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That was some shot

posted 11 years ago by dwgryph
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that killed Stuart Brown with a single round. Granted, it came from a high-powered rifle but still . . . what are the odds of ONE BULLET causing NEAR-INSTANTANEOUS DEATH and NOT be a head wound ? That takes some skill.

BTW, when did Robert Bingham, a former soldier of no known repute who's been working in the private sector installing video cameras, become such a sharpshooter ? I suppose you could argue that he always was and that the series just never mentioned it. (Although it makes it even more unlikely that Stephen Collins just happened to bump into a former acquaintance that just happened to be a marksman. However, even if you grant this, how did Bingham maintain his skill for however long he'd been out of the military, since gun ownership is highly restricted in Britain ?

[–] Ithilfaen 10 years ago

what are the odds of ONE BULLET causing NEAR-INSTANTANEOUS DEATH and NOT be a head wound ?

Very low. Any other body part and you could end up with a flesh wound, if you're lucky. There's not much else to the head but the brain. Any shot has a very high probability of killing the target. Not to mention the kind of bullets these rifles fire make more damage upon impact than smaller caliber so any piece of shrapnel from the original hit could have gone and lodge itself in the brain.

That takes some skill.

It's not as if he was very very far. A lot of people train for sports and achieve those skills.

how did Bingham maintain his skill for however long he'd been out of the military, since gun ownership is highly restricted in Britain ?

He could have owned rifles illegally. Or he could have lived elsewhere.

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco

[–] mackay254 10 years ago

Wasn't he aiming for the witness?

[–] Ghetto_Defendant 8 years ago

Yes, he was. So, he wasn't a very good shot after all.