45-70 Guide gun- 1800 Yards

There is a significant difference between the 6' bullseye used in the Sandy Hook test and the 2' steel plate shot at in the video. That said this video bugs me for the same reason that the way long range shooting was depicted in the Quigley Down Under movie bugged me; except by accident, the results were too good to be true. No one can do that on demand. The sights of the rifle lacked precise adjustments, and would completely obscure the target, not that the human eye could see a 2' plate at that range, so what was he sighting on? Looking at the shadows, the sun appeared to be at about 10:00, which would have washed out the left side of the front sight, moving its apparent position on the aiming point. Off hand is the least stable shooting position, and no two shoots were made from the same position, since the shooter moved out of position after each shot, never used the same stance twice, and had no index of where his feet were placed from shot to shot. The buttstock of the rifle was not built up so he had no repeatable cheek weld. The wind was quartering at 10 gusting to 15 mph at the target, and other than WAGing, the rifleman had no means of adjusting or holding for wind. I might be accused of sour grapes because I couldn't do that, and while its true that I can't do that, its also true no one can.
 
There's a big difference in target size alright but the sandy hook tests were done at a significantly further range.

This video doesn't bug me at all, in fact I think that was some pretty good shooting. As for Quigley, Hollywood is fantasy and I don't take it seriously.
 
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