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Shot a bottle cap off a limb at 110 yds. with my Hi-point 9mm carbine about a year ago. FREE-HANDED!!! 
I thought that wuz purty cool!
I thought that wuz purty cool!
My first trick shot!
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I once shot a .223 case EXACTLY down the middle with a .22lr at 50 yards. I am somewhat scared to touch the casing because it might snap in 1/2. but there was metal on both sides of the entrey and exit. I have NEVER been able to duplicate that shot, though I have tried.
Lonestar.45
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Back when I was into bowhunting, during practice, I shot an arrow into another arrow. They were aluminum, the second arrow stuck perfectly into the first. I still have it hanging like that in the garage. To this day I'm not sure dad believes I did it the way I said I did (he had walked into the house when it happened).
Me and a friend, during our teenage years, used to shoot our .22's at pennies taped to a paper target at 30-40 yds. Using my trusty Model 60, I built quite a collection of pennies with holes in them.
More recently, went to a sporting clays "fun" type tournament with a bunch of clients and friends. I've never shot sporting clays, but have shot skeet/dove years ago. There were about 150 guys there divided into teams. Most had Browning or Ruger over/unders, and most of them looked like they had shot a lot of clays. I roll up with my 870 pump, and kept up with them okay, until we got to the last station where I shot 9 out of 10, the high score on that station for the day. Won a $100 gift certificate to a local gun shop. Luck, heck yes!
Of course, those are the rare highlights. I could fill pages with stories of missed deer, hogs, dove, skeet........
Me and a friend, during our teenage years, used to shoot our .22's at pennies taped to a paper target at 30-40 yds. Using my trusty Model 60, I built quite a collection of pennies with holes in them.
More recently, went to a sporting clays "fun" type tournament with a bunch of clients and friends. I've never shot sporting clays, but have shot skeet/dove years ago. There were about 150 guys there divided into teams. Most had Browning or Ruger over/unders, and most of them looked like they had shot a lot of clays. I roll up with my 870 pump, and kept up with them okay, until we got to the last station where I shot 9 out of 10, the high score on that station for the day. Won a $100 gift certificate to a local gun shop. Luck, heck yes!
Of course, those are the rare highlights. I could fill pages with stories of missed deer, hogs, dove, skeet........
Busted an old Dr pepper bottle at 250 yards with my M91 mosin nagant
Iron sights first try.
Shot a beer bottle tied to a string in a breeze with my stock sistema
from 75 yards.
Shot an old aresol can at 100 yards with my standard model ruger MKII
Took 4 rounds to find my elevation though.
Iron sights first try.
Shot a beer bottle tied to a string in a breeze with my stock sistema
from 75 yards.
Shot an old aresol can at 100 yards with my standard model ruger MKII
Took 4 rounds to find my elevation though.
Using an air pistol at 6 yards (in my garage), I split two pellets in a row on a utility knife blade.
Not exactly in half though...
Here are four holes from two shots--I moved the blade between shots.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=117776
And here are some pellet halves I dug out of the ductseal.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=117784
Yes, there are more than four pellet halves. I had to practice a few shots before I tried to hit two in a row.
When I was a kid, I could hit the poles on the chainlink fence at around 10-15 yards from the hip with my Daisy 880. It had to be poles though--I could never get my elevation "sense" good enough to hit any kind of a real target from the hip.
Not exactly in half though...
Here are four holes from two shots--I moved the blade between shots.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=117776
And here are some pellet halves I dug out of the ductseal.
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=117784
Yes, there are more than four pellet halves. I had to practice a few shots before I tried to hit two in a row.
When I was a kid, I could hit the poles on the chainlink fence at around 10-15 yards from the hip with my Daisy 880. It had to be poles though--I could never get my elevation "sense" good enough to hit any kind of a real target from the hip.
gunslinger308
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first bb/pellet trick-anything from the hip( although there was this one ricochet off the BBQ pit that hit my little sisster's leg, wow sibblings are mean to each other!)
first bow trick/unlucky shot- practice in my back yard for 4-H, 15yds off the top of the target butt(straw and burlap w/wooden hoop for support), then skips off the top of cement fence to end 20 feet up in a tree across the alley.
first pistol trick shot- My dad got a S&W 9mm auto and we went to go practice in the field. When we arrived there were some feral hogs about 300yds in the bottom of the field, he scatters them with a shot from a 30-30, so I start shooting his pistol(with fmj rounds) at a running 25pound pig and within five shots I killed the pig at about 85yds( I sure wouldn't have guessed that a pistol would be that flat a trajectory!)
