# Canadian sniper sets world record for longest kill (11,319 feet)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 24, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-sniper-sets-world-record-for-longest-kill-11-319-feet/789784 "2017-06-24T19:12:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-sniper-sets-world-record-for-longest-kill-11-319-feet/789784/1 "2017-06-24T19:12:11Z")

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[Killing an ISIS terrorist in Iraq from 2.2 miles away](http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/06/23/Report-Canadian-army-sniper-sets-record-for-longest-kill-shot/8671498110390/), and shattering the old record by more than 3,000 feet.

With this,[three of the four longest sniper kills in history have been achieved by Canadians.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/23/how-canadas-tiny-military-produced-deadly-record-breaking-snipers/?utm_term=.1e585535b8b3)

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-sniper-sets-world-record-for-longest-kill-11-319-feet/789784/2 "2017-06-24T21:47:21Z")

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Being from the frozen tundra, I can attest that we get used to doing nothing for months at a time.

Just set a Canadian sniper down, tell him it’s February, and presto, he can wait weeks for the perfect moment with no fidgeting.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-sniper-sets-world-record-for-longest-kill-11-319-feet/789784/3 "2017-06-24T22:50:04Z")

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Nice work. I still haven’t managed to kill a skeleton from 50 blocks away to get that one damn Minecraft achievement.