The biggest strength of a sniper rifle is the fact that it can take enemies out from outrageous ranges, and landing shots from extreme distances can be very difficult, but every bit as rewarding.

A Ukrainian sniper has killed two Russian soldiers with a single bullet from a distance of 2.5 miles (4,000m), in what is believed to be a record for the longest shot by a marksman. The sniper, from ...

AMERICA’S deadliest sniper, Navy Seal marksman Chris Kyle, had at least 160 confirmed kills in Iraq by the Pentagon’s official count. But before he was fatally shot on a Texas gun range, the … ...

In November 2022, Ukraine claimed one of its snipers shot a Russian soldier from around 1.68 miles away, which could make it the second-longest sniper kill of all time. There is no verified list ...

A Marine sniper killed an enemy soldier 1.4 miles away in 1967 with a .50 caliber Browning machine gun. To this day, it remains the Corps' longest confirmed sniper kill shot.

Ukraine's Special Forces are claiming the world's longest sniper kill, saying that a Ukrainian soldier took out a Russian combatant from 2.36 miles away, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

Already well known for the excellence of its snipers—who work in pairs—a Canadian sniper in Afghanistan has set a new world record for the longest shot—a shot fired at 3,450 meters or 11,300 ...

The top five longest-distance confirmed sniper kills all came from shots fired at more than a mile away, with the top two coming in from more than two miles away.