GPG shooting range 7070 yards 4 miles 

I've never seen a more impatient spotter lol, but that was awesome!

This is amazing. No action movie background music, just the desert crackling noise and lots of patience and concentration, like any true sniper.

When I was younger me and my brother would sit around drinking Mountain Dew and shoot soda cans with our .22’s at 4 miles all the time, with iron sights.

James is a patient man

I used to shoot .22 benchrest and it was amazing how much even a light wind would blow the bullet around. So honestly, each shot at these distances is a bang and a prayer. In 4 miles distance, the wind direction and velocity could change 20 times.

Just the feat in and of itself is mind blowing. If you've never done precesion long range shooting, you truly can't appreciate that. Wow

Blurring the lines between artillery and marksmanship. 😜 All joking aside, fantastic shooting! 👍

You know I was bowling. First time ever, and I got 2 strikes in a row after 5 hours of throwing balls down the same lane.

Moral of the story is your very safe at 4 miles away from shooter. A whole team of shooters can't work together to make a shot that far.

Dude, James is loaded and ready ..... he is just waiting for the "send it". Cool stuff

This is less like sniping and more like artillery ......Very cool though

Send it james. James send it. James are you okay? James sends it, GOD DAMMIT JAMES SEND IT, SEND IT JAMES! JAMES MF SEND IIITTTT!!😂😂 that's what it felt like 😂😂. Good shooting

This is actually kind of incredible. The amount of tenacity, physics, ballistic coefficients, meteorology, and just straight up luck leading to the final shot is absolutely incredible. Good job to the whole team involved for putting this together

Jealous of the awesome dust signatures, awesome work guys, you are legends!!!

The third to last shot was so close to the camera you could see the fleeting image of the bullet and hear the wind from it and then the impact, it was amazing.

Cool. However in my view this calls for a 155mm piece.

Awesome! Looks like you guys had lots of fun and thats all that matters.

Thanks for a cool video, and congrats at hitting at 7070. Def looks like old school fun with some buddies. Keep doing what you love.

Yes, yes, yes….incredible guys. This is one of most incredible shoot I’d never seen. Perfect.

Outstanding shipmates. Press on. USS Kitty Hawk CV-63. Jan 1980 to July 1983. Artillery for life.

Awesome team work fellows.❤

Very similar equipment used here, that the JTF2 team used to successfully eliminate a threat at 2miles. These guys showed just how accurate and repeatable the equipment is at a distance twice as far. Well done.

Outstanding shooting!

Great content, you're awesome guys! Thx and greetings from Berlin /Germany ✌️

That was an expensive day at the range

Congratulations on your achievement

That was truly amazing!! Would love to try that!!👍😉😄😄

Outstanding shipmates. Press on. USS Kitty Hawk CV-63. Jan 1980 to July 1983. Marksmen for life.

That was awesome guys you sir should be in the books for that shot I'm truly amazed 👏 hats off

awesome shooting! i use to shoot competition in the Marine Corps and 600yds with iron sight was my limit with M14. never shot with a scope when i was in the Marine Corps, scopes was only for STA platoon. Sgt 84-91

That's very cool. Godspeed

I was on an Army post team back in the early 70s. We had to use M14s, although these had been trued up by the armory, and we shot match-grade ammo. Iron sights put us at a disadvantage to the civilians with scopes. For me 600 yds was the furthest I was comfortable, and the one time we shot at 1000 even hitting a 5 ft2 target seemed like luck.

I think most people commenting don't understand what goes into hitting anywhere near a target at this range, let alone how perfect you have to be to even get close repeatedly. The shooter and the equipment have to be absolutely repeatable. Keep pushing the limits guys. Pretty cool.

I'm not a hater. I am curious. I read the comments and got most of the answers that I was looking for. One question though, how many rounds? As far as I'm concerned getting impacts in view of the camera by the target is an accomplishment.

Outstanding!!!!!🤙

Nice job guys great team work

Caliber? Barrel length? Rifle rig weight? Distance at which the Lab Radar loses track? Wonder what the bullet max elevation is in flight... Fantastic fun watching this.

That is quite the shot. Tens of thousands in equip and still took fifty (or more) shots. Proof at how much the slightest things impact the round. Spin drift, Coriolis effect, wind, temp change, humidity...

