World Record Attempt Open Sight Shot 2240 yards Ernest Jimenez Unmodified K31 Swiss - 7.5×55mm Swiss
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2015
- Ernie Jimenez sets a new official Guinness World Record for the longest open sight shot at 2240 yards at the North Springs Shooting Range in Price, Utah on May 25th, 2015.
K31 Swiss is chambered in 7.5×55mm Swiss / Gewehrpatrone 11 and Ernest is shooting 190 gr Sierra Match King at 2470 FPS & 2550 ft/lbs of energy at the muzzle.
At 2240 yards velocity drops to 592 ft/sec & 150 ft/lbs.
Ernest is shooting an unmodified K31 Swiss military surplus rifle he bought at Big 5 Sports for $99.
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"you are 4 buffalos left and a buffalo high"
Us Americans will literally use any unit of measurement except the metric system xD.
The people that use the metric system have not landed a man on the moon. I still have hope that we may convert them away from the metric system. I remember back in the early 70s there started to be a big push to teach the metric system in the U.S.A. We did a good job of preventing that invasion. Actually the U.S.A. version of length measurement is binaray, 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8... which is what computers use while the metric system is a 10 based system designed for people that count on their fingers.
@@CPUDOCTHE1 Binary = 0 and 1 or on-off states, that is what your computer uses. And it is the base 10 system that we use here in the good old USA (0=9) I am surprised no one called you on that already.
@@frankwilson726 Not sure what you are talking about 0..1 is base two COMPUTER. 0-9 is base 10, fingers.
CPUDOCTHE1 don’t Russians use the metric system?
@@polecatfan1627 I don't know what they use. They did use arshins back when they had czars.
I love that he paid less than $100 for the rifle. I've seen guys with $2000 rigs who can't find the paper at 300 yds.
I've seen guy with $2000 AR that couldn't hit my backstop (60 feet long by 10 feet high) from 50 yards.
@@roflstomps324 there is always that richkid that can't do anything with his high end gear.
@@hugopepe1722 Yeah, true that. Except, this guy is almost fifty and poor.
Probably because everybody doesn't grow up in the country so they don't grow up from childhood shooting at those distances so go overseas and try your luck with kids that been doing that against Navy Seals and then talk s*** b**** and I'll be working on my s*** so if you come in the city and want to talk and you try that long grain s*** bigger concentration land geography hint hint cover b****
@@sluggak1363 lol. This guy.
It's not impossible, I used to bullseye womprats in my T-16 back home. They are not much bigger then two meters.
Yes!!!
Ha. Haha. Hahahahahahaha. I needed that today.
Great! Don't get cocky kid!
You utter legend!
Funny and smart, this one is!
Was a pleasure listening to this guy, what a wealth of knowledge. Could sit all day and listen to him talk shop
I think the real world record here is how +mag30th has so kindly and professionally responded to so many stupid comments on his video. A true professional.
That is insane. K31 was ahead of its time during WWII. The Swiss know how to make an accurate rifle. I love mine. The Swiss made ammo is accurate even to this day!
I wanna know how he broke his neck while shooting
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Yes the Swiss just like the Germans have some of they finest engineering and quality manufacturing facilities in the world. I have ran precision machines that were manufactured in both countries for the last 18 years and they are no doubt unrivaled when compared to similar equipment.
He made a super interesting statement I never thought about before, especially when watching documentaries on famous snipers: no one ever talks about the effect on the bullet in the transition from supersonic to sub-sonic. That is fascinating and I'd love to see a short video on those dynamics.
Get you a mini 14 and pay attention to the temperature and wind at around 350 yards out to 450 yards, the 5.56 will teach you a lot about how the bullet is affected as it slows down. You will soon find the heavier grain bullets go thru the transition more accurately.
I mean, maybe in popular culture nobody talks about that part, but in actual long range shooting that's one of the most commonly talked about things there is. Always gotta know where your bullet is gonna go to subsonic, because that's where your cone of fire is gonna open up by a large amount.
@@johnzuggster6718 even lighter 5.56 doesn't go subsonic until over 600 yds (650-700 being common). You're just talking about normal ballistics at 350-450, not the subsonic transition.
@@1BeGe thanks for your input brother.
CNN: This high powered assault sniper rifle can vaporize children from over 2KM away with a single shot.
TheHamerer please don’t give them ideas.
Fudge Shizzles 😂😂😂😂
Lol I'm dead 😭
While in a cage or free range.?
Really?
