list of longest confirmed sniper kills
While not on the list due to the range being less than the minimum distance used to compile it, Hathcock's second-longest confirmed kill was 1200 yards (1097 m) using a standard USMC sniper rifle chambered in .30-06 Springfield.
Billy Dixon, a civilian buffalo hunger, placed a shot with a Sharps .50-90 during the American Indian Wars in June of 1874 that spanned a distance of 1,538 yards. Dixon still ranks in at number 9 on the longest sniper shot list. Not bad for a guy relying on 19th century technology!
By Will Grant. A British sniper currently holds the publicly known record for a confirmed kill shot. As a Corporal of Horse in the British Army, Craig Harrison used a .338 caliber L115A3 Long Range Rifle to shoot a man from 2,707 yards (1.54 miles) in Afghanistan in 2009.