Site rule

[Monty]

Regardless of how effective a live round is, this is airsoft, and the rule is ridiculous.

 

[Sappysid101]

Regardless of how effective a live round is, this is airsoft, and the rule is ridiculous.

+1

- Ant

 

[Lozart]

I wouldn't stand around at 1000 yards that bravely.

He'd hit you granted, whether or not he'd do a lot of damage is another matter. Don't know about you but most of me is a little tougher than a balloon. Plus bearing in mind he's using a high tolerance weapon with high performance ammunition designed for shooting at extreme ranges and he is an exceptionally good shooter and he still missed with the first shot. There's a huge difference between maximum range and maximum effective range...

Anyway as for the topic, it's a silly rule. Silly, silly, silly.

 

[AirsoftTed]

He also didn't hit the balloon, he hit the metal plate it was on and the fragmenting bullet popped the balloon. The balloon was just to make it easier for the spotter to confirm a hit - his words.

 

[Josh95]

The amount of elevation needed to hit a target at 1mile with a 5.56 caliber gun would be ridiculous, then you have to take into account windage; 5.56 is a very small bullet and would be effected by wind quite a lot as it slows down. even if by a miracle you did hit me, the bullet would have lost a lot of velocity and wouldn't be fatal anyway.

Anyway its all theoretical, I have never fired at someone a mile away with a 5.56 gun.