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These are great stories! Keep 'em coming! :laughing:
Guns: What's the best shot you ever made?
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Blackbird shot off a light wire at 100 yards about 20 years ago with my 22 Cal. Remington Nylon 66, open sights, standing, with no rest. Brother-in Law thought I was real good and I knew it was pure luck. Ken Sweet
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Just "Stories" ! Here I thought they was factual!:laughing::confused2:
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My Brother was more the crack shot with an old Bolt Action Remington 22 single shot. The gun was one he traded for from a kid we were neighbors with that had been given to him from his uncle who was a gun smith for the company. We used to hunt every thing and ate lots of small game. We also had BB guns and Wrist Rockets. We hunted rats at the local grainery often plugging rats with the sling shots as they were more fun. shooting BBs at them was OK but the Rats were tough. When we went after stuff we tried to make sure it was one shot one kill thing. so many things come to memory about good or lucky shots. but fact was there were so many that it wasnt lucky we were good. I ended up with marksman ribbons for all my sessions in Military except basic training when I was handed a modified M16 that fired 22 shells, out of 40 rounds 19 were duds 
every shot was in bullseye cept the dead rounds...
top ones that stick out was we were up on Rail Road tracks early July maybe 10yrs old. Brother was 12 or 13teen. Out in the field was a wood chuck maybe 200 yards out, stood up when he whistled the chuck stood up John grew down shot and the chuck went down into the beans. a second later a few feet away it stood up, I laughed pointed & told him he missed. so he shot again at him much quicker this time, the chuck dropped under the beans. He smugly said I got him that time! ya sure as it stood back up above the beans several yards closer towards the pile of R.R. ties we knew held the chucks in there. SO again he shot at him we were closer now maybe 175 yards almost at a spot we could climb down off the high tracks to get to the bean field. As we were walking up closermaybe 50 yards he had the gun at his side that chuck popped up right next to the RR tie pile this time he was pretty much out of the bean field. He shot a 4TH round from the hip into that chuck it did a full back flip this time & we knew that it was a good shot. When we got down there we found 4 dead hogs! pretty much all head shots dead where they fell!
One other time in same area the 3 of us My Brother John our Friend Bill and myself was out plinking and a wood pecker flew past & landed a good 250 yards away on a tree, Bill started firing with his Semi-Auto must have shot 20 rounds ALL missed. John said where U shooting at? we said at the wood pecker on the tree on other side of the lake. it finally hopped and turned around revealing a small white dot. John drew down and plinked it off dead one shot.
I remember dropping a dove with sling shot at 40+ yards flying it tasted pretty good too
I also stepped around a pile of old ties that had a smart chuck by it only had my old trusty BB gun, the chuck took off running and triggered my attack response and I shot it dead through the ear it was at full run and when I shot it it went face down rolled over with all 4 feet in air stone dead
When I first got mu 22 Buckmarks I had a blast Can hunting, 4 shots in a row keeping one up in the air higher & farther out with each shot...
Like others my hands have been abused so bad I can barely hold a gun now...
Mark M
We made some bucks sharp shooting betting people at the country bar we lived by too,
every shot was in bullseye cept the dead rounds... top ones that stick out was we were up on Rail Road tracks early July maybe 10yrs old. Brother was 12 or 13teen. Out in the field was a wood chuck maybe 200 yards out, stood up when he whistled the chuck stood up John grew down shot and the chuck went down into the beans. a second later a few feet away it stood up, I laughed pointed & told him he missed. so he shot again at him much quicker this time, the chuck dropped under the beans. He smugly said I got him that time! ya sure as it stood back up above the beans several yards closer towards the pile of R.R. ties we knew held the chucks in there. SO again he shot at him we were closer now maybe 175 yards almost at a spot we could climb down off the high tracks to get to the bean field. As we were walking up closermaybe 50 yards he had the gun at his side that chuck popped up right next to the RR tie pile this time he was pretty much out of the bean field. He shot a 4TH round from the hip into that chuck it did a full back flip this time & we knew that it was a good shot. When we got down there we found 4 dead hogs! pretty much all head shots dead where they fell!
One other time in same area the 3 of us My Brother John our Friend Bill and myself was out plinking and a wood pecker flew past & landed a good 250 yards away on a tree, Bill started firing with his Semi-Auto must have shot 20 rounds ALL missed. John said where U shooting at? we said at the wood pecker on the tree on other side of the lake. it finally hopped and turned around revealing a small white dot. John drew down and plinked it off dead one shot.
I remember dropping a dove with sling shot at 40+ yards flying it tasted pretty good too
I also stepped around a pile of old ties that had a smart chuck by it only had my old trusty BB gun, the chuck took off running and triggered my attack response and I shot it dead through the ear it was at full run and when I shot it it went face down rolled over with all 4 feet in air stone dead
When I first got mu 22 Buckmarks I had a blast Can hunting, 4 shots in a row keeping one up in the air higher & farther out with each shot...
Like others my hands have been abused so bad I can barely hold a gun now...
Mark M
We made some bucks sharp shooting betting people at the country bar we lived by too,
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I was asked by a guide if I could hit a male baboon at about four hundred yards that was sitting down with only his head and shoulders above the vegetation. The baboon troop had been ruining our stalks on hartebeast for three days and if nothing else we wanted to scare them. I asked where I should hit it -- he said in the ear. It worked -- for the rest of the week I hit everthing I aimed at :thumbsup:
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After hours shooting my bow in the company warehouse.
Customer/friend stopped by because he saw my vehicle at the building and wanted to talk.