That's awesome 👌 👏 would have bin something to be there in person that's a crazy good shot only a few people in the world could have made that

Great job fellas I said here and watched that whole video

Watching this level of talent is a treat. I was an ordinary 400 yard guy- this so cool.

Paul - "Give me a shot center mass!" Lol no shit sherlock. Awesome work guys! It sucks how annoying Paul is but the man knows his shit, unless he's really hamming it up cuz he knows he's on camera lol... alot of unnecessary peanut gallery commentary hahaha

Major point. The correct term for what’s happening here between morning and evening is indeed ‘refraction’. But it isn’t refraction of light having an effect on the scope’s view. The term ‘refraction’ is used by snipers to represent the change in density of the air during the day. The effect of this on the round is the same as the effect of air density on light, but not in terms of the quantity of the effect. The effect on the light and the scope, even at these ranges is trivial. However, the effect of ‘refraction’ on the round over 4 miles is profound between morning and evening as this video clearly demonstrates. I haven’t got to the end yet, but I confidently predict the round was being ‘refracted’ down (that is the direction of this effect, morning to evening all other things being equal) so much they couldn’t see it striking the ground using their sighting paraphernalia (scopes, people and cameras). What amazes me is that this group of people didn’t know this. I learned it 55 years ago as a kid shooting for my school… and I’m definitely no sniper, in fact I’ve not shot a gun since then! EDIT: Turns out I was correct. Further, they were saying that the conditions were perfect. They were not, a breeze has started and changed direction by 170 (look at the flag) which accounts for the first round caught in camera being down and to the right (once they has lifted the barrel without knowing why it would work) to compensate for the ‘refraction’. Further, they changed the clicks without noticing the wind then changed back 170 degrees so the next shots went left. Then the wind dropped to zero (the flag flopped) and that was their first ‘hit’ (PS: and whilst this will seem like I’m a know it all, when it comes to this I really am not…. draw your own conclusions about the depth of knowledge this implies for this group) 😊

I love this. Its the most manly thing ever! :)

Thats incredible 😮 I cant believe all the negativity in the comments 😢 Im trying for something ridiculous myself. Daisy Powerline 880 to 200 yards is the goal! Going to need an adjustable scope base as I've run out of reticle and adjustment in the touretts at 120 yards. However I am getting a six inch group at 120 so im pretty sure i can get there if i can see the target! Its hard to see splash with such a small projectile which makes it even more difficult! Anyways congratulations on 4 miles!

I feel asleep. Did they ever hit the target?

Well this was like watching paint dry.

I don't know how Jane's kept calm with him behind. I mean also what's he on, only difference is where the sun is 😂 I guess he don't know about heat transfer then especially at range, angle of heat coming in fro the sun and heat rising changes the trajectory especially at 7070 😂

Seriously though, what an insanely long shot. I won't go past a K. The skill needed at that distance involves complicated maths. You boys are the stuff

When I first clicked on this, I was thinking to myself: "How can the shooter even see the target through his scope, given the elevation/altitude-angle of his rifle?" Then I finally looked more carefully, and (with some embarrassment) realized there was another optics device mounted in front of the scope. Ahh, that must be some type of mirror system to add extreme MOA correction to a fixed barrel and scope/sighting system. I never saw this before. Did some quick searching, and it is a TACOM HQ Charlie Tarac. Very cool.

Looking at how the target is laid back ... looks like a 45 to 55 degree angle ... pretty much sums this up. It's not so much "shooting" as "lobbing" the round on target. Good stuff.

It's hard for me to believe that a shot can be made MORE THAN ONCE at those distances.

The navy call it a salvo throw enough lead at it and eventually you might hit it

I love how at that correction angle he just has to get the bolt open and the bolt is so smooth it takes care of ejecting the brass.

That’s awesome!

I threw a rock that far one time. They didn't count as a hit because it bounced off the ground before it hit the target. But it rang the target and that was close enough for me. It was a river sandstone, if anyone was curious. The smooth overall shape combined with the rough surface texture gave it a better BC than a normal rock shaped rock.

That is simply amazing, the the precision it takes to lineup each shot. With the spotters i'd hate to be on the other end of that thing. With all these guys making sure you hit your target, you're pretty much screwed.

Awesome job you are F ing Champions. 😅

I used to shoot my Norinco AK at 2 miles, but I got tired of walking that far to replace the paper plates.