I’ve done a 5 mile shot
Just don’t know where it landed
I did 6
I think we've all felt that pain. LOL.
Bullshit
No way you shot a 5 mile away target with open sights
LMAO...read the rest of his comment. ;)
Awesome shooting man. Inspirational that you're still shooting despite injuries
14:27 Can't even see it dezoomed. Congratulations!
Anyone who says they don’t like the sights on a K31 is probably just not good with Irons. Those sights for that style of first half of the 20th century military rifles are a work of art. So versatile and rivaled by no other irons. I totally agree with what you were saying while going over the rifle! Beautiful firearm and beautiful shot! Congrats!!
How the heck can you hit a target open sight at 2300 yard? I having trouble to see the centre of my target at 400 meters. Respect!
pattern recognition .... and hot loads ... after that its practice practice practice
Thankyou for a good honest comment. Id be in the same boat. Its a hell of a shot
I could not see that far 300 meters is long shot for me.
He's probably got 20/20 vision and decades of practice.
Red and big...and 500 shots
Seeing the target is obviously the hardest thing about the shot.
no guaging the change in wind and air density along the whole flight path is actually ... seeing it is the easy part
I would think hitting the target would be the hardest thing.
Lmbao
You dont need to see it, target is in the midle of that "small mountain" and the spoters telling him where his shots landed...
it really is. @7:37 they show the target before they zoom in on it. You literally cannot see that target with your naked eye.
Well done. Shooting old school is so much fun.
I’ve never owned a scope, started shouting in 1963, & still at it.
Most patient and hardest to kill pink buffalo I've ever seen.
i really can't believe all the negative comments. people saying your bound to hit it if you keep shooting at it. holy cow (or buffalo). those people must not have a grasp on how far 2240yds w/no magnification really is. i do know the amount of skill and luck you'd need to get your surrounding environment on your side, let alone vision restrictions using ironsights...congratulations sir....many of us do understand the true difficulty of this remarkable shot. no matter how many shots you took.
oh yeah and not to mention using a completely stock unmodified vintage surplus rifle.
I have an EXCELLENT grasp of how "far" it is and how large the target is AND the fact that at 2240 yards the sights are going to completely "cover" that target and painting something "red" at that range rather than a "high contrast" color like WHITE makes it that much HARDER to see PERIOD. As an "unnatural" primary color rarely seen in "nature", the color red signifies "danger" and "stop" and is used as an "up close" warning sign for a reason. We're not "used" to seeing it, our eyes and vision easily become "blind" to it at long distances because of its location on the "spectrum" and when the color red "contrasts" the MOST with, which is GREEN (across from it on the "color wheel" and therefore the highest "contrasting" color to red) also isn't present, red tends to "disappear" altogether.
Neither color is particularly "important" besides in traffic signal "stop lights" and people who are "red-green color blind" see red and green as "gray" and only need to see a "flashing gray light" to know its actually "red". Yellow is still yellow and white is still white and as a "non-color" only the fact that it IS a non-color keeps white from being the "highest contrast" color for EVER primary color.
And since you yourself mention "vision restrictions using iron sights" you're admitting that it was a matter of "chance" and "probability" rather than "skill" since nobody can AIM AT what they CAN'T SEE and they're literally shooting "blind" and without "spotters" with spotting scopes telling them what "corrections" to make it would probably be even MORE "blind luck" getting a hit after "only" 60 rounds.
I SERIOUSLY doubt YOU came here expecting to find that his "achievement" was a 1 for 60 (that we know of) "average" (that's "batting" .016 by the way - I challenge you to find a child who has never played "baseball" in his/her life that needs 60 swings to get their first "hit") when you clicked on the video and more than likely you're as "butthurt" or even MORE butthurt than anyone else that someone as "intelligent" and "knowledgeable" as you clearly think yourself to be on the subject of "shooting" sat through and watched a WHOLE 18:20 minute video wasting 18:20 minutes of your precious life you'll "never get back" only to see what amounted to "shoot til you hit it" so-called "marksmanship" on display and because you think you're "smarter" than anyone else here and got "screwed" out of 18:20 of your precious life and are too chicken-shit to bitch at the "disabled" guy, you decided to "scold" people who said exactly what you thought too. That "anybody" could do that if they tried long enough.
There's a simple way to determine if you're really "impressed" and really consider this an "achievement" and a very good and entertaining and worthwhile use of your time. Would you watch a "sequel" video 18:20 minutes long with the target "back" at 3000 yards?
