A BIG Congratulations to Corbin Shell for setting a new ELR cold bore World Record at the most recent Blakely GA. ELR match. Pictured with Corbin is Match Director Joe Burdick. Corbin shot a .416 Barrett. Quite the accomplishment at that distance for the first 3 rounds out of the gun!
NEW ELR COLD BORE WORLD RECORD!!!!
- Thread starter LSHopper
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I heard ELR Central is still verifying the result.
I guess I can understand that. But what I do know is that there were 21 witnesses (8 required) and the range was verified with the three required rangefinders. Maybe there is another criteria that I am not aware of. Just seems strange to me that there is not a lot of whooping it up over at least a potential new world record.
LA50SHOOTER
Sworn To Protect The Constitution.
Outstanding Corbin !!!
Esoteric Junkie
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Thanks to everyone for the kind words. Preparation met opportunity along with some luck.
Many have asked if I would share information regarding my rifle setup and equipment. I have just completed a short summary and the information will be made available very soon.
Please note that this was shot in Blakely, GA at the Arena Training Facility in good Ole dense Southern air. Here are the atmospheric conditions when I shot:
2118 yards
70 degree temperature
29.70-29.80 inches of mercury
82% humidity
1211 DA
In Raton, where the King of 2 Miles is held, the air is much thinner and fairly typical conditions for June are:
70 degree temperature
23.50 inches of mercury (6250 feet elevation at the Whittington Center)
30-40% humidity
A comparable shot would be approximately 2330 yards
24.0 inches of mercury would yield a comparable shot of approximately 2310 yards.
This record of 2118 yards WILL be broken and I predict it will happen this June in Raton just before the King of 2 Miles. Hopefully, the distance will be 2300 yards or more to be fairly comparable to the dense atmospheric conditions experienced in Southern GA.
YMMV slightly.
EJ
Many have asked if I would share information regarding my rifle setup and equipment. I have just completed a short summary and the information will be made available very soon.
Please note that this was shot in Blakely, GA at the Arena Training Facility in good Ole dense Southern air. Here are the atmospheric conditions when I shot:
2118 yards
70 degree temperature
29.70-29.80 inches of mercury
82% humidity
1211 DA
In Raton, where the King of 2 Miles is held, the air is much thinner and fairly typical conditions for June are:
70 degree temperature
23.50 inches of mercury (6250 feet elevation at the Whittington Center)
30-40% humidity
A comparable shot would be approximately 2330 yards
24.0 inches of mercury would yield a comparable shot of approximately 2310 yards.
This record of 2118 yards WILL be broken and I predict it will happen this June in Raton just before the King of 2 Miles. Hopefully, the distance will be 2300 yards or more to be fairly comparable to the dense atmospheric conditions experienced in Southern GA.
YMMV slightly.
EJ
WOW!!!! 8 days sinse I first posted this and still no response by AB!!!!!! I wager that if one of their heard had accomplished the amazing feat that Corbin did it would have been in the daily bulletin the next day. Makes me wonder if they aren't trying to beat the record this weekend in TX and not have to acknowledge Corbin's amazing accomplishment. I hope for the sake of integrity and sportsmanship that this is not the case. I used to compete with and against these guys and all I can say is that I am very disappointed. I don't compete in this sport, but it makes me sad that there is not the same level of sportsmanship as there was in Highpower.
On second thought, I may be out of line. Is AB an actual sanctioning or governing body of ELR world records? Is there an official membership with a defined set of rules? If so, then I stand by my last post. If not then I retract most of what I have posted except to congratulate Corbin Shell for an amazing accomplishment only equalled by himself!!!
Congrats Corbin... fine shooting indeed.
Jerry
Jerry
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