Author Thomas Gomez had this to say about the Russian 4604 yard shot when he reported it.
"Though impressive, the unofficial world records are amusing due to the lack of a sanctioning by a governing body. It is hard to consider a long distance shot a world record when dozens of rounds were likely sent down range in the hope of hitting a target."
Evidently he doesn't feel the same way about the american 5000 yard shot.
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Life is too short too shoot ugly guns.
Just proves the theory...if you throw enough lead at something, eventually you'll hit it.
37 tries.
My thoughts exactly. To me, that hardly counts as a world record. It sounds much more like a cleaver marketing headline.
I'm not sure if there such a thing as a rule applied to attempts versus hits, but 1 of 37 is a lightning strike - not a repeatable, nor reliable indicator of the gun or the shooter.
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