JJEH
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Guns that are ending up in water for whatever reason are called tack divers 
"My gun is a Tack Driver!"- Really???
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CAJUNLAWYER
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A scalded dog runs almost as fast as a turpentined catI never heard the expression of a car that runs like a raped ape although I have used the expression that a car runs like a scalded dog. Now mind you, I've never seen a scalded dog run but I still have used the expression. As to the OP, I don't use the term tack driver. I just say it will pick fly manure out of a bucket of black pepper at 300 yards.Is that better?
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Stevie
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"Dead-nuts accurate/reliable"....whut?
BubbaBlades
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I bent at least four 1/2" diameter upholstery tacks while trying to drive them during my chair repair project. I was using a tack hammer at a distance of about 18".
.44 magnum S&W Model 29 vs M&M.MOV - YouTube
The above YouTube video shows me shooting a stock Model 29 at a 1/2" diameter target at a range of almost 75 feet. I am shooting the gun with my right hand while filming the shot with my camera in my left hand.
I have been shooting handguns and using hammers for the about the same 50 years. Numerous shooting instructors in my area ask me for help and assistance. Nobody has ever asked me for help in Tack Driving (with a hammer).
Mark
.44 magnum S&W Model 29 vs M&M.MOV - YouTube
The above YouTube video shows me shooting a stock Model 29 at a 1/2" diameter target at a range of almost 75 feet. I am shooting the gun with my right hand while filming the shot with my camera in my left hand.
I have been shooting handguns and using hammers for the about the same 50 years. Numerous shooting instructors in my area ask me for help and assistance. Nobody has ever asked me for help in Tack Driving (with a hammer).
Mark
jlrhiner
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I don't always drive tacks, but when I do.............
ChattanoogaPhil
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I will not say tacksat 50 yards or under with this. 100 yards might be another story. Just the way it is.
Wow.....Actually I bet you could drive tacks with that one.....I've wanted an Annie Exemplar for a while now....thanks for posting the pic.
Don
YeshuaIsa53
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How about a new twist? One hole shooters exist. They may not be in the same original hole, but three rounds make one hole. Can you accept that? I know they exist. Bipod and sand bag at 100 yards with the right rifle and the right ammo, they exist. We call them a one hole rifle.
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I will not say tacks
Same here.
I'll have to remember to take some tacks with me to the range next time I go.
franzas
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One of the coolest shots I've witnessed was my friend shooting his Browning 22 lever. He was trying to replicate the "cigarette shot." We were using .30-30 cases instead. With irons at about 20 yards, dead center hit, about 1/3 of the way up the case. you could give me a 525 round box or 22 and I couldn't come close to that.
If the standard for "tack driver" is two bullets through the same hole, then my 4506-1 R4 is literally a tack driver.
Then again, so is my 3 inch 66-3, my pre lock 586-5 L-comp, 4 inch 19-4, 4566, Melonite 4566, 4513TSW...........
Or.....maybe it really is the Indian and not the arrow.
Then again, so is my 3 inch 66-3, my pre lock 586-5 L-comp, 4 inch 19-4, 4566, Melonite 4566, 4513TSW...........
Or.....maybe it really is the Indian and not the arrow.
Correcting what other people say reminds me of my grandmother. She was feeding one of her grandchildren and said: "Open up and eat your eggies." My uncle corrected her and said: "Just say eggs, Mom." She looked at her son and asked: "Did you know what I meant when I said eggies?" He replied: "Yes." She said: "Then shut up."
