World's longest shotgun target shot

[oneounceload]

Here is George Digweed making the longest shot - 130 yards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teixm6JMw_k

Pretty amazing

 

[Coyote3855]

Pretty amazing how he repeatedly sweeps the crowd with the shotgun.

 

[Milkmaster]

Well I am going to cut the guy a break since the crowd was at times surrounding him & I never saw him do it without the gun open.

Nice shooting whatever else may be wrong or not.

 

[Owen Sparks]

Digweed?

 

[fatcat4620]

So birdshot can break a clay thst far out.

 

[oneounceload]

Guess some folks don't get it.........

 

[Rampant_Colt]

Pretty impressive. Did he say he was using #5 shot?

Pretty amazing how he repeatedly sweeps the crowd with the shotgun.

Have you ever been trap or skeet shooting? The gun was broke open and was perfectly safe..

 

[content]

Hello friends and neighbors // Outstanding, smart way to do it too.

Sort of the way I teach folks Archery, start close then work your way back.
I wonder if he can start farther and farther back each time.

Reguardless George Digweed shows the capabilities of a Shotgun the way Jerry Mc. shows the capabilities of a Revolver.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Kush]

I don't think its possible, at least not with regular loads, definitely not with how quiet the loads he was shooting sounded. My ballistics calculator says #5 shot traveling at 1400 fps is traveling at 188 fps by the time it gets to 130 yards, requires a hold over of 125.7 inches assuming the gun is sighted in at 50 yards, and the shot takes 0.856 seconds to get to the target, the holdover and lead might be possible but I don't think that breaking a clay target with .2 ft lbs of energy and a shot cloud that is probably really spread out at that point is possible. Also for shot to even have a pattern of 1 pellet per 5 inches(about the size of a clay pigeon) at that range, the shot would have to spread out less than .71 inches per yard with 2 oz of #5 shot.

 

[oneounceload]

He uses standard loads, not 2oz loads. He is a multi-time world champion shooter and was using basic #5 for that shot

 

[451 Detonics]

I never saw him come close to sweeping the crowd without the gun being broken...there is no way you can shoot skeet and some other clays games without having a broken gun pointed at folks surrounding you. A pump or auto is actually a bit easier as they can be kept muzzle up. But if I see a broken O/U or SXS I know it isn't going to go bang...

The lead he must of taken that far back had to be mind boggling...

 

[Sam1911]

I don't think its possible,

I think that's kind of the point. It isn't "possible." But he does it anyway. Kind of neat, eh?

 

[ZCORR Jay]

A very impressive shot... better than I can do so I respect him.

 

[CountryUgly]

Impressive...... I'll bet he is brutal in a dove field.....

 

[Hunterdad]

Very impressive. Duck hunted with a guy that smoked a mallard at around 90yds. I could not believe my eyes.

 

[oneounceload]

Impressive...... I'll bet he is brutal in a dove field.....

There are videos of him shooting feral pigeons in the UK from blinds in fields - some of those shots are quite amazing

 

[JoeMal]

Pretty cool shot though I would've liked to see the clay being shot

 

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

I don't think its possible, at least not with regular loads, definitely not with how quiet the loads he was shooting sounded.

Right, he was using those suppressed loads because that's what it sounded like on Youtube.

Most cameras can't capture the sound correctly of gunshots.

 

[Tim the student]

Wow. Very impressive.

 

[kudu]

I am friends with an old Gentleman that has family in northern Italy. He is an avid shotgunner and tells about in the high alps the gun clubs regularly throw targets that are shot at 80 plus yards. The thin air at high elevation keeps patterns very tight and velocity high. I thought it was a bit of a tall tale, but others have confirmed the same thing he was telling me.