Yah, it's difficult to shoot a sub 3" group at 100 yards open sight with a stock K-31! I placed third in a C&R match years ago shooting my K-31 with issued ammo, and I considered myself fortunate to do as well as I did, after several weeks of practice. I cannot imagine shooting open sights further than 200 yards and regularly shoot a variety of C&R rifles at 100 yards-200 yards gives me a headache! John in Texas
yup that is a tough shot ... on open sights ... tougher considering he aint using the right ammo for it ... but then most americans dont like to try and import the right stuff and use the junk they make.
I do know. I also know how statistics and probability work. You WILL hit the target eventually. You can be blind and shooting the worst rifle on Earth and you'll eventually do it.
I am guessing the people claiming this should be done in one shot to be a record, have never shot very far at all, especially with open sights. A one shot hit would be a heck of a feat for a 7-10K rifle with a 40 power scope, conditions monitor, ballistic computer, multiple wind readings, etc.. A $99 rifle with open sights, come one people. Always someone behind a computer screen to talk trash I guess.
Yea but still you know what the point of that is? Anyone could fire 1000s of rounds and have one hit
See you think that shot seems impossible if iT was say ww1 or ww2 combat you skip the bullshit overthinking and just fire thousands of rounds at your enemy one hit can kill
Do you have any idea what a rig would cost to hit that buffalo at 2250 yards over 1.25 miles in 5 shots ... you probably have to spend $6,000 to $8,000 and even then I don't think that shooter would BET you he would hit it in 1 out of 5 shots! And thats with sniper rifle, like barrett 50 cal or similar, high power scope, windage meter, windage flags, spotting scope, matched ammunition. You are talking here about a $100 rifle and Iron sights (no scope at all) and good quality ammunition!!
but he didn't fire 1000 or 1000s of rounds as far as i can tell about 80 ... so you are off by a factor of only 1250%
actually to be a record it needs to be repeated 2 or 3 shots is standard in a row ... btw ... thats not a record its just a few very long shots with hot loads
Kinda makes sense why you don't see pink buffalo in the wild any more....
BonesTheCat: I still see pink elephants tho.
Excellent comment.
That’s a good one!
They deserve to be extinct if even after 60 shots they don't bother moving to a different area.
I'm not denigrating this feat in any way when I note that, statistically speaking, if you put enough rounds down range with decent equipment and with adept spotters to guide your adjustments, you'll eventually hit your target. Being able to see the target at that range and hitting it more than once are the truly impressive parts of this.
Love how camera guys both walk in front of the barrel.
I was a professional hunter for many years and love long range shooting.
I am very impressed with your knowledge and researche you have done.
My favourite was the
Lee Enfield.
Thank you very much for sharing.
I love how he took a shot unloaded then stood up to get more ammo before the bullet hit lol
7:30 this is what you came here to see.
Some heroes don't wear capes.
I wish I saw this comment sooner Ahahah. Thanks anyways
Thank you so much
nah him talking was more interesting.
regardless of the number of shots he took it's still a hell of an accomplishment to be getting his shots out there. i mean given enough time im sure any of us could land a few but this guys knows his rifle and has a steady hand and performs some pretty slick shots
I don't know how he can even see a 36" target at that distance. Astounding.
That was awesome, fun to watch.
Great job, congratulations💯👍
The K31 is my favorite rifle. because it's a very good rifle (I'm sports shooter), the ammo it's still fabric and I'm from Switzerland. 3 reasons to fall in love for this weapon.
Croisade -40 *fabricated not fabric. Fabric = stoff, fabricate = fabrizeiren. Sprechen Sie Deutsch oder Französisch?
I have only shot stgw90 because I just started but I have to say I absolutely love it too. Only problem is I dont think i could shoot it as well as the 90 since I have to reload every shot
I don't think some of the trolls are being honest with themselves, here.
This is an incredible feat. The rifle may be capable, and the ammunition made be crafted with extreme precision, but the vast majority of shooters couldn't make this shot once (especially with open sights); even if they were given 500 rounds to complete the task.
Congratulations to the shooter, and great job!
+Ryan Simpson Yeah, I bet a lot of these couch surfers can't hit a half silhouette with irons at 300 meters...or with a scope for that matter. It's amazing how many experts you see online, but you almost never run into one at the range.
Ryan Simpson can't agree more. i'm not sure i could see a buffalo at 2240 yards, i think some of these people fail to realize the powerful zoom on the one camera angled from the bench and what that buffalo would look like 1.27 miles away.
If you are being honest with yourself, would you stand 2,240 yards away and let me shoot 60 rounds at you?
