sighting it in, you aren’t going to miss at that range unless you intend to, or you’re just a bad shooter.
I acknowledged that the person could just be that incompetent, and the choice of rifle would seem to point to that, but I don’t buy it. The timing, when this is far from the first time the target was in public long enough to make an attempt, I just don’t believe that this is anything other than a deliberate move to garner support and radicalize his supporters more.
Seriously, I wear bifocals, and I have made shots that were worse than that, with 223. It was not with an ar, but I would argue that the difference is moot since the ar platform can be decent at mid range shooting like that.
I respect your opinion, I just disagree.
He didn’t have a scope.
Wait, really? I haven’t kept up with everything about it, but I could have sworn it was scoped.
That really does change the difficulty of the shot from middling to holy shit territory.