Olympic Shooter Wins Over The Internet After She Breaks World Record In Coolest Way

[drstrangelove]

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[Stomper]

Seriously dude?

I'd suggest you step into her game, let's see how you do.

Sure…

 

[Greg S]

I shot a lot of 10m in the basement during the winter with a FWB P70 and a cheap SSP pistol. Almost bought a Steyr 10m PCP AP. Always wanted to shoot AP moving target. My average for postal leagues was 360-70ish/400.

It's a lot tougher than you think. Took about 9 months to build a stable position and take the tennis elbow.

 

[25-06]

Seriously dude?

I'd suggest you step into her game, let's see how you do.

Lots of this energy

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[Greg S]

Ahem..... LOL.

 

[billdeserthills]

NEWS • BRANCH • ARMY
Army marksmanship instructor wins Olympic medal in rifle event
Sgt. Sagen Maddalena shot so clean in the event, the armory may take her rifle back on the first try.
MATT WHITE
POSTED ON AUG 2, 2024 8:56 AM EDT
ARMY SGT. SAGEN MADDALENA WON THE SILVER MEDAL IN OLYMPIC IN THE THREE-POSITION RIFLE EVENT. ARMY PHOTO.
An Army NCO whose full-time job in uniform is teaching soldiers how to shoot won the silver medal in Women's Three-Position Rifle at the Paris Olympics.
Sgt. Sagen Maddalena, who is a marksmanship instructor at Fort Moore, Georgia, took second place in the Olympic event after setting an Olympic record with her qualification score of 593-45x. Switzerland's Chiara Leone won the gold with China's Qiongyue Zhang earning bronze.
Maddelena also finished fourth in Women's 10m Air Rifle earlier this week.
Once in the final in the rifle competition, Maddalena held the lead through the first 10 shots. Moving into the prone position the Groveland, California native slipped down to fourth with a 155.9 as Leone took the lead with a 156.2.
Olympic rifles are highly-specialized and fire a single-load 5.6mm round. Olympic shooting features three types of firearms — rifle, pistol and shotgun. In rifle and pistol events, shooters fire at stationary targets on indoor ranges. Shotgun events are held outside and are similar to skeet shooting, where shooters aim at targets hurled in the air.
The competition was Maddalena's second Olympics. She competed in the three-position rifle at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics placing fifth. Maddalena grew up in Groveland, California before attending college at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, where she was an 8-time All American on the school's rifle team.
She enlisted in March 2019 and was assigned to the Army's marksmanship team as a shooter/instructor.
Maddalena retook the lead during the standing and prone events in the competition and led after 42 shots, when the competition was cut to the final three competitors, ensuring her an Olympic medal.
With the final two shots of the competition, Maddalena secured the silver over China with 463.0 points while Switzerland claimed the Gold.
The last time an American athlete medaled in the event was 2012.

Army marksmanship instructor wins Olympic medal in rifle event

Sgt. Sagen Maddalena, who is a marksmanship instructor at Fort Moore, Georgia, was shooting in her second Olympic games.

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[TTSX]

Some regular folks shoot this way as well....
I shoot that way...and usually catch grief from someone at the range with well meaning but unwanted advice of :
"You know....if you were to use the Weaver stance...."

Yes I know all about the Weaver stance...however I like shooting this way...I am safe this way...and I make good hits this way.
Thank you.
Andy

Nothing at the range will make my blood boil faster than someone telling me how to shoot without being asked. I once told a larger old man that I can't wait to read about his heart attack in a "bless your heart" kind of way and I admittedly regret saying that... However I believe my point was made.

I also enjoy shooting most of my pistols in a one handed Olympic ish way. I find it very relaxing and comfortable. I make decent enough hits this way.

 

[oremike]

Nothing at the range will make my blood boil faster than someone telling me how to shoot without being asked. I once told a larger old man that I can't wait to read about his heart attack in a "bless your heart" kind of way and I admittedly regret saying that... However I believe my point was made.

