Long range shot story, possible or not?

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260 yard shot, off hand, with and m1 Garand hitting a 12 inch metal disc, with multiple guys making this shot consistently.
Does this sound legit?
I've never tried this but I was told this by someone.
 
yes it does, if the multiple guys can shoot, and consistently means 7 out of ten or so.

the m1 has a way of finding its mark at rediculous ranges with a proficient garand operator
 
Very easy shot for some guys, not me offhand repetably, but bet I could hit it.

My 300yrd steel target is a 11"x 18"x 1/2" piece of frame rail off a dump truck, very easy hit prone with a bipod. One hole splashmarks are the norm:)
 
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NRA HP shoots at a 6" 10 ring at 200 yrds offhand and i'd say most people hit the 10 ring at least 5 or 6 times out of 10, with the winners usually doing 9-10 out of 10.

figure you take away the coats, add 60 yrds, and double the scoring ring? yeah, most HP shooters will get a lot of hits
 
Given a higher-than-average level of proficiency on the part of the shooter, these shots are doable.

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For me, and those with which I shoot, yes. For someone who never stayed at a Holiday Inn, perhaps.

Geno
 
I can do that all day long.

There are Many better than I.

Yes, its true with training and practise, not at all hard, as long as man, ammo and rifle are consistant.
 
I am not a big rifle shooter but I do know, from qualifying in the army, that a man size silhouette target at 250 yards is not much wider than the front sight post of an M-16. Since we are talking about an M1 Garand, I am assuming we are talking about iron sights. I know the rifle is fully capable and I know that alot of people could do this shot prone. But we are talking off handed, I am finding it hard to believe that several guys could do this repeatedly. With that said I am also aware that there are some phenomenol shooters out there. I am just saying that I would have to see it to believe.
 
I believe it. A 12" target is about 4MOA at 260 yards. That's about like getting a bead on a golf ball at 100. Very doable.
 
Certainly possible. Why would it be doubtful? I'd prefer something other than M2 ball myself, but you're talking about a target that's just over 4-MOA at that range, certainly doable. It would be about as difficult as hitting a clay target offhand at 100 yards.
 
Attend a High Power match and watch those guys. The 200 yd. Offhand bullseye is 12" in diameter. The better shooters will put most if not all of their shots in the black.
I have a 6" metal disc hanging on my 100 yd. target stand. I can hit it offhand most of the time with my High Power competition K-31. So, someone who's really good at this could easily hit a 12" disc at 260 yds.

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Well, considering that I've managed 6 out of 10 shots (on a good day) on a clay pigeon laying on the ground at 100 yards with a .40 cal pistol (4" barrel) and I've watched a friend of mine manage 5 out of 10 at 150 yards with a compact 1911, then I'm willing to bet that there are folks who could easily manage the shot in question with a rifle.
 
With a competent shooter and a good rifle, I don't see why that couldn't be done.


I've landed longer shots with a 91/30 using irons off-hand, so it's not something that's overly impossible...
 
Some time ago at a shooting club I was a member at, a fellow member was showing off his new AR-15. He checked his bag and had only one round for it. I told him he'd better make it count. He challenged me to make it count, instead. I told him I'd put it through an 8.5x11" piece of printer paper at 200 yards, standing. He set the sights to the 200yd setting, put up the target, and gave me a magazine with the one round. The the amazement of a very old-timer who was a spectator, I hit the paper. I even called the shot slightly right of center. It was no fluke, I hit targets that size in the Marines regularly.

So yes, what you describe above is not particularly amazing.
 
Entirely possible, but not as easy as many would have you believe.

This past July (?), I was the RO on a team practical rifle stage up in Topton, PA. The course of fire started with one hit, offhand, on each of two 12" steel plates at ~200 yards.

The majority of the teams timed out without completing the course of fire. Most of the teams had many, many misses on the offhand plates. About a third of the shooters had no hits at all on the offhand plates.

Now granted, we all had the stress of the clock to deal with (this was a timed stage,) but still. Food for thought.

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