Are you a good shot?

[Skeet 028]

I'm pretty good with a shotgun

 

[turnerriver]

To answer the original question I am a good shot. It's like my harmonica playing, I'm good, not great. Either shooting or playing, the more I practice the better I get. I can hit a can on the edge and sometimes split it in two.
Regards,
turnerriver

 

[rond]

As soon as I can someone to hold one steady, I'll give it a try.

 

[Watchdog]

Are you a good shot?

I'm competent.

Can anyone here split a playing card on edge at 10 yards. You should be standing and open sights.

I can't. Never tried, actually. Why should I waste time, money, and ammo shooting at unrealistic targets? Just to say I can do it? Nah.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Am I a good shot? I guess that would be in comparison to others.

I can't shoot worth a darn compared to a lot of folks on the Internet. I do pretty well in comparison to those at my club.

There's just something about Internet that brings out the best in shooting!

 

[Fishslayer]

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With a .45 caliber bullet, you have almost an inch windage margin of error. so if there was something behind the card I could actually see to aim at, sure with a few tries.

Wide meplat for the win!

I have a mold that casts a similar 215gr bullet for .45ACP. The rounds are a snug fit in a P220 magazine.

 

[walter o]

Back in the day (about 35 years ago)we at the muzzle loader shoots would try to light a farmers match at 10 yards . I clipped many heads off but never lit one . some other shooters did manage to light them.

 

[kthom]

I am more of a broad side of a barn shooter.

Me too! And these (much older days), I only try that from inside the barn!

 

[mtgianni]

Never tried. 30 years ago it was no small trick to hit a nickle at 10 yards, now with adjusting the bifocal between sight and target it is not nearly a sure thing.

 

[chaparrito]

My son likes to show off by standing empty .22LR brass up on a board 4 feet off the ground. He spaces them an inch apart and then ticks them off with my Marlin 39A lever from about 20 yards, no scope but it does have a peephole sight.
I could do that too, if I wanted to.....

 

[gregintenn]

If I did it with a handgun, it would be mostly luck.

 

[Bajadoc]

For that shot I would use a shotgun.

 

[kwselke]

Years ago I was on a goose hunt with a few friends. We had a professional guide, and the guide had a thing for Sandhill Crane. Our hunting party was in a line along the likely flight path of the geese, and I was at the far right end of the line. It was a productive goose hunt. All of a sudden the guide starts calling two Sandhill Crane coming in from my left. As the cranes fly by every hunter on the line fires their two or three shots as the birds pass. The birds are unscathed. I'm the last hope. I fired two rounds from my Ruger Red Label 12 gauge, the back end Sandhill Crane folds and drops from the sky. The guide went wild. A buddy sent his dog to get the bird. When my friend handed me the bird I said... I think it would break the heart of our guide if I told him I was aiming at the head of the lead bird and got tailend Charlie instead.

 

[petepeterson]

I don't know about just picking up a gun and splitting a playing card on the first shot, but I'm thinking it wouldn't take that long!

I think I know what I'm doing today...

And...I failed! I was all over it, and it moved a few times, but no split card. 15 rds of .22, then 10 .38s. Time to bust out the Model 19. Maybe it will take longer than I think!

I know what I'm trying the rest of the summer...

 

[JimBianchi]

I did a few match tricks as a young man, never the cards though.

Was thinking about giving it a try once my shoulder heals.

 

[Chief Wiggums]

The card trick???
No way.....not even in my prime.
the only thing I can consistently do is make a shoe smell

 

[CajunBass]

I can, from time to time, hit the ground with my hat.

IF the wind is behaving!

 

[rwsmith]

Know what you mean....

Am I a good shot? I guess that would be in comparison to others.

I can't shoot worth a darn compared to a lot of folks on the Internet. I do pretty well in comparison to those at my club.

There's just something about Internet that brings out the best in shooting!

People telling me that for a good SD string of bullets you need to chew the center out of a target at 20 yards. That AND it's a piece of cake. You should put them through the same hole in target shooting.

 

[susieqz]

how come so many of you say you can't shoot as well as you used to?
i think you guys are slacking off.
i work hard every week at getting better n usually, i do.

ge isn't the problem. it's lack of practice.

 

[old bear]

Are you a good shot?

Not only no but Hell NO. But I'm a Hell of a lot of fun to spend a few hours with at the range Don't believe me just ask any of my range partners.