100 Yard Shotgun Patterns?

Just so we keep it clear what is possible with long range shooting, not that this video implies game killing at range - 130 yard clay pigeon hit.
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This!

Plus, to all the d!ck heads shooting at something stupid like 100 yards: have some respect for the wildlife out there.

catnthehatt said:
That was done by Mr. George Digweed, who is not your normal every day, fire a 100 rounds of clays every weekend style of shooter.
And you are right, busting a clay and bringing down a goose are two different things.
I know people who have been caught in the line of fire with steel and although it was at a distance, it didn't penetrate their coats.
I'm not saying that ir can't be done every now and then with big stuff like Hevi Shot, but consistently?
My money would be on the geese.
Cat
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Unfortunately there is always some skybuster who gets a GOLDEN BB to snap a wing joint or hit the beanie dead on and down comes a bird from the stratosphere leaving said skybuster to believe he has a shotgun with 100 yards consistent capability. Then he passes that info on and in most cases is ignored but every now and then he gets his info to be believed by another of his kind (IQ less than personal shoe size) and that person just has to try it and then wha-la, he has a GOLDEN BB experience at some point too and decides that his shotgun also has 100 yard capability......you can see how the trend continues!! f:P:

As a real young guy hunting with a fellow my father's age I was once privy to a fellow showing us his new Italian made autoloader and in his Italian accent he was bestoling the virtues of his fine made gun. He ran his hand along the length of the barrel and in broken Italian-English said" this is a beautiful-a shot-a-gun, barrel is a stainless-a-steel, shoots a one hundred yards"!! And he was SERIOUS!!! :rolleyes: Laugh2
 
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Did not notice that the video link to Geo. Digweed's shooting had been posted previously. My apologies.

My humble experience with hunting Geese requires me to decoy them in close to be successful.
I consider shooting much over 40 yards is not responsible within my circle of friends, so we just don't.
 
Papaclaude said:
I believe you. My grandmother used a muzzle-loading 12-gauge. She would always put in 1/4 cup of salt in after the wad and before the shot. I asked her why. She said "To keep the meat from spoiling before I get there." That's how long her shots were.
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I know you! Your sister's name is Ellie May, right?
 
Papaclaude said:
I believe you. My grandmother used a muzzle-loading 12-gauge. She would always put in 1/4 cup of salt in after the wad and before the shot. I asked her why. She said "To keep the meat from spoiling before I get there." That's how long her shots were.
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All joking aside did you ever get hit with a shotgun salt load. I was about 8 or 9 I guess up in an old apple tree when an old guy gave it to me in the side of the leg. Holy F'k did it hurt and he was maybe 50/60 feet away . Never took another apple that is for sure. Never cut me or anything if I remember right
Can you just imagine if someone did that today they would be in jail
Cheers
 
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3macs1 said:
All joking aside did you ever get hit with a shotgun salt load. I was about 8 or 9 I guess up in an old apple tree when an old guy gave it to me in the side of the leg. Holy F'k did it hurt and he was maybe 50/60 feet away . Never took another apple that is for sure. Never cut me or anything if I remember right
Can you just imagine if someone did that today they would be in jail
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I was never shot, but an old guy where I lived used rock salt on kids that stole crabapples from his yard.
 
Papaclaude said:
I was never shot, but an old guy where I lived used rock salt on kids that stole crabapples from his yard.
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Yep same here. There was two places that would think nothing of blowing you out of the apple trees with rock salt. Funny part was it attracted many trying not to get hit. Not me once hit was enough Cheers
 
yodave said:
It never seams to amaze me just how many people shoot on our 100 yard range and assume that it is more like 2 or 300 yards........shooting is easy but judging distance is where a few guys should practice their skills
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This is especially funny because the last time I was out in the bush shooting at a well known spot, there was a group of guys maybe 10 yards beside us who had targets setup maybe 30-40 yards out and I hear one of them say to the other after shooting a group in a very exited voice, almost yelling, that its the best 100 yard group he has ever shot!

My buddy had a Bushnell rangefinder and hit their target with it and it was 44 yards from us and they were closer to it than we were. some people need to buy a rangefinder, seriously.
 
Rifter said:
This is especially funny because the last time I was out in the bush shooting at a well known spot, there was a group of guys maybe 10 yards beside us who had targets setup maybe 30-40 yards out and I hear one of them say to the other after shooting a group in a very exited voice, almost yelling, that its the best 100 yard group he has ever shot!

My buddy had a Bushnell rangefinder and hit their target with it and it was 44 yards from us and they were closer to it than we were. some people need to buy a rangefinder, seriously.
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I guess that's how they get 500 yards while deer hunting or coyote i suppose. A guy told me once he shot his deer at 1000 yds, I looked at the head, small 3 point. How did you know it was a buck? Problems with estimating yardage?,, at a gun club and range?, please, everything is marked out.
 
If you ever want to read some serious drivel pick up a copy or two of past issues of Wildfowl magazine. Look for anything by writer L.P. Brezny. He continually has his stories published of gun/load combinations that are consistently effective out to 110 yards on late season big Minnesota Honkers( no ####, he tells of a certain flock living in a certain area that are 20+ pound birds) and high flying hard to decoy Snows. And he backs it up with hero shots kneeling next to his pattern test sheets!!!
In the words of the immortal Bugs Bunny, " what a maroon" ;)
 
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