SKS- 3 ferral hogs, 12yds, 7 shots(all hits), 11seconds from first to last shot ( makes you shudder to think about our soldiers in Korea and VietNam wars)
Highpower rifle- Saiga 308 w/posp4-8x42(me)portugese surp ammo vs. Remington700 300Ultra w/Luepold3-9(buddy)rifles "favorite" factory ammo, 500 yds, 12inch x 20inch water jug, see who can hit it. He takes three shots,all on either side of the jug. I take three and nail it every time. Ofcourse, I was to busy jumping for joy to shoot anymore, but my two buddies shot my gun and each hit the jug 2 out of three shots!
shotgun-still have some practice before I get this one.The clubhouse manager at my shotgun club shot a perfect 25 skeet round FROM THE HIP!!!
first bow trick/unlucky shot- practice in my back yard for 4-H, 15yds off the top of the target butt(straw and burlap w/wooden hoop for support), then skips off the top of cement fence to end 20 feet up in a tree across the alley.
first pistol trick shot- My dad got a S&W 9mm auto and we went to go practice in the field. When we arrived there were some feral hogs about 300yds in the bottom of the field, he scatters them with a shot from a 30-30, so I start shooting his pistol(with fmj rounds) at a running 25pound pig and within five shots I killed the pig at about 85yds( I sure wouldn't have guessed that a pistol would be that flat a trajectory!)
SKS- 3 ferral hogs, 12yds, 7 shots(all hits), 11seconds from first to last shot ( makes you shudder to think about our soldiers in Korea and VietNam wars)
Highpower rifle- Saiga 308 w/posp4-8x42(me)portugese surp ammo vs. Remington700 300Ultra w/Luepold3-9(buddy)rifles "favorite" factory ammo, 500 yds, 12inch x 20inch water jug, see who can hit it. He takes three shots,all on either side of the jug. I take three and nail it every time. Ofcourse, I was to busy jumping for joy to shoot anymore, but my two buddies shot my gun and each hit the jug 2 out of three shots!
shotgun-still have some practice before I get this one.The clubhouse manager at my shotgun club shot a perfect 25 skeet round FROM THE HIP!!!
Battlespace
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I was black powder target practicing with a friend several years ago using his .36 Remington and my .44 Remington. He made a comment about shooting a black walnut he had placed on a fence post. We walked off about 75 paces turned and darned if I didn't hit it on the first shot. We both just stood there in utter amazement.
Dionysusigma
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When I first got into guns, I had purchased one of those cheap Marksman BB pistols (the $20.00 ones at Wal-Mart). I started out at 7 feet shooting at a 3x5" index card, and after every time I reloaded the hopper I moved back about 2 feet.
By the end of the next day I was 40 yards back. Cross-breeze of about 30-35mph. Did a few hopper-fuls with not a single one missing the paper.
Once got bored with my Marlin 60 at the range, so I started shooting blossoms off flowers from 50 yards. Just to see if I could do it, I popped one in the middle of the stem (long stems on these suckers... think thistles) and as the upper bit came down I sent one through the blossom.
Never been able to either of these since.
By the end of the next day I was 40 yards back. Cross-breeze of about 30-35mph. Did a few hopper-fuls with not a single one missing the paper.
Once got bored with my Marlin 60 at the range, so I started shooting blossoms off flowers from 50 yards. Just to see if I could do it, I popped one in the middle of the stem (long stems on these suckers... think thistles) and as the upper bit came down I sent one through the blossom.
Never been able to either of these since.
GMAN
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Only one I can think of is, we were shooting bow and arrow when I was 15yrs old (now 57) I shot an arrow between 2 bales of straw and when we went and located the arrow, It had went through and was still sticking through a garner snake. Does that count as a trick shot?
atek3
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I was spear fishing, thrust the spear and nailed two fish
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ScorpioVI
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Direct lay on an 81mm mortar. 1st round downrange. Dropped the round right through the TC hatch of an old M113 at 600 meters.
Well, that was my most impressive trick shot. My first one was shooting mangos out of trees with a BB gun by hitting the 1mm stem that holds them. My brothers and I would take turns shooting and catching the mangos.
Well, that was my most impressive trick shot. My first one was shooting mangos out of trees with a BB gun by hitting the 1mm stem that holds them. My brothers and I would take turns shooting and catching the mangos.