ky wonder
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I have never tried driving a tack with a gun, two many variables, but I do believe it is possible, how many times have we seen the late great Montana gun slinger Bob Munden hit an aspirin in the air with a 45 , if a man can hit an aspirin thrown in the air , then driving a stationary tack is plausible,
actually Todd Jarret performed this task on a recently aired episode of impossible shots with a 22 Cal henry golden boy
nail was pre driven till it barely protruded the board and he was shooting at about six steps
growing up my brothers and I would practice accuracy with our old Winchester model 69 shooting spent 22 short brass of the tops of fence post then backing up 1 post until there was only one shooter remaining
my youngest son shot for the nationally ranked Enterprise Alabama junior Rotc rifle team back in the early 2000's and I have seen him and other members of that squad, shoot the flame off a candle without hitting the wax, on numerous occasions across the width of a basketball court
in fact we still compete with our long range tacticals these days by setting 1/2 ears of corn around a fence line on the top of post and and then shooting the corn in progression at distances, out to well over two hundred yards, every year before we head out to the plains in search of prairie dogs
I would bet my lnib model 17-4 8" target (no scope)that at 10-15 yds I can hit the head of a tack from a bench three times out of the six rounds it holds
actually Todd Jarret performed this task on a recently aired episode of impossible shots with a 22 Cal henry golden boy
nail was pre driven till it barely protruded the board and he was shooting at about six steps
growing up my brothers and I would practice accuracy with our old Winchester model 69 shooting spent 22 short brass of the tops of fence post then backing up 1 post until there was only one shooter remaining
my youngest son shot for the nationally ranked Enterprise Alabama junior Rotc rifle team back in the early 2000's and I have seen him and other members of that squad, shoot the flame off a candle without hitting the wax, on numerous occasions across the width of a basketball court
in fact we still compete with our long range tacticals these days by setting 1/2 ears of corn around a fence line on the top of post and and then shooting the corn in progression at distances, out to well over two hundred yards, every year before we head out to the plains in search of prairie dogs
I would bet my lnib model 17-4 8" target (no scope)that at 10-15 yds I can hit the head of a tack from a bench three times out of the six rounds it holds
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Rastoff
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I'm not trying to tell anyone what to say. I just want people to realize how silly it makes them sound when they try to posture that way.
I hear a lot of people say, "Well, you know what I meant." That is the lazy person's way to say, "It's your fault for not understanding me, not my fault for having poor grammar skills."
I hear a lot of people say, "Well, you know what I meant." That is the lazy person's way to say, "It's your fault for not understanding me, not my fault for having poor grammar skills."
S&WIowegan
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The use of the term "tack driver" has become totally over-used and meaningless. People seem to say it as if it's obligatory.
What I think is mildly annoying is people posting groups they're proud of with no important information, i.e. distance and shooting stance; bench rested or offhand; machine rest; double action or single; etc. If you shoot your group at 7 yds. and get one hole you are proving you are proficient with the gun at short range.
If you want to test a gun's true accuracy, use 20 to 25yds as the distance.
I am a retiree and member of a private club with nice ranges. I see lots of people come out to shoot. Many can barely hit the broad side of a berm at any distance. They empty a few magazines of ammo, leave their mess for someone else and move on. On rare occasions, I have had someone ask me to shoot their gun to find out what's wrong. You know what the answer is....but it's fun to try some guns out.
Many young shooters today emulate the video games they play and spray as much ammo as they have down range. This practice is a big part of the shortage of 22LR and 9mm ammo...most other calibers are available in our area.
What I think is mildly annoying is people posting groups they're proud of with no important information, i.e. distance and shooting stance; bench rested or offhand; machine rest; double action or single; etc. If you shoot your group at 7 yds. and get one hole you are proving you are proficient with the gun at short range.
If you want to test a gun's true accuracy, use 20 to 25yds as the distance.
I am a retiree and member of a private club with nice ranges. I see lots of people come out to shoot. Many can barely hit the broad side of a berm at any distance. They empty a few magazines of ammo, leave their mess for someone else and move on. On rare occasions, I have had someone ask me to shoot their gun to find out what's wrong. You know what the answer is....but it's fun to try some guns out.
Many young shooters today emulate the video games they play and spray as much ammo as they have down range. This practice is a big part of the shortage of 22LR and 9mm ammo...most other calibers are available in our area.
gaucho1
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