Yeah and he couldn't either! Awful waste of ammo, my 91/30 could do just as well, no brag just fact!
Making that shot with one bullet would be impressive. Using 3 boxes of cartridges to do it is
much less impressive. Like I said, go stand out there and let me shoot 60 rounds at you, or it's just talk, talk, talk.
Dear Switzerland, the K31 is a masterpiece! Perhaps the finest rifle ever made in straight bolt or any. Send in the 7.5×55 ammo Please!
I agree on the Match Kings. They are the best target bullet I have been able to find for any of my calibers in over 40 years!
One hell of a shot pal. Glad you can still do it!
I was tempted to skip the chitchat at the beginning but I'm very happy I didn't. Learned a lot and was entertained. Priceless.
Awesome vid ton's of knowledge there cheer's.
The dude has skills!
At this distances the bullet slows so much that the target camera even gets to hear the shot sound before the bullet hits.
Impressive qualities of the shooter of his weapon. What is great is that this rifle travels to the USA to find out that it is (for its time) one of the best in the world. The Swiss precision! For a few years, some of your guys have been coming to Switzerland to buy hundreds of them at gun shows. They know well why given the quality / price ratio.
Best regards from Switzerland!
Thanks for the Milk Jug challenge!!
I got a new Accuracy International in .338. I’ve been playing with Barnes and Speer bullets a lot at home on my 800 yard Range. I can’t wait for the next shoot I had so much fun.
This guy is literally a fountain of knowledge. Just keeps on shooting out fact after fact.
Good Shooting, I have one of those Rifles and love it.
You know its a long shot when the sound is heard before the bullet hits.
Interesting pulsed sound waves as the bullet was nearing, when viewed in slow motion. I think that is what's left of the sonic boom wave fronts that have caught up to the slowing bullet. Really cool, thanks for posting this. Good shootin'
You user motioning yaw as an up and down motion. Its a side to side motion.
Quigly?
That'll happen even on. short shot
@@Taylor_in_Southern_Oregon A lot less noticeable.
My old yugo Mauser always impresses me how accurate it is. Probably the best rifle I own for accuracy.
I've read that the Germans engineered the Mauser to be militarilty effective to 600 meters, and the Swiss, on their mettle therefore, engineered the k31 to be effective to 900 meters. Wonderfully OCD for a mass-produced infantry rifle. I love mine, but I'm so unworthy of it. I've put the Swiss Products (Idaho) scope mount and bipod mount on it.
So now your telling me I have to pull off a 2300 Yard shot with my Mosin......damn!
***** ill get you a vid with both
I love mosin's
Maxx Schiebel it is possible with a 91.30, tricky, but possible. The dispersal of barrel heat becomes the biggest issue. I've made my 91.30s very accurate, but you will only get good accuracy for the first 5 shots before having to allow the barrel to cool. The 8mm Mauser is also a very accurate rifle, but the .323 projectile has a very fast drop-off. I've never been able to get the 323 projectiles accurate beyond 1,300 yards, but I'm sure someone can get it out there.
+1Grizzman the mosin has been proven to be better than the K31 at long ranges. do it m8
mantap mas bro yumy3x
Absolutely incredible shooting. I can't believe he hit it 4 times, that is beyond crazy... especially with a supersonic then subsonic transition.
Why is it embarrassing?! That's awesome AF!
I was once a Schmidt-Rubin afficianado, and owned four M1911's. Some of these, (maybe all ??), were made by SIG. I can attest to their exceptional accuracy with open sights. Unlike Mr. Jimenez, I was able to purchase commercially made ammunition in 7.5x55 Swiss, but I found it cheaper and more fun to make my own, by reforming .284 cases. These worked well. The only complaint I had about the Swiss S-R rifle was that the straight-pull bolt, (while a work of art), did not have sufficient camming action to consistently extract the case from the chamber. I can, perhaps, accept partial responsibility for that issue, but the fact still remains that the mauser type bolt action functions much more reliably. That said, I still love Swiss rifles.
