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Nathan Foster

Quote from Ruby Rose folowing the release of this movie:

"Handling a sniper rifle is a different challenge altogether, not least because it has enough kickback to rip off your shoulder. She trained at a range in LA used by the Secret Service, military and Olympic competitors.

She wowed her trainers by being able to hit a horizontal playing card from 1000 metres. "I split the card through the side, which was like a hair, and [my trainer] was like 'OK, if we ever need you for anything, you would be really good at this'," she says."

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Those of you who shoot long will know that you cannot see a playing card side on at 1000 meters with a typical 22-32 power scope. You will also know that a bullet does not fly straight, there is always an element of wind or spin drift plus Coriolis at 1000m / 1100y. Even if the card was hit, it would be hit from the side. I therefore wonder if this young lady was punked by her trainer, ripping the card in half and handing it to her. If so, its a sad thing because it makes a fool out of her through no fault of her own.

We may be inclined to take the p--s out of this hollywood star but in this case I think the trainer(s) may possibly be responsible for this misinformation.

Ordinarily I would ignore this but readers of my Shooting book will see how this ties back into statements I made in the book.

All the best, Nathan.