New Longest Kill Record?

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Horizons Lord

Reminds me of a Serbu

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Seems it’s using a 14.5 necked down to .50

www.thefirearmblog.com

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The Ukrainian MAYAK arms plant has designed a new single-shot bolt-action anti-materiel rifle called Horizon's Lord ( ) chambered in a new cartridge that was specifically developed for this rifle. The cartridge is called 12.7x114HL. It is based on the 14.5x114mm case necked down to .50 caliber.
www.thefirearmblog.com www.thefirearmblog.com

Wasn’t there a guy claiming to be a Ukrainian sniper on here a while back posting pics of this round & platform? I wonder…
 
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Some info in this thread near the end. Running Bartlein barrels. Worth looking at Frank’s post if interested in the round

www.snipershide.com

"Ukrainian sniper shoots Russian from '1.68 miles away' – the second-longest kill ever"

This was mentioned in the big Ukraine thread, but since this is The Hide, a near record shot kinda deserves its own place. Couple of Brit papers and the NY Post have picked up the tale. Presented for your careful and considered analysis...
www.snipershide.com www.snipershide.com
 
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232593 said:
Seems it’s using a 14.5 necked down to .50

www.thefirearmblog.com

Ukrainian

The Ukrainian MAYAK arms plant has designed a new single-shot bolt-action anti-materiel rifle called Horizon's Lord ( ) chambered in a new cartridge that was specifically developed for this rifle. The cartridge is called 12.7x114HL. It is based on the 14.5x114mm case necked down to .50 caliber.
www.thefirearmblog.com www.thefirearmblog.com

Wasn’t there a guy claiming to be a Ukrainian sniper on here a while back posting pics of this round & platform? I wonder…
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I believe he called it "The Diplomat".
 
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RackSqueezeBang said:
I was thinking the same thing

What do you mean? What's the big difference?
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There is a huge difference in complete manufacturing, vs taking parts manufactured elsewhere and assembling them into a usable tool.


My asshole can produce a fart. It's manufactured elsewhere.

Same with taking a piss. Liquid is introduced to the body. It's processed and broken down by the stomach and intestines. It's filtered through the kidneys, stored in the bladder. <<<<>(that's manufacturing)

It's produced at the head of the dick.
 
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Mike Casselton said:
There is a huge difference in complete manufacturing, vs taking parts manufactured elsewhere and assembling them into a usable tool.


My asshole can produce a fart. It's manufactured elsewhere.

Same with taking a piss. Liquid is introduced to the body. It's processed and broken down by the stomach and intestines. It's filtered through the kidneys, stored in the bladder. <<<<>(that's manufacturing)

It's produced at the head of the dick.
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You're examples are pure magic, lol
 
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hafejd30 said:
Some info in this thread near the end. Running Bartlein barrels. Worth looking at Frank’s post if interested in the round

www.snipershide.com

"Ukrainian sniper shoots Russian from '1.68 miles away' – the second-longest kill ever"

This was mentioned in the big Ukraine thread, but since this is The Hide, a near record shot kinda deserves its own place. Couple of Brit papers and the NY Post have picked up the tale. Presented for your careful and considered analysis...
www.snipershide.com www.snipershide.com
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See my post #174.

We made them some barrels for testing etc...

They told me they tested other brands of barrels as well. Some accuracy wise came close to ours but didn't have the consistency.

Yes they want more. Whatever happened has got them stoked and it seems like the water faucet is turned on.
 
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Frank Green said:
See my post #174.

We made them some barrels for testing etc...

They told me they tested other brands of barrels as well. Some accuracy wise came close to ours but didn't have the consistency.

Yes they want more. Whatever happened has got them stoked and it seems like the water faucet is turned on.
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Cash
In
Advance........
 
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Threadcutter308 said:
Cash
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Yes. These are really out of the ordinary items to produce.

Plus export paperwork has to clear (it did before so I don't see an issue offhand) but not just clearing it's the time to get the approval as well.

Plus any overseas orders we require some sort of a deposit or payment in full. I'm not going to get stuck with the stuff if anything happens. Gotta have some skin in the game.

Overseas orders even what we considered standard stuff doesn't happen overnight.
 
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Frank Green said:
Yes. These are really out of the ordinary items to produce.

Plus export paperwork has to clear (it did before so I don't see an issue offhand) but not just clearing it's the time to get the approval as well.

Plus any overseas orders we require some sort of a deposit or payment in full. I'm not going to get stuck with the stuff if anything happens. Gotta have some skin in the game.

Overseas orders even what we considered standard stuff doesn't happen overnight.
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Yep, I had no doubt you had it dialed in.......;)
 
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So I’m buying a corrupt gov’t Bartlein barrels against my will because another corrupt gov’t holds a gun to my head while it robs me blind. Interesting. The regular man gets fucked always. I hope your corrupt contract is lucrative frank. Democracy depends on Ukraine's success the propagandists want me to believe.
 