Don't believe me if you would like, but the coolest shot I have ever made was when I was young. I shot at a doe that stepped out into a shooting lane. I saw her hunch up a bit after the shot, but my dad swore he saw the bullet hit the ground just behind and a bit in to the right of her. When we walked up, I was an excited 12 year old, but my dad pointed to a sappling just in front of where she stood. The sappling had a slug hole right through the center. Then, a couple yards behind that tree, another had a hole through it with a severe downward angle. I admitted to my dad that I must have missed, and we were just about to head back when I had a feeling in my gut that I there was no way I missed cause of the way the deer jumped when I shot. With almost no hope left, I followed where I last saw the deer and followed it's tracks through some incredibly thick brush. About 30 yards from where I had shot the deer, I looked up and saw a young birch tree was stained red. I couldn't believe my eyes. I walked to the tree and sure enough, the deer I was blessed to be able to harvest, died within 35 yards. As we assessed the deer, in absolute surprise might I add, we couldn't figure out how I killed the deer. The entrance wound was on the opposite side of the deer's neck and went upward, back toward us at about a 85 degree angle (toward the sky). When we were about to leave I walked to where the deer was last standing, sure enough, in just behind where it was standing, and a bit to the right, there was a medium sized rock covered in moss and a chunk of the moss was blown off. We concluded that I ricocheted the bullet off of two trees and a rock, then somehow managed to change the direction of the bullet, and it must have still had the velocity to send a large enough portion of the bullet into the deer's neck, causing for it to bleed out. When we were skinning the deer, half of the bullet was just below the skin at the top of the deers neck. How this happened, I have no idea. I just thank the Lord up above that the deer did not suffer, and was able to provide for my family. I know the shot may have seemed reckless, but at the time, I never saw the two sapplings that resided in front of the deer, for it blended in with the background so well.
I don't know this guy, but I love how humble he is!
Beautiful rifle, I have an old WWII British Enfiled 303. Handed from my dad, to me its a collector's item more so than anything. Shot it a few times and its not moded either. Kicks like a mule but fun to shoot.
Great shooting. Thanks for sharing.
I'm more curious as to how he broke his neck twice lol.
He was viciously attacked by a Buffalo.
@@Clyde__Frog with no ammo
I don't buy the "broke my neck twice bs" Not one bit. He wanted to use his lead sled and had to find an excuse for it. As it is, shooting 70 rounds to finally hit the target....? Not impressed.
Going down on so many women
@@paulhomsy2751 to hit the target 4 times, but yeah thats a lot of rounds.
You have been able to buy Norma 7.5 Swiss for over 30 years! I own three Swiss rifles
I have a 1911 that my grandfather got for trading a tire to a man stranded on interstate 10 in the early 70s it’s mine now and I absolutely love it. It’s soooooo accurate that my 308 Winchester can’t even come close. And it was made in 2014. These rifles are so well made that they can pull off these mile and a half shots open sighted. Absolutely amazing
Broke my neck too so I know how that is. Worse thing is from time to time I get whats painfully known as funny bone nerve pain in both arms at the same time so no shotguns for me anymore.
Glad to see your toughing it all out still doing everything you love to do. Great job!
My first one was $54 at Big 5 m-44 not quite the same but for 54 bux I wouldn't complain in
miss those days.
You talking about M44 Mosin Nagants? Completely unrelated rifle. Not even the same category of action type.
Im cool with the shot and good on him for being so good at knowing his rifel .that being said, the only questionable part is the lead sled it is still a secured platform .
True, the butt holder is a fixed point whereas your shoulder is a variable
as he stated he has to have it its not really cheating as he said he has nearly no feeling in his left arm
@@elmoantero99 just take him at his word then, it’s not like it’s a competition. 😢 he gets the sob story handicap, unlike the rest of us
I've always thought this would be a lot of fun!
This man just shot at a target 2240 yards away with a k31 swiss. You sir, certainly do not need to explain the use of a bench xD You are awesome and no one can take that away from you. Some people can't even see a deer 100 yards away.
I have a question regarding an occurrence that took place during this shoot. I’m hoping that I could get some input and clarification from other long range shooters. Something made this event very unique, and involved an atmospheric condition that I had never dealt with before. It was fascinating and I would like to share and have opinions presented from those who wouldn’t mind.
At the start of the third 25-shot string, I noted that the storm was not one large mass, but that it included numerous very small dark rain clouds which would pass through (Over) the bullets trajectory. It was during this third string, which I acquired the four hits, was the first time the small clouds caught my attention and I found they were affecting the trajectories.
I am very accustomed to long range shooting and thought I had a decent understanding on all the variables, but I had observed that the bullets (Once impacts were observed) were stringing vertically, and it was directly related to the placement of the small rain clouds when the shot was taken. Initially I couldn’t fully understand why.
I believed that the small dark clouds passing over the bullets trajectory were causing small high pressure areas beneath and slightly behind each cloud as it moved, and these small high pressure zones beneath the clouds were the source of the vertical string effect.
