Introduction
This tale perhaps belongs in the sniper anthology, but as all Cindy Sue shoots is a metal target, it seemed more appropriate here.
As far as I can tell, all Delta Force operators must be more than just exceptional shooters. They have to go through an intensive sniper training.
There are two major and distinct skill sets involved here. Or perhaps three.
One is the actual shooting. Firing accurately over great distances is an incredibly challenging task.
At a thousand yards, a standard round travels for over a second. (The world record kill made in 2017 traveled over four seconds to kill its target 3.5 kilometers away.) In that time and distance, wind can blow it aside, cooler-denser air can cause it to slow and fall more, even the Coriolis effect of the Earth’s spin can ha
