The Resting Place.

[tacticalturnip]

Oh, and any of you guys who've managed to not see Tom Hanks' Greyhound already, you're missing one of the best WW2 Naval movies ever made. Definitely one of my favorite new movies of the last 10 years.

I'll have to give that a watch.

 

[MossRoad]

Oh Yeah !

I think I mentioned when I was a young teen, we were fishing at the local lake, and an older kid cast over a hanging log about 20-30 feet away and snagged the hook. Hanging from the hook about 10" down was a BB spit-shot sinker, then his bobber, then the line back to the reel. He wasn't getting it back and was about to snap it off when I asked him if I could see his BB gun, which he never let me touch. I said "I'll shoot the BB and at least you'll get your bobber back. He laughed at me and so did the other kids with us like "Yeah, right!"

I convinced him to let me try. He finally relented. I pumped it up, took aim while resting on a log, fired, and POP! I hit that sinker! Not only that, but the force knocked the hook off the log, the whole hook, line and sinker fell to the water. Everyone was stunned. I handed him back his BB gun. He reeled in the line and there was a dent in the split-shot that everyone but me looked at in amazement.

They all said it was luck. I knew it was skill. I'd been on a rifle team for a year. On a 50 foot indoor range the 10 ring is .22 caliber. I frequently shot 50 point targets. To me, it was no big deal, but from then on, I was legend in the neighborhood.

And that was the best shot I ever made

 

[bigtiller]

I think I mentioned when I was a young teen, we were fishing at the local lake, and an older kid cast over a hanging log about 20-30 feet away and snagged the hook. Hanging from the hook about 10" down was a BB spit-shot sinker, then his bobber, then the line back to the reel. He wasn't getting it back and was about to snap it off when I asked him if I could see his BB gun, which he never let me touch. I said "I'll shoot the BB and at least you'll get your bobber back. He laughed at me and so did the other kids with us like "Yeah, right!"

I convinced him to let me try. He finally relented. I pumped it up, took aim while resting on a log, fired, and POP! I hit that sinker! Not only that, but the force knocked the hook off the log, the whole hook, line and sinker fell to the water. Everyone was stunned. I handed him back his BB gun. He reeled in the line and there was a dent in the split-shot that everyone but me looked at in amazement.

They all said it was luck. I knew it was skill. I'd been on a rifle team for a year. On a 50 foot indoor range the 10 ring is .22 caliber. I frequently shot 50 point targets. To me, it was no big deal, but from then on, I was legend in the neighborhood.

And that was the best shot I ever made

Fun times.! That reminds me of Bill Dance vs Tom Knapp.

 

[dodge man]

Oh, and any of you guys who've managed to not see Tom Hanks' Greyhound already, you're missing one of the best WW2 Naval movies ever made. Definitely one of my favorite new movies of the last 10 years.

We got Apple TV free when we got a new phone. I watched Greyhound about 5 times, it’s very good. I liked the movie Fury also, the tank movie, but I never coukd buy into the last stand at the end.

 

[Torvy]

I think I mentioned when I was a young teen, we were fishing at the local lake, and an older kid cast over a hanging log about 20-30 feet away and snagged the hook. Hanging from the hook about 10" down was a BB spit-shot sinker, then his bobber, then the line back to the reel. He wasn't getting it back and was about to snap it off when I asked him if I could see his BB gun, which he never let me touch. I said "I'll shoot the BB and at least you'll get your bobber back. He laughed at me and so did the other kids with us like "Yeah, right!"

I convinced him to let me try. He finally relented. I pumped it up, took aim while resting on a log, fired, and POP! I hit that sinker! Not only that, but the force knocked the hook off the log, the whole hook, line and sinker fell to the water. Everyone was stunned. I handed him back his BB gun. He reeled in the line and there was a dent in the split-shot that everyone but me looked at in amazement.

They all said it was luck. I knew it was skill. I'd been on a rifle team for a year. On a 50 foot indoor range the 10 ring is .22 caliber. I frequently shot 50 point targets. To me, it was no big deal, but from then on, I was legend in the neighborhood.

And that was the best shot I ever made

I'd say it was still luck. No disrespect to your shooting skills, but bb guns and their ammo are notoriously inconsistent. The ones you use for a shooting team are better than some random Daisy.

 

[Molalla1]

I'd say it was still luck. No disrespect to your shooting skills, but bb guns and their ammo are notoriously inconsistent. The ones you use for a shooting team are better than some random Daisy.

MUCH better . . .

 

[ultrarunner]

Wow and with an audience to boot!

Wonder what kind of BB gun?

I was in a resteraunt and the owner was hosting the local Chamber of Commerce.

He came in and took off his cap and tossed clear across the room and perfect to the coat rack… quite a surprise…

Waitress said he just about always makes it…

 

[WinterDeere]

We got Apple TV free when we got a new phone. I watched Greyhound about 5 times, it’s very good. I liked the movie Fury also, the tank movie, but I never coukd buy into the last stand at the end.

lol... I paid to sign up for Apple TV, just to get the movie Greyhound, as it was exclusive to that platform when it was first released. I canceled a few months later, since I wasn't finding much else there that I felt was worth watching, which I couldn't get on one of the other platforms.

 

[ultrarunner]

MUCH better . . .

I saw a air rifle competition in Germany and it would be easy to think the rifles a match for a conventional small caliber.

 

[lman]

Charlie Kirk.
Such a promising life cut short way too soon by evil. Father, Husband, Christian, Patriot, Truth, Man.
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We've been watching the funeral. It is the most impressive service I've ever seen. There is hope for this Country.