Yes sorry, the rock is at 1750 yards . Not hearing any real clear gong sounds on my end .
I disagree with the hits on the rock . No need to get testy mate . I don't think anyone can say for sure where that rock is being hit with absolute certainty from the video . You kind of miss my point , I am not knocking the shooting . I am saying I can't see the evidence of the shooting to any degree of precision . Why did they not just drive up and video the rock ? I will not say anymore as it seems you want to turn a discussion into an argument.
I'm not the least bit testy. I'm not even involved in the shooting or video.
I'm just pointing out the facts one of which I'll correct. It was a 7mm 168gr vld, not 140.
As for the rock... .
Half the rock is shadow. The first round hits just left of where the shadow starts and just about dead center top to bottom. The reason you see dust over the lower rock is because the wind is right to left. Look to the right edge of the dust trail and you see the impact is where I'm pointing to.
Even with the slightly larger bullet this is quite a feat at over 1,600M with such a small projectile especially from such a shooting platform.
As for the gong shots, yes Mirage is making it somewhat difficult to see clearly what is happening, and the wind masking to degree the impact sounds, but again, if you follow the trace in the air you can follow the bullet straight to each target and there is a definite sound of impact one would not get hitting soft dirt. There's also no dust being kicked up around the targets to indicate a miss. On the 700yds target you can even pick up the wave caused by the impact and blowback towards the camera from the paint.
Again, pick a similar target at a mile, and give it a ride if you feel this isn't an accomplishment. You will come away I'm quite sure feeling differently. Personally I've had kills out to 1,300M's myself and I realize what an accomplishment it is to stretch it out so much father.
As for the video quality, well, when you don't have a 50,000.00 dollar set up and editing software to make it "fit for TV" you go with what you have and mirage is always going to be a problem under high magnification if the conditions are right.
I sure dont' have any gear that could match this quality, neither do the vast majority of us who aren't "in the business".