Elkins45
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Laser measured 341 yard shot on a whitetail. You guys who shoot stuff at 500+ yards must have better scopes than I do because I recall the crosshair being a measurable percentage of the height of the deer.
The "best" shot you've ever taken?
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tark
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I was at a range in California years ago at my bench, when the guy next to me asked if I wanted to take a shot with his 378 Weatherby. Factory loads. I fired one shot and hit the X ring at 100 yards. I handed the gun back and sait "that's it. I can't top that"
Peter M. Eick
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In an informal shoot off with guys at the hunting lodge, we were shooting pellet rifles at harder and harder targets. Finally to break the tie between the two finalist the other guy tossed a coke can in the air and said shoot it. I did and by pure luck I hit it with a resounding "tink". He went and picked up the can but there was no holes in it. He said I missed until he shook it and the pellet was still inside it.
Unperturbed, I told him "I thought you wanted me to shoot it through the hole. There is no challenge in just hitting it" and sat down.
The whole lodge just looked at me and the can and to this day they probably still wonder if I really did aim for the hole only.
Unperturbed, I told him "I thought you wanted me to shoot it through the hole. There is no challenge in just hitting it" and sat down.
The whole lodge just looked at me and the can and to this day they probably still wonder if I really did aim for the hole only.
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This 21 year old comes into the gun shop I hang around a lot to buy 8mm Mauser ammo. One day he sees a Beretta 96 for sale and he had to have it. A few days later my shooting buddy and I were at the range and the "kid" shows up with his new 40 S&W Beretta. He sets out a gallon water jug about 20 yards out on the range floor and proceeds to empty the magazine but the jug is untouched. I said to him, "Come on, I want to see that jug explode!" He replied, "Yeah, like you can do better!" I went into my pocket and out comes my S&W M442 snub nose .38 Special. It had snowed the night before and in stuck in the snow about the same 20 yards away as the bottle were a few empty 12ga shotshells peaking half way out of the snow. I took aim at one and hit it just right and it jumped into the air. As it was in the air I took another shot at it and hit it again. OK OK, the first shot I expected to make but the in air shot was pure luck. None the less my buddy started to laugh and told the kid, I guess he can do better. Of course I had to put a controlled pair into the water jug while I was at it! LOL
The kid was not happy since his girlfriend was standing there watching! (never mess with the old guy who can shoot...)
The kid was not happy since his girlfriend was standing there watching! (never mess with the old guy who can shoot...)
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Two p-dogs on the same day. One at 1204 yards with my 6mmBR and another at 1214 with my 6.5-284. That's really stretching a 6mmBR. Another memorable shot was a drive by shooting of a coyote at 725 yards with a 22-250 while I was leaning over the hood of my jeep (off road). I am not sure who was more shocked, my brother, me, or the coyote.
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My most memorable shot was with a .22 pellet gun when I was a kid. My friend and I were hanging the rifle out a second story window and shooting cans we had set up in the yard. There was a blue jay sitting in a tree about 40 yards away. My friend says "hey, bet you can't hit that blue jay" and right as he says it, the bird takes flight. I took a shot and knocked that thing right out of the air. Neither of us could believe it. We went running down stairs, then outside to where we thought it dropped. Sure enough I got him!
In HS in AZ. Out with friend just walking and plinking. Saw a dove on the fence about 150 yds away and said " Watch this Burt. " I had a single shot old Remington open sights, my dad's, that shot high to the right. So guesstimated the drop and drift ( wind blowing pretty good ) and fired. Just a slight pause and Dove fell to ground. Pure luck.
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Sorry no feats of super-long range sniping for me. Around here things are somewhat close (as in rifle club is limited to 200 yards) and hunting is mostly archery and shotguns. However did have a really nice, though accidental, moment shooting trap at a public FWA range near my home summer before last.
My usual set-up is a single arm thrower on the ground, load up singles or doubles, hold shotgun in left hand and pull rope with right, drop rope, mount gun and snap shoot. Been doing it that way forever since no one usually feels like going with me. I figure it makes for very good pheasant practice since nobody walks a field with the gun on their shoulder. Usually good for hitting 75-80 out of a box of 90 clays with 100 shotshells. Isn't that difficult with practice since although it varies left/right, the birds are flying up and away.