The 25-shot string with the 4 hits, was thrown as one of these clouds passed and another was fast approaching. I noted that bullets passing under, or through the tail of these clouds appeared to decelerate and the impact would fall short, as much as 80 feet after reviewing some of the footage. And as the cloud passed, the vertical impacts would again then rise significantly. It should be noted that these clouds were dark, and passing over 1,500 yard group of spotters, and that they were not dropping rain as they passed.
My conclusion was that the high pressure zone directly beneath (And trailing) these clouds was the cause of the bullet
drop. It was a very strange and very noticeable, effect. I’m not a meteorologist, but I am curious if my suspicion about the bullet drop was a result of the cloud density?
mag30th First, congrats to this achievement! I also own a K31 and love it but it is not my favoured instrument for open sight shooting, the iron sights are not optimal! This only adds to your marksmanship because I know that shooting it open is veeeeery demanding.
Regarding the cloud related phenomenon you have observerd, I think air pressure differences is a secondary effect. I would opt for temperature influences being the primary. As soon as clouds cover soil, especially dark clouds, you can measure almost immediately significant temperature drops. And of course this will alter also air pressure. Shooting behind 2km the smallest effects have significant influence on outcome. And changing temperature on about half the trail at 2 to 3 degrees is a major variable...
Heinz Meier Outstanding! Thank you!
+mag30th Yes, congratulations! I am not a long range shooter but I noticed a similar occurrence with shots stringing vertically during 200 yd hunter benchrest matches. I attributed the change in impact to mirage that is absent when the cloud is covering. Without cloud cover, the ground is warmer and the heat waves or mirage are present and are rising. When a cloud passes, that portion of the ground cools and doesn't generate as much heat so the mirage is less severe. Of course at 200yd a passing cloud usually covered the entire distance to the target. But it would make as much as 1/2 inch difference in impact from bright sunlight to overcast. This was in central Texas in the summer so probably mid to high 90's and high humidity.
I know this is a fairly late reply, but I believe the book Understanding The Sky by Dennis Pagen might be of some interest to you. I read it for a better understanding of weather as a parachutist, but I think that its detailed explanations of weather are extremely useful to anyone who needs more than a basic weather report for the activities they do. Nice shooting, Ernie.
could you add some specific input, +khabuda? I'm interested to know what you learned, as I'm sure others are too! peace
The real hard part is getting the Buffalo to stand still for that length of time
Lol
It takes a lot of practice, having some good vision skill and some pulse control, awesome dude! hats off!.
Wow, you're the man. Much respect
Crazy what someone can do when they know their rifle well
Very nice shooting. Wonderful range you have there. The Swiss K31 is simply superb. Initially it appears awkward, but then you start handling it and you realize it is a rifleman's rifle. I really need to get mine out and do some work with it. This rifle, along with other Swiss preparations, a ferocious national mindset, and Hitler's obsession with the Russians, saved the Swiss from a German invasion. Thank you very much for the very nice video and stay sharp and hard Utah Riflemen!
Tom Russell Thank you!
Tom Russell The only bit I don't agree with is that it doesn't have recoil. For some reason (probably stock geometry), the K31 kicks the shit out of me. It's just about the least pleasant rifle to shoot that I own (including 300WM, 375H&H and 338LM).
Dennis H-CH It does recoil Dennis, but recoil is, to a degree, a matter of personal perception based not only the physical attributes of the gun/cartridge but the personal as well. I've trained so many people on the Scout Rifle and other light rifles over the years that a rifle in this caliber class feels very comfortable to me.
Awesome shooting & a great rifle !
WOW，WOW，I completely lost my words. Can I post this to a Chinese website? Most people there still believe K98 and Mosin are the best rifles with no doubt. Unfortunately they can't come to UA-cam.
I heard K31 was one of the best, but man this is insane.
All the comments about the shot but no one mentions the camera guys walking back and forth forward of his muzzle while he has it loaded!!
What a dumbass I saw that to
Sweden 4:30 he walks right across his muzzle! Chambered or not doesn’t matter, he has rounds in the mag, he’s set up to go. Walking in front of the firing line is bad enough let alone going across his muzzle.
@@davetupps THE BOLT WAS OUT. There was no bolt in the gun. No possible way to fire a round. It was the same as walking past a magazine loaded with ammo with the tips of the cartridges pointing at you. Some people really get hysterical about firearms safety.
@@Diabolos1 Yes, zero chance of that rifle firing. He could have dropped the magazine but it wouldn't have made the rifle any safer.