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A friend of mine made a steel popper target a few years back. It stood about 3 feet tall, and had about 8 metal squares on it as targets. The squares were about 2"x2". One day when we were out shooting, we decided to play a game. I was using my M1 Carbine, and he was using a Remington 740 in 30.06. We backed off about 40 yards from the target and started shooting. He'd shoot a square, causing it to spin one way, and then I'd shoot the same square, making it go the other way. We did this for a while before we ran out of ammo.
We also used to shoot at action figures with our BB guns. Gi Joe's hands get pretty small when you're about 15 yards away..
Chris
We also used to shoot at action figures with our BB guns. Gi Joe's hands get pretty small when you're about 15 yards away..
Chris
can't really call it trick.
When i joined the Navy i had shot my dad's long guns - but never shot anything in a hand gun.
Well they had just opened thier newly renovated range and told us that we were special and got to fire fourty 22 rounds instead of 20. (seemed looking back like a 1911 reconfigured for 22lr)(this was in boot camp in 1990 in Orlando)(before ya'll go nuts... this is the NAVY not the Army/Marines... rofl)
(i have no idea if that was "true" that we were special or what not)
at any rate... they said that we were supposed to aim for body center and no head shots or the like.
of course - i managed (i was quite proud) to land 39 in the "center mass" area... and just one - centered on the forhead.
Hey - i'd never fired a handgun before then - unless you count the video arcades... and they weren't exactly high-tech then <grin> Not sure "duck hunt" for nintendo counts as handgun experience... hehe.
Hey - as close as i can get.. =) The normal shooting we do round here (clays and the like w/ handguns/22's/etc... don't count as any kind of expertise...
altho - after you break the clay.... then making the bits that are still visible dissapear... does seem a bit trickish <hehehe 22>
J/Tharg!
When i joined the Navy i had shot my dad's long guns - but never shot anything in a hand gun.
Well they had just opened thier newly renovated range and told us that we were special and got to fire fourty 22 rounds instead of 20. (seemed looking back like a 1911 reconfigured for 22lr)(this was in boot camp in 1990 in Orlando)(before ya'll go nuts... this is the NAVY not the Army/Marines... rofl)
(i have no idea if that was "true" that we were special or what not)
at any rate... they said that we were supposed to aim for body center and no head shots or the like.
of course - i managed (i was quite proud) to land 39 in the "center mass" area... and just one - centered on the forhead.
Hey - i'd never fired a handgun before then - unless you count the video arcades... and they weren't exactly high-tech then <grin> Not sure "duck hunt" for nintendo counts as handgun experience... hehe.
Hey - as close as i can get.. =) The normal shooting we do round here (clays and the like w/ handguns/22's/etc... don't count as any kind of expertise...
altho - after you break the clay.... then making the bits that are still visible dissapear... does seem a bit trickish <hehehe 22>
J/Tharg!
Put out a candle flame (easy)
Show off to your non-shooting friends by extingishing (blowing out, whatever) a candle flame at 10-15 yards. Anything close will do it. Give it a try. Also, PLEASE BE CAREFUL, HERE-- it is easy to shoot a revolver (.22) upside down. Just use the sights as you would right side up. Try this unloaded a few times first. Pull trigger with little finger on SA. (Don't try this in the back yard ) did I say be careful????? But it is EASY.---Tom
Sorry, Dave, where are my manners??---Why to go , Kace. I couldn't do that in a hundred years, wouldn't even try unless my ex was holding it.
Show off to your non-shooting friends by extingishing (blowing out, whatever) a candle flame at 10-15 yards. Anything close will do it. Give it a try. Also, PLEASE BE CAREFUL, HERE-- it is easy to shoot a revolver (.22) upside down. Just use the sights as you would right side up. Try this unloaded a few times first. Pull trigger with little finger on SA. (Don't try this in the back yard ) did I say be careful????? But it is EASY.---Tom
Sorry, Dave, where are my manners??---Why to go , Kace. I couldn't do that in a hundred years, wouldn't even try unless my ex was holding it.
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gunslinger308
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Dave R-You other guys might want to compliment a good shooter in addition to your own brags
How about Bob Munden from NRA TV- He has more trick shots in his bag than I have milsurp ammo in my closet!!!
How about Bob Munden from NRA TV- He has more trick shots in his bag than I have milsurp ammo in my closet!!!
KaceCoyote
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Thanks Dave R, I was feeling alittle forgotten here.
