kBob said,
What this guy did was great!
As to nay sayers.....
The old Metallic Silluette game's 200 meter ram was a lot smaller than a guy and they got hit fairly regular like, standing unsupported.
I used to practice long range shooting up on the Pawnee Grasslands at unknown ranges and got pretty good at estimating both range and how much to hold up that front sight to "scare" a rock or cowpie. Kind of an internal calculator that comes with practice, even
without knowing the numbers.
Yes, it's a good tool for your toolbox.
After that, metallic handgun silhouette shooting, with its known ranges, was relatively easy. Yes, I knocked down my share of rams with my out-of-the-box S&W 19 (6" bbl) at 200 meters.
Kudos to that armed citizen!
Terry, 230RN
Amusing side note: One of my first shots at an IMHS match went into the dirt because I was nervous. But it ricocheted into the turkey, which went clank, turned sloooowly around, like an over-dramatic hit in the movies, balanced delicately on one corner of its base for a moment, and finally fell down. I turned to the scorer and asked, "Does that count?"
He laughed and said "It fell down when you went bang," and marked it as a hit.
Truly, there's a lot to be said for suppressive fire.