I had to stop the vid for this but I think its worth noting. When I broke my neck (only once) C6 360, 3-axis compression break, I was told I should be quadriplegic or expired on scene. It was devastating not being able to drive firstly because thats what I love to do, but I live to shoot and that was even more depressing. Though disobeying Docs orders I still shoot, this is a great idea for people like me. So glad I found this vid. Not sure why I felt the need to share just seemed right.
How are you doing since injuring you neck?
mag30th still recovering. Its been 5 months 3 of which i was in a halo traction device. I follow up again with the neurosurgeon in 2 months. Likely wont be able to return to modified work towards the end of the year and wont be able to weld pipe for at least another year unless i have a miraculous recovery. Thank you for your concern. Overall doing well, i can walk and feed myself and wipe my own ass so that being said life is good.
It is interesting how something like this can change your view on life so suddenly. Speaking for myself, the little things I took for granted prior to the injuries, like simple finger manipulation. No doubt some folk may have laughed when you mentioned the ability to wipe your own ass, but the reality is, many people after these injuries cant. After mine was fused I had gone 6 years and things gradually seemed to improve, or it may have been that I was just getting used to it. And one day at work we were headed out to a luncheon, and the group of us were about to step into the building elevator. I was the first to step in and without realizing it, the elevator was roughly 8 inches below level with the floor. When I stepped in my knee locked and I impacted very very hard. I recall being in the corner with my coworkers helping me, and I had felt like an electrical shock in both arms from the elbows down. I was in great denial for a few weeks, even though I could hardly hold a pencil or the steering wheel to my car. I learned that I had pulverized the region that had been fused from the impact and went in for surgery immediately after the MRI. I could go on and on about taking things for granted, I try not to anymore, but I have an entire new level of empathy for those with any type serious injury. I don't, or wont, ever, wish a serious injury like this upon anyone. I am very thankful though that I've recovered as much as I have, and that I've learned what I have learned thought the experience. Although I'm probably preaching to the choir.
1rad58 I sent you a PM.
@@1rad58 How are you doing now?
I love how he keeps stroking the rifle. You can tell he really likes it.
It's kinda like he's Private Pyle if, you know, he only broke his neck twice instead of blowing his brains out.
That's awesome !!!!! Great job 👍 !!!!!
That's like a 1/4 MOA group on that buffalo..
“Feeler shots.” Used to use these in high school ☝🏽😁
That was phenomenal.
So he was shooting from the pistol range by the clubhouse over the archery gulley where the doe and fox targets were and hitting up past & right of cowboy town where the harrow disc used to be!
My Lee Enfield ww2 303 has an iron sight that steps out to 2000yds. The question is how many shots does it take to hit the target.
Those older military rifles would have sights marked out that far for use in volley fire. That is, a single rifle isn't expected to hit a single target, but a squad can set to that range and fire a volley and the concentrated fire will be in the right neighborhood to possibly get some hits.
American Badass: The Ernie Jimenez Special lol.
Don't know much about ammo but what I do know is a bowtail style round like you showed you were reloading with is far superior to most factory style rounds. That was a great display of shooting and fun to watch. 😁
I only shoot pellet rifles and my longest is at about 50 yards on hand with iron sights and the ammount of guess work is insane and this guy started getting shots on target at 2240yrds as soon as he got a feel where the right spot to aim was. Incredible shooting
He basically performed this the same way dude perfect does trick shots...
What fool carried that buffalo plate up that hill for you? How much did it weigh? is there a pickup road around the ridge that we cannot see?
+Lynn Kramer Nope, it was carried by prison inmates actually. When the range was built years ago some of the steel like this were carried by hand. It took several of them to move the buffalo. It's a 900 yard hike uphill on soft dirt to get there. That made this attempt all the more challenging. We had to hike up and back from the closest road to check cameras, etc.
+Red_Jacket
Who needs to waste tax payer dollars on a gym when they've got steel buffaloes?
Nice job, I've hit at 1600 yards and narrowly missed at 1863 yards with my 300 swm. Hit at 1600 with my 6.5 creedmore but both were with a vortex. I love the 4 second delay until you hear the ding
Trans sonic is .8 mach to 1.2 Mach. That is the area of highest drag, also as the shock wave disapates the center of pressure changes greatly. The latter is what causes the inaccuracy/ tumbling.
actually fall of 2009 big 5 put k31’s on sale for 99$ i still kick my self for not buying any
I'm loving how salty everyone is that he can do this. most people cant hit a target at 300 yards.
they actually think they could hit that target in 100 shots when in reality they would probably miss a 200 yard shot many times without a scope, nevermind a 2000 yard shot. And if they wear prescription glasses, they would be unable to see the target.