I also enjoy shooting most of my pistols in a one handed Olympic ish way. I find it very relaxing and comfortable. I make decent enough hits this way.

Wasn't me was it? I do try to keep my nose in my business particularly when shooting. I know there are others that are chatty cathys. I have had someone check to see what I was shooting because the 30 Carbine Blackhawk does sound like a 30 carbine rifle, just not as fast.

 

[TTSX]

Wasn't me was it? I do try to keep my nose in my business particularly when shooting. I know there are others that are chatty cathys. I have had someone check to see what I was shooting because the 30 Carbine Blackhawk does sound like a 30 carbine rifle, just not as fast.

No, it was one of the self appointed RSOs. For anonymity sake, I don't want to be too awful specific. In fact, I doubt the individual remembers the encounter much though I see far less of em than I used to.

There is another, I believe a board member, who likes to check out the pistol bays on Sunday afternoon. He's nice enough but a little too nosey. Snuck up on me while I had a loaded gun pointed downrange and I nearly pooped while I shanked the shot.

 

[Koda]

Nothing at the range will make my blood boil faster than someone telling me how to shoot without being asked.

The inverse of this is when we see someone doing something totally wrong and not getting a clue why.... I want to interfere and dont want to interfere at the same time...

 

[TTSX]

The inverse of this is when we see someone doing something totally wrong and not getting a clue why.... I want to interfere and dont want to interfere at the same time...

The ONLY time I intervened with a struggling person was when their gun wouldn't cycle (.22) and was wondering aloud to their friend if the ammo wasn't hot enough. So I came over and offered a few rounds of extra spicy Aguila at 1400 ft/sec to try. It fixed their issue. And I only did that because it was a potential solution they specifically asked for. Otherwise, you do you, boo.


There are times I've only been testing function and some guy in a mid life crisis truck has to inform me how terrible my groups are and how to fix it. Well, gee, thanks for the advice. Now let me tell you how to fix your marriage

 

[oremike]

I generally go to the range mid-morning, mid-week. There might be one other person in one of the pistol bays and someone up on the rifle range but we mostly leave each other alone. The only time I've ever checked on someone was when I heard the pop of a squib, when I peaked in on him he had a confused look on his face and was trying to figure out why the cylinder wouldn't rotate when he tried to pull the hammer back. I politely asked if I could help and got the .22 cal aluminum cleaning rod and little leather hammer out of my kit and tapped the bullet back into the cylinder then unloaded the gun rendering it safe.

 

[billdeserthills]