Anyhow had loaded my old wingmaster and laid it on the ground so could use two hands to pull back the thrower arm. Loaded up 2 birds when accidentally triggered the thrower. For whatever reason I decided to try to shoot them. Instead of deftly running over and scooping up the gun, I tripped. Ended up somersalting/rolling, grabbed the gun, jumped up and managed to down both with two shots. Was surprised, but not as much as the young guys in the car that had pulled in and watched the whole episode. The looks on their faces was just about priceless. Did my best to act like it was intentional and expected. Dusted myself off and pack up. Kids were talking and pointing over at me entire time was putting my stuff back in the truck.
Old dudes still have moves! LOL
My usual set-up is a single arm thrower on the ground, load up singles or doubles, hold shotgun in left hand and pull rope with right, drop rope, mount gun and snap shoot. Been doing it that way forever since no one usually feels like going with me. I figure it makes for very good pheasant practice since nobody walks a field with the gun on their shoulder. Usually good for hitting 75-80 out of a box of 90 clays with 100 shotshells. Isn't that difficult with practice since although it varies left/right, the birds are flying up and away.
Anyhow had loaded my old wingmaster and laid it on the ground so could use two hands to pull back the thrower arm. Loaded up 2 birds when accidentally triggered the thrower. For whatever reason I decided to try to shoot them. Instead of deftly running over and scooping up the gun, I tripped. Ended up somersalting/rolling, grabbed the gun, jumped up and managed to down both with two shots. Was surprised, but not as much as the young guys in the car that had pulled in and watched the whole episode. The looks on their faces was just about priceless. Did my best to act like it was intentional and expected. Dusted myself off and pack up. Kids were talking and pointing over at me entire time was putting my stuff back in the truck.
Old dudes still have moves! LOLkapie
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I was sitting in a lawn chair shooting at sticks about fifty feet away.
My dad walks up and says hey shoot that crow.It was about a hundred yards away and at my 10.I held the pellet gun in front of me arms extended out straight and hit the crow with one shot.Not aiming. It pivoted downward and dropped.
My dad walks up and says hey shoot that crow.It was about a hundred yards away and at my 10.I held the pellet gun in front of me arms extended out straight and hit the crow with one shot.Not aiming. It pivoted downward and dropped.
One was a groundhog at 448 yards with my Contender in 222.Another was when a friend of mine said"betcha can't hit that can on that fencepost from here'.It was 60 yards and I rolled it off the post with a fast draw,one-hand hold snap shot with my Ruger 44 mag.I could wear that gun out and never do that again.
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I shot a whitetail deer with my S&W model 28 highway patrolman 357 mag at 112 yrds open sights and another deer at 987 yrds with 30-06 Akley Improved and a crow at 540 yrds with a AR-15.
LeonCarr
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About 15 years ago I was shooting a bone stock Glock 17 loaded with WWB and a Jackrabbit hopped out in front of me. Standing offhand, one shot, rolled it. The distance was a lasered 175 yards. The sights were covering the rabbit when I shot. Pure Luck .
About 5 years before the Jackrabbit, I was sighting in a deer rifle at Carter's Country in Spring, Texas and was shooting next to a guy shooting a .460 Weatherby Magnum. I had never shot one of those and asked him politely if I could shoot his rifle if I paid for the ammo. He said, "OK son, I will let you shoot three rounds for 5 bucks". I said OK since those things are crazy expensive to shoot. I put the rifle to my shoulder and he said, "Here you will need this" and put a 25 pound bag of lead shot on my shoulder. I shot, and put the first round through the X-ring at 100 yards. The guy then said that if I put the next two into the same hole, the ammo was free.
I did it.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
.About 5 years before the Jackrabbit, I was sighting in a deer rifle at Carter's Country in Spring, Texas and was shooting next to a guy shooting a .460 Weatherby Magnum. I had never shot one of those and asked him politely if I could shoot his rifle if I paid for the ammo. He said, "OK son, I will let you shoot three rounds for 5 bucks". I said OK since those things are crazy expensive to shoot. I put the rifle to my shoulder and he said, "Here you will need this" and put a 25 pound bag of lead shot on my shoulder. I shot, and put the first round through the X-ring at 100 yards. The guy then said that if I put the next two into the same hole, the ammo was free.
I did it
.Just my .02,
LeonCarr
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About 18 years ago, I was rabbit & quail hunting one New Year's day after an ice and snow storm had coated things up nicely.
This was on an old unused RR line that had a "game farm" on the other side of the highway and the quail would hide out in this cut in the hill the RR ran through.
My pumpgun had the modified choke in with lo-brass #6, hi-brass #6, and hi-brass #4 loaded in that order. Well, this fool rabbit hopped up the the steel rail and stopped broadside. While watching him without moving, I figured he was at least 40 yds. away - and me with the mod choke.