Took him in the back to show him my "range" and let off six arrows at a 55 yard distance. You wouldn't believe the group if I told you, but my friend was very impressed. No doubt that the interior shooting conditions helped the group.
...Yeah, I know it's supposed to be about guns, but a good shot is a good shot
Customer/friend stopped by because he saw my vehicle at the building and wanted to talk.
Took him in the back to show him my "range" and let off six arrows at a 55 yard distance. You wouldn't believe the group if I told you, but my friend was very impressed. No doubt that the interior shooting conditions helped the group.
...Yeah, I know it's supposed to be about guns, but a good shot is a good shot
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hhhhmmm well probably does not belong here but. 1967 flying an O1 Birddog armed with 2.75 in rockets I fired a single rocket at a VC wading across a canal from about a 1000ft and hit him dead in the head.
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Was about 12 years old and we were out in the field shooting targets. Just as I pulled back a pheasent took off, I aimed at it, let fly and drilled it right through the neck. We plucked and gutted it and had it for lunch.
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Memorable stories, and great they are. and I believe them too!
Mine was a hip shot with my Win. 22 wrf special pump.
We were rabbit hunting but a crow flew by, and I shot from the hip....down it came. Completely dumbfounded, I was.
Another was a wild 12 ga. slug shot at a deer running straight away, and I let fly in its direction as it went over a knoll and out of sight at 100 yds. Was about an hour later, that I felt a need to check before quitting for the day, even tho I knew I couldn't possibly have hit it at that distance. Walked to the other side of the knoll, and the deer lay there with a bullet between the ears and through the brain.
and I believe them too!Mine was a hip shot with my Win. 22 wrf special pump.
We were rabbit hunting but a crow flew by, and I shot from the hip....down it came. Completely dumbfounded, I was.
Another was a wild 12 ga. slug shot at a deer running straight away, and I let fly in its direction as it went over a knoll and out of sight at 100 yds. Was about an hour later, that I felt a need to check before quitting for the day, even tho I knew I couldn't possibly have hit it at that distance. Walked to the other side of the knoll, and the deer lay there with a bullet between the ears and through the brain.
EddieWalker
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My best shot was at a mule deer in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Northern California. I hadn't seen anything worth shooting in several days and was getting a little nervouse that I was going to go home empty handed. I had come out of the trees and out in the middle of a large open area was a nice 4x3 buck that was out to his ears and he had nice eye guards. Not a trophy, but a good buck for sure.
I crawled and worked my way as close as I could, but at 200 yards, he was looking right at me. He was in a low spot and all I could see what from his nose up. I layed there for awhile with the hope he would stand up, but then I got worried that he'd take off in a flash and not offer a shot.
I used my canteen and some rocks to get a good solid rest, and held the crosshairs between his eyes. At 200 yards, I should have been dead on, but then I started second guessing myself. 2 high at 100 yards is four low and 300 hundred yards. or was that right? I went back and forth, and the buck never moved. I even got to wondering if it was one of those game warden decoys, but knew that wasn't possible. I was about five miles into a Wilderness area with a legal tag.
I decided to take the shot and from a prone position, with as solid of a rest as I could get with a canteen and some rocks, I held right between the eyes. No Kentucky windage or guessing. I figured that I was going to be real close and to guess where it might go would gurantee a miss. It was a small target and a decent range, and it wouldn't take much to miss.
At the shot, the buck disapeared. I didn't see the hit, or hear the bullet hit him. I I really started to doubt myself, but he was dead right where he had been laying. The bullet was just to the edge of it's eye. I was off to the side about half an inch, but otherwise, a perfect shot.
The following year, I came across a real nice blacktail deer at less then 50 yards, standing broadside and out in the opne. I was next to a tree and it didn't know I was there. I shot and it took off. I had missed one of the easiest shots of my life becasue I was cocky from some of my other shots, and didn't take the time to get a good rest, control my breathing and place the shot where I wanted it. I rushed it, barely aimed and don't even know if I squeezed the trigger. I did everything wrong, and learned more from that shot then I did from the shot I made on that mule deer buck.
Eddie
I crawled and worked my way as close as I could, but at 200 yards, he was looking right at me. He was in a low spot and all I could see what from his nose up. I layed there for awhile with the hope he would stand up, but then I got worried that he'd take off in a flash and not offer a shot.
I used my canteen and some rocks to get a good solid rest, and held the crosshairs between his eyes. At 200 yards, I should have been dead on, but then I started second guessing myself. 2 high at 100 yards is four low and 300 hundred yards. or was that right? I went back and forth, and the buck never moved. I even got to wondering if it was one of those game warden decoys, but knew that wasn't possible. I was about five miles into a Wilderness area with a legal tag.
I decided to take the shot and from a prone position, with as solid of a rest as I could get with a canteen and some rocks, I held right between the eyes. No Kentucky windage or guessing. I figured that I was going to be real close and to guess where it might go would gurantee a miss. It was a small target and a decent range, and it wouldn't take much to miss.
At the shot, the buck disapeared. I didn't see the hit, or hear the bullet hit him. I I really started to doubt myself, but he was dead right where he had been laying. The bullet was just to the edge of it's eye. I was off to the side about half an inch, but otherwise, a perfect shot.
The following year, I came across a real nice blacktail deer at less then 50 yards, standing broadside and out in the opne. I was next to a tree and it didn't know I was there. I shot and it took off. I had missed one of the easiest shots of my life becasue I was cocky from some of my other shots, and didn't take the time to get a good rest, control my breathing and place the shot where I wanted it. I rushed it, barely aimed and don't even know if I squeezed the trigger. I did everything wrong, and learned more from that shot then I did from the shot I made on that mule deer buck.
Eddie
