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We may have bought the wrong target rifles?

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Normk

Post subject: We may have bought the wrong target rifles?

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:30 pm

Joined: Sat Jul 11, 2020 5:36 pm
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Location: Chilliwack, BC

"Why does the Challenger 2 still have a 120mm rifled cannon instead of a smoothbore cannon? Everyone else stopped using them decades ago.
I have a friend who was a tank gunner. The 120mm rifled gun in the hands of a top gunner is very very accurate. He won a lot of beer off US tank crews in shooting competitions on joint exercises. He reckoned at 3Km he could accurately put a shell into a 2ft diameter target every time.

Practice rounds do not explode so you can see the point of impact. 5 shells all within the 2 ft diameter target is good shooting."

That's 0.0116 degrees = 0.696 minutes of angle, or 0.696" at 100 yards, if my calculations are correct.

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Daryl

Post subject: Re: We may have bought the wrong target rifles?

Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:16 pm

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3,000 meters is a good poke. Amazing accuracy - and 120MM to boot - Hoora.

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Headdamage

Post subject: Re: We may have bought the wrong target rifles?

Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:01 am

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Location: Calgary

Hesh... that is why.

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Daryl

Post subject: Re: We may have bought the wrong target rifles?

Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:14 pm

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Ahh - High Explosive Squash Head. Nasty stuff.

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grantmac

Post subject: Re: We may have bought the wrong target rifles?

Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:54 pm

Joined: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:34 pm
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Location: 'round the corner from "the museum"

Smooth bore allow a much wider variety of ammunition such as sabot rounds.

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Daryl

Post subject: Re: We may have bought the wrong target rifles?

Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2023 5:43 pm

Joined: Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:35 pm
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Location: P.G. B.C.

Laser guided?

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