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Originally Posted by 47MartialMan  200 yards is a long distance, even for the modern soldier who is in trasining. Not all become marksmen/experts. Only a few. |
Two things...
First, the modern US soldier trains to hit a human sized target at 300 meters with a peep sight. You can hit a human sized target (center mass at 500 meters) with same site. Though it requires allot of skill. A Romanian AK47 is sighted via a leaf site to hit an area target at 1000 meter for the purpose of suppressive fire. Modern fire arms have no serious limitation on range,except human ability.
Two, using an older version of the musket loader an American went to england and hit a bull's eye on an archery target from 300 meters away. The
rare 200 yard shot, came from a "ninja" who was a low ranking samurai & was useing a Dutch musket (not the improvised bamboo shotguns mentioned earlier). At that range I also believe the round injured but did not kill.