Accuracy tall tales..,

a cold bore shot on a 2" target at 600 yards?
Yea, I can do it. Sometimes.
Which is what the guy meant, i'm sure.

I was on an Army marksmanship team and yeah I could shoot a group that big at 600. ACOG makes it easier than iron sights.

^^^^ Let 'em run some slack. We got a bite!

Random 8 said:

^^^^ Let 'em run some slack. We got a bite!

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I am not entirely sure what you mean, as I don't fish. Which leads to more time to practice at the range and do harder shots..

I personally know three guys that have killed prairie dogs at 1,000 or more yards. One was the guy I previously posted about. A .308 with a 15x scope. I’m thinking it may be harder to hit an animal the size of your foot at 1,000 yards than that ball at 600 yards.

600 yards? Hell, I can't even see that far anymore. I've never claimed to be a crack shot but I've made a couple worth bragging about. One was a running doe at 200 that my buddy had missed. I rolled her with one shot from my '06; had see thru mounts on it and just looked under the scope, swung through her like I would a quail, and pulled the trigger about the time the front sight got even with her nose. Another was a coyote at 525 yards with a Sharps 50-140 and a 6x Malcom scope, leaning on the hood of the truck. Shot it twice just to prove to the cousins it wasn't an accident. Other than that, my shooting stays under 300 yards nowadays.

This reminds me of a thread I saw a few weeks ago. Guy claiming he could hit a business card at 200 yards with a ruger 10/22, off hand, first time every time. Some folks called him out on it and he got po'd and either left or was asked to leave. Point is, I've never understood why anyone would want to come onto a public forum and spout such bs, and then get ugly when someone asked for proof. My grandad was in the service during the Korean war; he was a damn good shot, and taught me what I know about shooting at the longer ranges. But he never bragged on his ability. He let his shooting talk for him. Maybe more people should consider that these days.

Mac

Tall tales seem to be the norm in the shooting community. Had a guy just this past week swear that a factory 10/22 carbine from the `70's with a cheap bipod would shoot MOA@100yds all day long. I think much of the time it's just ignorance. People that don't know any better than may have either done it one time, discounted a lot of flyers, misjudged range or something of that nature. Sometimes they just repeat something they heard. It's never the type you encounter on forums that are heavily committed to the sport and test a lot of ammo or handloads. Because if you're gonna lie anyway, why go to all that trouble?

I knew a now-defamed gunwriter who used to be a member on this forum who changed clothes and guns to take multiple pictures of the same dead pig. Some people make a career out of lying.

The tallest one I've heard yet is a guy at work, 40ish yr old navy vet who says he had a 10/22 that he would shoot butterflies out of the air with. I'm guessing he was on some good meds and he was the only one who saw those butterflies.

Random 8 said:

^^^^ Let 'em run some slack. We got a bite!

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herrwalther said:

I was on an Army marksmanship team and yeah I could shoot a group that big at 600. ACOG makes it easier than iron sights.

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I shot 'em all in the 9 and smaller at 600m with an A2 and all it got me was middle of the pack at the Fort Ord post rifle match back in '87. Could I do it now? Probably not.

Just imagine how much better the score would be with a 6.5 cantmissmore. I hear they are setting up a group in the spaceforce that can shoot down satellites off hand.

From Smokey amd the Bandit
"When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the country you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are."

Some of the AMU guys can flat shoot.

mavracer said:

From Smokey amd the Bandit
"When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the country you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are."

Some of the AMU guys can flat shoot.

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True but some folks seem to think their ability to shoot, somehow magically supersedes the mechanical accuracy of the firearm in question. Similar to the ones that think picture perfect shot placement precludes the need to use the right bullet for the job.

I qualified expert with an M60 but I don't recall the target at all.
I had a friend that told me about some of the grat shots he had made deer hunting. I was skeptical but didn't say anything. Once I and several other friends were hunting together and he shot a running deer at 440 yards across a field while we watched. I was shocked. I am a good shot but some guys stun me with how good they are.

someguy2800 said:

I'm judging the equipment, not the ability. Even Mario Andretti can't win the indy 500 if he is driving an F150.

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LOL you can lose your wallet with thinking like that.

I did once drop a barn pigeon on the wing with a Marlin M70 .22 at well over 100 yards. I know my limits well enough to differentiate between luck and skill. Close...skill. Hit...luck!

I'm glad I have a pair of chest waders after reading a couple of these post.

I have shot 1,000s of prairie dogs with several different calibers and have corresponded with mostly honest guys who are much better shots than I am. So, I do know a bit about the sport. I've heard "tall talers" say. "I shoot 500 yd p-dogs all day long.", as if it's easy and they do it all the time. Now they might be shooting 500 yds 'at' p-dogs all day long, but I guarantee frequent misses. Have you ever looked thru a scope at a p-dog 500 yards away? I do know guys who spend tons of money and lots of time building rifles that will kill dogs at very long range. But that is rare indeed and they don't do it easily "all day long."

Sniper66 said:

I have shot 1,000s of prairie dogs with several different calibers and have corresponded with mostly honest guys who are much better shots than I am. So, I do know a bit about the sport. I've heard "tall talers" say. "I shoot 500 yd p-dogs all day long.", as if it's easy and they do it all the time. Now they might be shooting 500 yds 'at' p-dogs all day long, but I guarantee frequent misses. Have you ever looked thru a scope at a p-dog 500 yards away? I do know guys who spend tons of money and lots of time building rifles that will kill dogs at very long range. But that is rare indeed and they don't do it easily "all day long."

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First time I went pdogging I shot at one about 625 yards away. All the guys on the trip were telling me about the ultra-long shots they had made I figured I have to try that. Shot six times before the p dog got tired of waiting and went back down his hole. Decided most of the long distance shot stories I was hearing were quite possibly BS.

Prairie Dogs will sit there and let you walk your rounds in, particularly if you’re shooting over a dog town that hasn’t been hunted in a while.

As a result you can make some really long hits that sound impressive if you aren’t counting all your misses.

someguy2800 said:

My neighbors dad used to let us shoot pigeons in the barn with a recurve bow and blunt arrows. I think we averaged about 200 misses in a row but the one that finally hit a pigeon was “a great shot!”

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In this case, I think my lead was somewhere in the 15 foot range with some holdover. I only fired the shot as I'd fired the other 9 in the magazine at ones on top of the silo and the flock as they scattered and wished to reload. I was quite amazed when it crumpled up and went down in the cow pasture.