• FireTower@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I didn’t hear anything suggesting he used irons, that’d be a very odd choice. Most modern ARs don’t come with irons or an optic and you can get red dots much better than just irons for under $200.

      And irons would decidedly be harder but 100 yards still is very achievable by a novice who follows fundamentals.

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        3 months ago

        Sorry, in this case I’m referring to no magnification. Your right that’s there’s a bunch of things that could be sights without it being irons.

        The photos and media speculation seem to suggest that there wasn’t a scope.

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        I still don’t think this is as easy as people make it out to be. Yes, a novice could put a tight grouping downrange - but could they do that on their first shot, on a hot metal roof, with adrenaline pumping.

        I know it typically takes me a few rounds at the range to get dialed in.

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      I think it’s easier than you think, especially from prone and especially if you have any previous experience, which I assume the shooter did.

      Here’s a page out of a US military training manual to get an idea of how “wide” the front sight looks on a human size target. And remember, Trump is considerably wider than these silhouettes.

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        3 months ago

        I’ve shot rifles. It’s not hard to do at a range after you’ve dialed yourself in.

        It’s a lot harder to pull off on the first shot under pressure on a hot roof.

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          Yeah I guess that’s a fair point.

          And at the end of the day, it was clearly difficult for him, or he wouldn’t have missed so many times.