• Task & Purpose -- Gold Medal winner

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSq3p5NKEtyp5Rjd4ctiEbg
Army veteran wins fourth Olympics gold medal in skeet shooting
Former Army sergeant Vincent Hancock took home the gold after defeating his own student.
NICHOLAS SLAYTON
POSTED ON AUG 3, 2024 3:59 PM EDT
3 MINUTE READ
VINCENT HANCOCK COMPETES IN THE SKEET MEN'S FINAL DURING THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES AT CHATEAUROUX SHOOTING CENTRE ON AUGUST 3, 2024. (PHOTO BY ALAIN JOCARD/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) ALAIN JOCARD
Vincent Hancock just helped the United States take home another gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Hancock secured the gold medal in skeet shooting, defeating fellow American Conner Prince in a close competition. It was also the former Army sergeant's fourth gold medal, making him one of only sixth athletes to ever win the same individual Olympic event four times.
The 35-year-old Army veteran was awarded the gold medal Saturday, Aug. 3 after winning the final round of six shooters. Each one was eliminated one by one, until finally it was just Hancock and Prince. This year Hancock had an interesting competitor: his own student. Hancock defeated Prince, who he coaches, by just one shot. While Prince hit 57 of his 60 total shots, Hancock hit 58. Prince took home the silver medal. Taiwan's Lee Meng-yuan won bronze.
After coming out victorious at the Chateauroux Shooting Center in Paris, Hancock high-fived Prince several times.
"I feel like, for whatever reasons, God has blessed me with the ability to go out and break targets and to shoot a gun really well," Hancock told reporters after the event.
CHATEAUROUX, FRANCE – AUGUST 03: Gold medalist Vincent Hancock of Team United States (C), silver medalist Conner Lynn Prince of Team United States (L) and bronze medalist Meng Yuan Lee of Team Chinese Taipei (R) celebrate on the podium at the Shooting Skeet Men's medal ceremony on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on August 03, 2024 in Chateauroux, France. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)
Hancock has been competing for almost two decades. He joined the U.S. Army in 2006, eventually serving as part of the Army Marksmanship Unit. He left the Army in 2012, retiring as a sergeant. Hancock is one of six active-duty or veteran service members competing in shooting events at the Olympics, and one of 10 total in Team USA. The other four veterans and service members are competing in track and field, rugby and wrestling.
The Paris games are Hancock's fifth time at the Olympics. He's competed in every Summer Olympics since the 2008 Games in Beijing. He's medaled at three previous editions; the only Olympics he did not secure a medal was the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he placed 15th. As a four-time gold medal winner, Hancock is in a rare group of Olympic athletes. Other four-time winners for the same individual event include Michael Phelps and Carl Lewis. Outside of the Olympic Games, Hancock has won gold in several skeet shooting world championships.
After winning in Paris, Hancock told reporters he intends to compete one more time in the Olympics, confirming he aims to represent Team USA at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Army veteran wins fourth Olympics gold medal in skeet shooting

Former Army sergeant Vincent Hancock took home the gold in skeet shooting at the Paris Olympics, beating his own student in the process.

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[Andy54Hawken]

Nothing at the range will make my blood boil faster than someone telling me how to shoot without being asked. I once told a larger old man that I can't wait to read about his heart attack in a "bless your heart" kind of way and I admittedly regret saying that... However I believe my point was made.

I also enjoy shooting most of my pistols in a one handed Olympic ish way. I find it very relaxing and comfortable. I make decent enough hits this way.

I have offered advise on shooting while at the range....generally if asked first.
Otherwise , unless it is an unsafe action...I tend to restrict my comments to a greeting...and or some positive comment about whatever it is they are shooting.
Andy

 

[Bolt_308]

They called it Olympics.
Yusef calls it Tuesday.

First Name: Yusef.
Last Name: Classified.

 

[Boboclown]

I have offered advise on shooting while at the range....generally if asked first.
Otherwise , unless it is an unsafe action...I tend to restrict my comments to a greeting...and or some positive comment about whatever it is they are shooting.
Andy

Real fun is when you see someone with their thumb next to cylinder gap. Tried to warn someone about it once. They learned why they should have listened after.

 

[25-06]

Nothing at the range will make my blood boil faster than someone telling me how to shoot without being asked. I once told a larger old man that I can't wait to read about his heart attack in a "bless your heart" kind of way and I admittedly regret saying that... However I believe my point was made.

I also enjoy shooting most of my pistols in a one handed Olympic ish way. I find it very relaxing and comfortable. I make decent enough hits this way.

Unsolicited advice is really criticism.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I saw (stared at) a guy recently shooting a 9mm pistol.. his stance somehow resembled someone throwing a spear. It kinda looked like a boxer's stance what with his feet about four feet apart and the crouch and all. It was spectacular.
After much consideration I told him if he wasn't such a fat f#ck enough oxygen might reach his brain that he might then understand that he was a hopeless moron.









reeeee!

 

[TTSX]

 

[AshWilliams]

Lots of this energy

One In Eight Men Think They Can Win A Point Off Serena Williams In A Tennis Match

One In Eight Men Think They Can Beat Serena Williams In A Tennis Match

www.sportbible.com

Lol! These must be the same men who think they can beat a female UFC fighter in the same weight class.