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We all have had at least one - or maybe more - of crazy, offhand shots that were planned and were successful beyond belief of even yourself - and others if watching.
Let's hear about them and I'll start with one of mine.
Several years ago I was attending an annual, company 'Mens Only' campout on the desert for the typical reasons - target shooting, trapshooting and drinking and while doing some offhand shooting with my 1863 Springfield 'Zouave' .58 I was doing pretty good and several of the members were fairly impressed at a muzzleloaders accuracy.
So a friend said 'I want to see you splatter an egg off that fencepost out there' The fencepost was a typical 'T' post someone had pounded into the ground a long time ago and was about 65 yards off.
Friend walks out and sets an egg on the top and when he gets back I make a bold statement and say 'I'll not only shoot the egg but will hit the top of the fencepost below the egg'
Ok, I questioned my own 'cockyness' but loaded carefully, settled into a kneeling position, and sighted in , took a deep breath, and fired.
The egg splattered to everyone's enjoyment and my friend walked out to the fencepost, looked closely at it and walked back and when in camp looked at me and said 'I will never question your shooting abilities'.
I walked out to the fencepost and saw a fresh deposit of lead on the top on it.....
Let's hear about them and I'll start with one of mine.
Several years ago I was attending an annual, company 'Mens Only' campout on the desert for the typical reasons - target shooting, trapshooting and drinking and while doing some offhand shooting with my 1863 Springfield 'Zouave' .58 I was doing pretty good and several of the members were fairly impressed at a muzzleloaders accuracy.
So a friend said 'I want to see you splatter an egg off that fencepost out there' The fencepost was a typical 'T' post someone had pounded into the ground a long time ago and was about 65 yards off.
Friend walks out and sets an egg on the top and when he gets back I make a bold statement and say 'I'll not only shoot the egg but will hit the top of the fencepost below the egg'
Ok, I questioned my own 'cockyness' but loaded carefully, settled into a kneeling position, and sighted in , took a deep breath, and fired.
The egg splattered to everyone's enjoyment and my friend walked out to the fencepost, looked closely at it and walked back and when in camp looked at me and said 'I will never question your shooting abilities'.
I walked out to the fencepost and saw a fresh deposit of lead on the top on it.....