I decided to take a chance and slowly shucked out the first two and got the hi-brass #4 in the chamber, putting the other back in the magazine. I took careful aim, holding about a foot over the rabbit's head and about 6-8" in front, in case he would cross the RR.
To my total amazement, when I fired, the rabbit just fell over!!
After a couple of seconds standing with my mouth open, I started to run (as fast as the ice would let me!) and chucked out the empty. When I got to the rabbit, there was no sign of blood ANYWHERE! After stuffing him in my bag, I paced off back to where my empty had fallen, which turned out to be about 80 paces and about 5 more to where I had fired - 42 yds.
In cleaning the rabbit, I never found any shot - none at all from the neck down.
Go figure!
This was on an old unused RR line that had a "game farm" on the other side of the highway and the quail would hide out in this cut in the hill the RR ran through.
My pumpgun had the modified choke in with lo-brass #6, hi-brass #6, and hi-brass #4 loaded in that order. Well, this fool rabbit hopped up the the steel rail and stopped broadside. While watching him without moving, I figured he was at least 40 yds. away - and me with the mod choke.
I decided to take a chance and slowly shucked out the first two and got the hi-brass #4 in the chamber, putting the other back in the magazine. I took careful aim, holding about a foot over the rabbit's head and about 6-8" in front, in case he would cross the RR.
To my total amazement, when I fired, the rabbit just fell over!!
After a couple of seconds standing with my mouth open, I started to run (as fast as the ice would let me!) and chucked out the empty. When I got to the rabbit, there was no sign of blood ANYWHERE! After stuffing him in my bag, I paced off back to where my empty had fallen, which turned out to be about 80 paces and about 5 more to where I had fired - 42 yds.
In cleaning the rabbit, I never found any shot - none at all from the neck down.
Go figure!
I shot a pheasant in the head....with a .22 lever action....at over 100 yards. One shot, one dead bird. The other was shooting a pigeon out of the air with a scope sighted .22 bolt action. Bird was probably 50 foot or better overhead (open farmlands, no danger in shootng at such angles where I was at). This bird was also perfectly headshot. I wouldn't probably attempt either shot today, but as a kid who thought anything was possible, I took "iffier" shots than I would today. Some of them found their mark and make for great stories, but....i missed....a LOT....as well
Dad told me this story a thousand times. As a kid, he was watching a ranch hand do some target shooting with a .22 pistol. He noticed dad watching, and said "watch this, I'm going to shoot right through that washer" and pointed to a washer about the size of a quarter hanging from the fence on a string. He shot, and told dad he'dd done it. Dad, undertandably, was skeptical, especially with no "proof"...the guy had claimed to shoot right through the center of it, leaving no evidence. Well, always the skeptic, dad found a piece of tape, covered the hole, and told the guy to do it again....one shot later, the tape hada perfect .22 caliber hole though it....dad never could decide if it was purely dumb luck he was able to do it when asked to "prove" it or if the guy actually was that awesome of a shot with a handgun!
I just remembered another nice shot In pulled off as a kid. I was hunting sharptail grouse with my dad, when a few of them got up, further than most people would ever think to even shoot at. I shouldered my gun, and touched off a shot just as dad was telling me not to waste my time...and dropped the bird. Dad still talks about that shot today, and that was at least 20 years ago. Each time it comes up, the comment is always the same..."theres NO WAY you should have killed that grouse!" I take it s a compliment every time, because having lived in south central SD his entire life, my dad knows a thing or two about hunting sharptails
saenzrich
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50 yds with a psa m4 and 1-4x scope
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T.R.
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Three bucks were bounding in single file across the edge of a wide field. Distance was approx. 275 yards. I aimed at the lead buck and fired my .308 rifle. But the next buck in line toppled over with a neck shot. Pure luck but my partner to this day still thinks I'm an ACE shooter!
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A few years ago my father and I were sighting in his new Ruger M77 in 30-06 before his elk hunting trip. We quickly dialed it in and then proceded to shoot for fun. The last two shells of the day we decided to see who could shoot better off hand. I nailed a PERFECT bulls eye. Probably a 1 in a million shot for either of us, (I am not a very good rifle shooter and offhand is even worse) I couldn't believe it when we walked up to the target. Definitely some memories made that day.
A late season squirrel hunt with my TC Classic Benchmark .22. Needed 1 more for my limit, and a saw one sunning itself on the side of a big oak tree a long ways off. Rested on my knee from a sitting position, squeezed off the shot and watched him fall. Stepped it off to about 120 yds to the base of that tree, flawless head shot.
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