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the one mile shot! 9" group! remember it?
bobski
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ok you diehard rifle shooters...help me out. about 15 years ago there was an article in the AM RIFLEMAN or G&A about a 30 caliber wildcat that bench shot one mile and hit a standard size 25yd pistol target taped on a piece of plywood! he used a computer program to figure wind and best conditions. what was the caliber? what was the name of the guy and the gun? start posting! i got a bet on it and the guy here in conn doesnt believe me and my gun mag's are in va. i cant research it! thanks!
former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction.
former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction.
Retired Naval Aviation
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
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Too bad I can't say that.
Respectfully,
Rafter-S
"What is truth? No wonder jesting Pilate turned away. The truth, it has a thousand faces -- show only one of them, and the whole truth flies away! But how to show the whole? That is the question."
--Thomas Wolfe, "You Can't Go Home Again" (1934)
Ray
Throckmortons' the alias,cas is the game.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
Got Balistics?
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
http://www.creedmoorsports.com/X0352.html
There was also (supposedly) an incident during the Civil War where a Union sharpshooter, Capt. John Metcalf, killed a Confederate General at one mile. http://www.blackpowderspg.com/productarticle.html
why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
Got Balistics?
The former is possible. I seriously doubt the latter.