Blackvegetable » 16 Oct 2020, 10:33 am » wrote: ↑
So the designers were tasked with designing "Safe, Semi, and Auto", or a weapon which could reasonably reliably knock down the enemy at a distance of up to 750 yds?
You are, without any question, one of the Dumbest **** alive.
The effective range of an AR 15 is 400-600 meters which is about 650 yards on the high end. Many weapons can do that. Plus, that is a function of the ammo as well . A weapon like my Henry 45 could, in the right hands, do this:
Even today, many shooters like to compete with the .45/70 in long-range blackpowder events, taking on targets 1,000 yards or more distant, despite the round’s rainbow trajectory.
What else you got?