72,500 shots with 9 misses

[Wprinkle]

This is probably total BS but... Form and his 50,000 rounds a year is apparently amatuer hour for this guy... If my math is correct and it usually is not.. That is 17.64 shots per minute.......

 

[MallardSX2]

Probobly could hear a damn thing. Lol

 

[atmat]

A quick google has websites like Texas State Historical Association and Texas Sports Hall of Fame repeating the story, so maybe there’s truth to it. Like much of history, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was exaggerated though.

Both he and his wife were competition and performance shooters.

Apparently he liked to do art with his gun:

 

[TaperPin]

That old story is cool. The Nylon 66 shooter was similar.

I wonder what distance is ideal for shooting 2-1/2” blocks? At ten yards they are a 25 MOA target and at 5 yards a full 50 MOA. I’m guessing somewhere between those two.

 

[TaperPin]

Interesting. . .

 

[Formidilosus]

This is probably total BS but... Form and his 50,000 rounds a year is apparently amatuer hour for this guy... If my math is correct and it usually is not.. That is 17.64 shots per minute.......
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It’s real. The exhibition shooters of yore actually did it.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Not BS

 

[Macintosh]

72500 targets in 68.5 hours=1058 targets per hour
1058 targets in 1 hour=17 per minute
17 targets per minute=1 target approximately every 3 seconds
9 misses out of 72500 targets = he missed 0.012%, for a 99.988% hit rate on targets thrown in the air, with a rifle.

If real, that's pretty darn mind blowing. When did he have time to reload? Wondering if he had a loader handing him a fresh loaded rifle?