Two Chinese defense companies have cryptically announced achievements that suggest a new world record for sniper rifle range may have been set. Chongqing Changjiang Electric Appliances Industries Group and Hunan Huanan OptoElectronic Group both made suggestive statements.

Cryptic statements from two Chinese defence companies suggest that a long-distance shooting record may have been broken yet again. The first hint came on April 28, when Chongqing Changjiang Electric Appliances Industries Group, one of China’s biggest ammunition manufacturers, announced that an unspecified product had “successfully refreshed the world record for similar products” during a “specialised test”. The next day, Hunan Huanan OptoElectronic Group – a military optics supplier – said in a....