[clem]

Now, THIS, is a rifle shot!


Woman, 84, held in 220-yard shooting

MURFREESBORO - An 84-year-old woman fatally shot her son-in-law with a rifle from more than 200 yards away in an apparent family feud over rural land, prosecutors said.

Gertrude Raines was arraigned Monday on second-degree murder charges and remained in jail Wednesday in lieu of $75,000 bail. No trial date was set.

Charles Davis, 62, was shot in the abdomen from 220 yards away with a .22-caliber rifle while he was working on the roof of a cow shelter, authorities said. The rifle did not have a scope.

The Associated Press

[Sactown]

Wow. with iron sights on a .22. Maybe she was a Marine. Fatally shot at 220yds with a .22?

[enichols]

220 yds. with an iron-sighted .22? The only word that comes to mind is :eek:

[Jaegermeister]

At that range, she was probably going for a head shot and hit the victim in the abdomen. Still good shootin for granny!!

It doesn't say, however, if she did a spray and pray.

[4v50 Gary]

No Hatfield v. McCoy here.

[clem]

Hit in the abdomen? Must of hit some major plumbing and suffered massive blood loss?

And those 22s can bounce around a bit.

[Northwest Cajun]

My guess is , since he was on the roof he was hit and fell. The fall would do more damage than the bullet at that range.( he was 62)
30-40 gr bullet 1200-1300 fps at 220 yards would be like a bee sting.

Cajun

[ShaiVong]

CRAP! My grandma has a .30-30! :uhoh:

[cratz2]

Not to be picking nits, but does anyone know for sure if the rifle was a 22 rimfire? I mean, 223s, 22-250s and 220 Swifts are 22 caliber as well.

And if it was a 22 rimfire, with iron sights no less, seems to me like someone with more clout than Grandma wanted him dead, too!

[Steel]

maybe the fall off the roof onto his head had some part in his departure ?!

[45R]

:what:

[El Rojo]

I think it was a justified shoot. She had heard the son-in-law singing over Christmas, "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer". She saw him up on the roof, probably preparing for a meeting with Santa to plot the running over. She acted in legal self-defense of her life knowing that the son-in-law was planning on her getting run over by a reindeer. :rolleyes: