A term that is sometimes used for oceanic crust rocks is sima, which is short for magnesium silicate, a common component of these rocks. Another term for these undersea igneous rocks is mafic, which comes from the fact that they are high in magnesium and iron. Basalt and gabbro are examples of mafic rocks.
The current record is held by Briton Corporal of Horse (CoH) Craig Harrison, of the UKâs Household Cavalry, who recorded a 2,475 m (2,707 yd) shot (confirmed by GPS) in November 2009, also during the War in Afghanistan, in which he hit two Taliban insurgents consecutively.
Perryâs shot is unconfirmed. For the record, these are the worldâs longest shots. Long shots, let alone the âLongest Shot,â are the stuff of Hollywood legend. In the movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Clint Eastwood, as âBlondie,â uses three shots to split a lynch rope that his partner is about to hang from.