SwampWolf
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I recently read a review on the Winchester Model "Super-X3" shotgun by author Brad Fitzpatrick in the 2013 issue of the Gun Digest, some of which I found to be "super" incredulous at best but mostly unbelievable. Quoting Mr. Fitzpatrick: "...If it (the Super-X3) was ever going to win fans, it had better be extremely reliable. It did that, proving it would continue to work under the worst conditions, and quickly gained a reputation as one of the most dependable semi-autos on the market. One of the first examples of this was when Dr. Scott Breeze, also known as the "Dovenator" took over 15,000 doves in a single day of shooting in Argentina with a pair of 20 gauge SX3s, setting a new world record. The SuperX3's design had shown itself to be fail-safe, even under such brutal shooting conditions."
Taking nothing away from the many merits the SuperX3 shotgun has, does anyone else find this supposed feat bordering on the impossible? Assuming an eight hour day, sans lunch and rest breaks, shooting at and killing over 15,000 doves (that I assume were flying) seems to me to be nothing more than a flight of fantasy. After all, there are (according to "Alexis") only about 28,800 seconds in every eight hours, which would mean the Dovenator would have to kill a dove every two seconds or so.
I will concede that how many hours constituted "a single day" was never stipulated. Maybe the Dovenator shot through the night and the next morning to account for his pile of 15,000 birds...
Taking nothing away from the many merits the SuperX3 shotgun has, does anyone else find this supposed feat bordering on the impossible? Assuming an eight hour day, sans lunch and rest breaks, shooting at and killing over 15,000 doves (that I assume were flying) seems to me to be nothing more than a flight of fantasy. After all, there are (according to "Alexis") only about 28,800 seconds in every eight hours, which would mean the Dovenator would have to kill a dove every two seconds or so.
I will concede that how many hours constituted "a single day" was never stipulated. Maybe the Dovenator shot through the night and the next morning to account for his pile of 15,000 birds...
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