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wade2big said:
So I’m buying a corrupt gov’t Bartlein barrels against my will because another corrupt gov’t holds a gun to my head while it robs me blind. Interesting. The regular man gets fucked always. I hope your corrupt contract is lucrative frank. Democracy depends on Ukraine's success the propagandists want me to believe.
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I get it and I'm with you on what your saying.

We're not raping for the barrels but we are not giving them away either. Also they are waiting time wise like anyone else we would be making something for.

I'll say this also and it's not just with us.... but other makers as well... guns, ammo, scopes etc... in some cases we get an order but we don't know where the stuff is going / who the end user/customer is.
 
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Frank Green said:
Yes. These are really out of the ordinary items to produce.

Plus export paperwork has to clear (it did before so I don't see an issue offhand) but not just clearing it's the time to get the approval as well.

Plus any overseas orders we require some sort of a deposit or payment in full. I'm not going to get stuck with the stuff if anything happens. Gotta have some skin in the game.

Overseas orders even what we considered standard stuff doesn't happen overnight.
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If this shot is indeed true, and they used your barrels, that's pretty awesome to have been a part of that!!!
 
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wade2big said:
So I’m buying a corrupt gov’t Bartlein barrels against my will because another corrupt gov’t holds a gun to my head while it robs me blind. Interesting. The regular man gets fucked always. I hope your corrupt contract is lucrative frank. Democracy depends on Ukraine's success the propagandists want me to believe.
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Be sure to put Nightforce in that same "corrupt" bucket as well. While you are at your computer...look around if you can name me ten items made in the US by all US components I will mail you a collector card with a president on it.
 
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candymannetje said:
You guys thinks it's true?
I have a hard time believing anything that comes from Ukraine.
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I don't think anyone will ever be able to definitively make this determination. But on the flip side we collectively as a group have believed the other long shots with far less evidence. Who knows.
 
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He does not have a tapered or adjustable base or a front rail for a prism or Charlie device. That scope is pretty much parallel to the barrel.

This is all propaganda bullshit like that thermal video that is floating around

Frank Green, were you making them 60”+ barrels?
 
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secondofangle2 said:
He does not have a tapered or adjustable base or a front rail for a prism or Charlie device. That scope is pretty much parallel to the barrel.

This is all propaganda bullshit like that thermal video that is floating around

Frank Green, were you making them 60”+ barrels?
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I still think the claim is exaggerated but that base clearly has an incline. Also 82 Mils (not MOA) adjustment in that March.
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I’m interested in seeing more discussion about this. Theoretically they have a scope/base with travel to get to 5000 yards

The 14.5 has a case capacity of 650 gr H2O, 2.15x that of 50 BMG

The barrel looks to be about 60” long

What powder would you use to propel it? Methinks would have to be slower than RL50, etc

 
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mcameron said:
Yeah but since day 1, all of the extraordinary claims coming out of Ukraine have been blatantly false propaganda....

Ghost of Kiev with 40 kills.
Lady sniper with 100+ kills.
"Russian warship go fuck yourself."

I'm having a hard time believing some conscript yokel is racking up nearly 4,000m kills.
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Yep. Color me skeptical.

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What's the point of shooting someone at 5000 yards, when after getting into position and establishing your hide plus waiting three days for the right shot, that the flash and flora leveled reveals your position to aircraft flying below 10,000 feet and enemy out to one mile?
 
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See cover of the Wall Street Journal today - 5 Dec 2023 - for the article covering the story

(requires subscription, but you can see the picture)
www.wsj.com

Ukrainian Sniper Breaks Cover to Claim World-Record Hit of More Than 2 Miles

The shot has offered Ukraine a morale boost as the country’s forces struggle to make headway at the front line.
www.wsj.com www.wsj.com

In any case, nice work Bartlein. Color us impressed regardless of the actual combat outcome of this engagement.

(y)
 
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n2ishun said:
Yea but they were Canadians which have a far less propensity for ....shall we say.....accentuating the truth ?
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That I don’t disagree with, and with Ukraine desperate for funding and weapons from allies, namely us, stories of achievement and victory help loosen those wallets up. I give it a 50/50 of being real.
 
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Conaso said:
What's the point of shooting someone at 5000 yards, when after getting into position and establishing your hide plus waiting three days for the right shot, that the flash and flora leveled reveals your position to aircraft flying below 10,000 feet and enemy out to one mile?
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In the New York Times article about Ukrainian snipers from a couple of months ago, where they showed them shooting Desert Tech rifles with 375 Cheytac and 50 BMG,, the interviewed snipers made all of this big to do about only engaging high value targets. They would pass on dozens of army regulars, waiting to tag a general or something like that. So they wouldn’t give up their position and incur the risk of discovery for a low value target.

And now, here you have them, claiming they’re taking pop shots at little groups of dudes from almost 2 1/2 miles away, a distance from which they could hardly distinguish who they’re shooting at

So, which is it? Surgical precision kills on high value targets? Or just slinging lead down range at anything that moves?
 
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