I call this: golfing 😂 nice shooting and congrats 🎉

It’s really practical as a take down weapon at that range as yet but keep doing it and different techniques come into use and who knows what might be capable on a reliable scale

Yes my friends. A normal 4 mile shoot. Very simple. Aim rifle at moon as it roughly rises over the target. Hold breath and gently squeeze the trigger.

I broke my own record in 2024, 75 feet with my 2023 slingshot 😏

There's a man here ,he took a 45-110 Springfield at 1.3 miles open sights hit dead on in 3 shots. It's amazing what quality weapons can do. I just got my 6 arc, and I can't wait. At 1,820, i can bulleye a quarter with my .224. I love long-range shooting. Hand loads and quality equipment can do a lot.

Extraordunary!

Amazing.

I have been flying my hang glider from Jean Ridge for 45yrs now. I sure hope you send someone up to the top to make sure no one is setting up to fly the ridge evening glass off!!!

I have a double feeling about these shots, You can shoot all day, all week, and have 1 hit. It's only impressive if the shot is somewhat "effective". Like within a number of shots / any repeatability. Anyone get more info on that? I would love to see the luck factor reduced. Not taking anything away from these guys and the shooting though! I'm already happy with a 308 at 1000 yards 😂.

My shoulder hurts watching this.

Amazing...

As much as I like distance shooting, this shot at this range is impractical in every situation. I know that there are confirmed kills from a distance, but 30 sec till round impact is a shot in gods hands.

With shooting and accuracy there is a point of diminishing returns . If you can’t be consistent with at least hitting a given target , what have you accomplished , other than how far your projectile will travel . A blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while .

Hey guys, great doing, going to shoot here in Namibia up to Ko2M as well. Be curious about your connection between the camera near target and tablet. Be tired to drive permanetly to check out the hits... Tanks, Thomas

Did I miss what cartridge and bullet they are using?

why not put a camera on the sighting or spotters lens so people can see the trail vapor from the projectile and impact points?

What caliber is it?? What rifle?? Nice shot brother

Send it James, send it!

Nice shooting boys!

Blind sow finds an acorn every once in a while.

Just lobbing bullets in till you hit a target is so awesome

Imagine your spotter rushing you to send it, it's only 4 MILES...

That spotter, "You alright, James? was like he had money on the line. James was just trying to be safe and not waste $10.00 per shot ammo. Made good on some indirect fire, artillery. Never seen a 4-mile shot before. Some serious periscope apparatus there. You gotta have perfect no-wind conditions, otherwise it's less science and more hope+wish+prayer.

I can do that with my red rider and open sites shooting up hill both ways in the middle of winter.... No but for real awesome shooting! My man is working that primary extraction. Good stuff!

That's by far nowhere near fancy shooting

tkzzc for sharing.,.,.,peace

Fire for effect!!!

7070 yards = 7070 cartridges:)

The compensation for drop is pretty crazy, let alone windage which would make it an impossible shot over 15 knots....the earth rotated one and twenty fourth seconds by the time the shot succumbed to gravity.....

took 8 seconds to hit that target from that distance , mind blown

18:00. Thats a helluva bullet😊

Great work and art, I beg to differ with this discipline of rifle shooting due to the fact that rifle is a direct shooting weapon and it’s beauty lies there. This form of extreme long range shooting changes the very purpose of rifle. Moreover, in which practical scenario this capability would be required?

I thought I was a bad ass when I hit my target at a mile two years ago at the same range, but man that was awesome!!!! What caliber is that rifle chambered??

Awesome !

I would love a go at that? 4 miles crikey I can't even see that far!. I will add it to my bucket list.

Those who are critical of these guys are the same type of guys who spends thousands of dollars and countless hours hitting a little white ball into little round holes in a big green field with stupid looking sticks 😅

sometimes too much of good things just become silly.

When does the gun turn into indirect fire from the angle

I'd recommend seeking (or installing) an Oehler ballistic instrumentation (acoustic sky screens) system on your range. And possibly a Weibel tracking radar. While expensive, between those systems you can much more accurately track and score each shot, and not be as dependent on visual spotting.

If I were James, I would tell smart mouth to shoot it himself

“Are you ok” “are you ok” what a tool.