Chris Kyle actually did take out an enemy from over a mile away

Obviously, a lot of the details in this film, based off of his autobiography, are not exactly authentic. Events have been moved around, locations differ, and for security reasons who he’s killed and how many are still kinda vague. Totally fair. But the one thing that is true, is this mile-long shot.

In the film, the shot takes out Syrian Olympic sharpshooter Mustafa, who’s been Kyle’s nemesis in the film. He also took out one of Kyle’s friends named Biggles. While Mustafa really existed, he didn’t kill Biggles, nor was his life cut short by Kyle.

Kyle’s shot, however, did take out an enemy insurgent who was aiming a rocket launcher at American troops. So Kyle aimed and fired his bullet over 2,100 yard to end the threat.