In the swiss military, 300yds prone is the standard when training.
@@SF-nv3be yeah but the people who are commenting are not from the military, and they couldn't hit a 2000 yard shot with a 15X scope if someone didn't tell them how to compensate for wind and bullet drop.
@@SF-nv3be USMC 300 yards isn't even prone yet except for the rapid-fire portion.
Most people in Switzerland can hit a target 300m away with that rifle.
Good shooting. I have to go to the shooting range soon with my K31 and StGw57. 300m are good for me...
awesome! I love the Swiss K31!
Can someone explain how this is PHYSICALLY possiblr to even see the target that far?
Jordan Boettcher in my amateur opinion, he was aiming at terrain markers and people were walking him in. I can't fathom how someone could see it.
pattern recognition
after 500meters colour no longer matters .. pattern and shape does ... the human eye will determine a pattern or shape out to approximatelyt 2500 meters ... after that point a scope will assist you ... at 2240feet they were just slightly under 1000 meters
You guys must live in a city. This shot would be easy with a scope. Out here in alaska you can see a bighorn sheep from a mile easily on a bright day. Get out of the city once in a while.
2200 yards is a mile and a half. Nobody can see a target that far, in the city or not. Silly comment.
Kudos for making the shot, but hit number 2 looks like a ricochet , theres a small small frame at 11:27 and 11:28 just about left of the center of the neck
Watch more cowboy movies
It is called "follow through"!!! In the video with the camera was on you in the lower left of the screen your head was coming up as sonn as you fired. Drill Sgts and talented service rifle. NRA HP and F-Class shooters have impressed on me to keep your head down until all effects of recoil have gone away. With the weighted Lead Slead you probably feel very little recoil so keep your head down for a second or so after the rifle fires. This makes for more consistent hits. At the range you were shooting a variance of 15 FPS muzzle velocity or a small change in wind speed or direction could move your bullet off the target. Excellent demonstration with a production rifle with those sights!!!
Great vid .
"The bullets that are in here right now." Was I the only one that heard that? Someone forgot to tell the Videographers.
What year is your 7.5 swiss? Looks nice! Definitely worth a few times more than you paid.
XRAYRON he said 1950 I think, it was near the 2 mins mark
Schmidt Ruben with the straight pull bolts are nice. I’ve had 2. And Norma makes the 7.5x55mm
Simo Hayha took all of his rifle shots with a standard Finn issue rifle..IIRC an M27 Mosin that had much less accurate ( for long ranges) sights...my eyes couldn't see the 300 meter targets on the rifle ranges in Ft Dix in June of '71...I was lucky to a actually enlist with my eyesight...God bless this guy!!!
Where a man get that sierra hat?
Very cool! Great job Ernest, now maybe move to Utah and enjoy a free state for a while. Good shooters shouldn't be left behind enemy lines.
Thanks, :-)
utah is not a free state hahaha wow smh texas even barely is they need a permit to conceal carry 😂 arizona is where its at for freedom
Free? How?
Broke his neck twice...devised a shooting mechanism to work around it, since he (of course) KEPT SHOOTING,.........
Used his superior knowledge of firearms and ammo, to close a deal and get the rifle for such an incredible price...(OF COURSE HE DID...that's why we read gun mags...) and now he's setting records with it....
Explains bullet behavior at super/trans/sub sonic velocities like he''s discussing the best way to change the oil in your truck...
TOTALLY down to Earth!! I hope the bullet manufacturers sponsor this guy for life. You can't GET that kind of TOTALLY honest word-of-mouth advertising, EXCEPT from a guy who did it for the joy of learning and improving his game.
SOUNDS LIKE AN AMERICAN TO ME, BRO!!!
Ernie, if you ever make it to Bangkok, the beers are on me! ;)
The front sight post covers about about a 40 foot wide path at that distance ... Awesome shooting Sir . (RESPECT )
That was amazing shooting. Congratulations!.
Silly me, I was happy hitting an 8" target at 300 yds with peep sights in my 20's. It was a tiny dot. I can't believe this one.
Hey good old Palmdale. I lived there for years in the 1980s. When you could have any kind of gun! Calif was great back then. I used to roam around the desert with my mini14 all the time. Is the mount Emma shooting range still open?
No one on this comments section could hit a target with a scope let alone iron sights at that distance.