A friend and I were working on a building one time and a couple of crows landed about 150 yards away and were eating crickets. I bet him $10 I could hit the crow in the eye. He took the bet. So I rested my scoped AR on the porch rail and shot. When we went out to where the crow was, he paid me the $10 bucks. The crow was dead with both eyes out and the top of his skull popped open like a bottle cap.
SMLE
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I once shot an apple of a friend's head! 
Well, not "exactly". My friend had a college class assignment to shoot a video that tole an "unbelievable tale in a believable way. We used an old steel helmet and a camera tripod with a broomstick taped to it. One fellow used a hand held camcorder to record my friend putting on the helmet and me taping the apple on top of it. My friend than walked a few steps down range, the camera man did a tight zoom that showed just eh top of the helmet and the apple then cut. My friend took off the helmet and we put the tripod under it. Rolled tape and I shot the apple with a .303 rifle. another cut , removed the tripod and put my friend back under the helmet. Rolled tape and zoomed out. Friend is standing there in mock shock with applesauce dripping down his neck. The raw, unedited tape freaked a couple of people out, the finished version was scary real.
Here is a frame from the tape showing the moment of impact.
Well, not "exactly". My friend had a college class assignment to shoot a video that tole an "unbelievable tale in a believable way. We used an old steel helmet and a camera tripod with a broomstick taped to it. One fellow used a hand held camcorder to record my friend putting on the helmet and me taping the apple on top of it. My friend than walked a few steps down range, the camera man did a tight zoom that showed just eh top of the helmet and the apple then cut. My friend took off the helmet and we put the tripod under it. Rolled tape and I shot the apple with a .303 rifle. another cut , removed the tripod and put my friend back under the helmet. Rolled tape and zoomed out. Friend is standing there in mock shock with applesauce dripping down his neck. The raw, unedited tape freaked a couple of people out, the finished version was scary real.
Here is a frame from the tape showing the moment of impact.
Jake
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It was at a friends house when I was 17 or 18. We started out plinking with his bolt-action .22 when he and another guy decided to shoot some skeet. So he goes in the house and comes back with a laucher, 12 gauge and some clays and they set up and start shooting. They shoot for a while and I continue to play with the .22 because I had never shot skeet before and wasn't real interested in trying.
After about 20 minutes they start trying to get me to try it but I said no. So they keep trying to talk me into trying it and I finally agree, kind of. Deciding to be a smarta#@ about it I walk over and take position still holding his .22 rifle. So they start joking around and giving me a hard time about shooting skeet with a .22. I told them to just load up and get ready to go and we'll see what happens.
Now as I said I had never tried skeet shooting or any other kind of aerial shooting before so I don't have chance of hitting this thing. But I called pull, snapped the gun up, aimed and fired and I'll be darned if I didn't hit it dead on and shatter it. At which point I looked at them and said something along the lines of "Class is over for the day boys and girls. Thanks for coming." and walked away. To this day I've never tried skeet again so I can still claim my "perfect" record with a .22.
After about 20 minutes they start trying to get me to try it but I said no. So they keep trying to talk me into trying it and I finally agree, kind of. Deciding to be a smarta#@ about it I walk over and take position still holding his .22 rifle. So they start joking around and giving me a hard time about shooting skeet with a .22. I told them to just load up and get ready to go and we'll see what happens.
Now as I said I had never tried skeet shooting or any other kind of aerial shooting before so I don't have chance of hitting this thing. But I called pull, snapped the gun up, aimed and fired and I'll be darned if I didn't hit it dead on and shatter it. At which point I looked at them and said something along the lines of "Class is over for the day boys and girls. Thanks for coming." and walked away. To this day I've never tried skeet again so I can still claim my "perfect" record with a .22.
Guy L Johnson
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Trick Shots
At the club i shoot we regularly cut playing cards at 30 yards with.177 air rifles for fun or have contest to shoot the 22cal LR case off the 50 yard rail first.
At the club i shoot we regularly cut playing cards at 30 yards with.177 air rifles for fun or have contest to shoot the 22cal LR case off the 50 yard rail first.
Got a neighbor who is always hitting golf balls in my yeard. I took one of the plastic wiffle types and split it dead center with my bow from about 20 yards. First shot. Shot some birds with the bow at about 25 yards. Thats about it for me.
Sometimes think I can shoot my bow better than a gun.
Sometimes think I can shoot my bow better than a gun.
MLH
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Shot a fly at 25 yards once
Didn't try again as I wanted to keep my perfect streak going!
Didn't try again as I wanted to keep my perfect streak going!
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