Citizen Makes 165yd Shot With Revolver to Stop Murderer From Ambushing Cop

Incredible story!!!:D:D

It made my day so much I was smiling the whole time. This is EXACTLY what the 2nd Amendment was written for, and this hero set one hell of an excellent example during that incident.

Now if major media outlets across the nation would report on it and bring some positive light on the gun culture?:mad: We really need some good reporting right now especially after all that madness this past few weeks.

On the subject of the shot? Yes it could be done, especially given the fact that it was a .357 Magnum.

Ed McGivern had hit up to 800 yards with a .44 Magnum revolver back in the 1950s. And I have hit targets from 100 to 200 yards away with my .44 LeMat. It is all about compensating for the drop during the shot.
 
Just an update to this thread. I came across this recent article detailing the gunfight: http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2013/08/one-year-later-long-range-peach-house.html

The article contains a detailed blow by blow as well as pictures from the different participant's perspective that I think will add a lot to our understanding of the fight.

I know one subject of discussion was the range involved... It turns out it was 169 FEET, not yards - though still an impressive shot at 56 yards
 
And a fine illustration of the principle that you can't know ahead of time what you will need to be able to do to solve the problem.
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And that is the truth.

Sure we practice close range sudden encounter shooting a lot but you never know. Some nutjob with a rifle you see 50 yards away killing people may have to be stopped. Rare? Yes. Possible? Yes.

So make it your hobby to shoot, not just a necessity, and you will become a good all around shot (and that is what McGivern wrote about in his book. That's Ed McGivern of 'fast and fancy shooting'.

And Clyde,

My M1 Carbine is my 'go to' long gun. Yes I have AR, AK, and sharpshooter rifles but that Carbine, if I go prone, will do 100 yard head shots with Remington 110 SPs all day. Fine little gun.

But I can do chest shots at 100 yards with my Glocks if I also go prone.

Deaf
 
To make one shot like that is hard enough not being under pressure, but the likelihood he hit him more than once is really an accomplishment.


This is a "madman with a gun" story that ends better because of a citizen and I love them. To make it even better he was humble:

“I thought if I didn’t help this officer, he would have gotten the rest of us,”
Stacy said. But a hero? “I’m just an average working man,” Stacy said.
http://www.brownwoodtx.com/news/local/article_851fd04a-db90-11e1-8237-0019bb2963f4.html
 
As noted in the cired article:
Vic Stacy [the civilian who stopped the bad guy with his Python] and Seargent Means were subsequently “no billed” by the Grand Jury.
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Whay was this taken to the Grand Jury at all.
Is that standard process regardless of the obvious?
 
I think all homicides go to a grand jury in Texas; doesn't matter if it's obviously justified, or even righteous.
 
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First I am skeptical of all of it.

Second yes you can make some interesting shots, its also called lucky.

Years back my brother and I were at a shooting range with mud flats out beyond (they put the berms in latter to stop what I did as it was a water foul hunting area and people did get rounds zipping by them unintentional though in this case no one was out there).

A flock of geese was out a quarter of a mile. He didn't think I could come close so I picked a 30 or 40 degree angel and fired one off. I hit withing years.

Lucky, but that is also the way the Calvary did it in the old days was to walk rounds in based on the impact (and one reason the 45 caliber was chosen as it made a better splash as it were.
 
Skeptical of the measurements actually taken by the reporter?

Skeptical of the Grand Jury findings?

Or skeptical of the awards from the sheriff and Governor Perry?

Please specify your skepticism.
 
I do not doubt the ability to hit a person with a good revolver fired single action at 165 feet, particularly if it is possible to brace against something.

To put it in perspective, after a hard day of rapid fire shooting at multiple steel plates at 7 yards, the instructors decided to close out the session with a slow fire exercise at 50 yards.

Two of the students--a local policeman a and a ranked IDPA competitor from Texas--each accomplished the following:
  • one hit, two handed;
  • one hit, strong hand;
  • one hit, weak hand;
  • one hit, two hands, gun inverted;
  • one hit, strong hand, gun inverted;
  • one hit, weak hand, gun inverted.

No misses.

They were using large capacity service semi autos.

Bu-- a man's got to know his limitations. I missed six out of six using two hands.
 
I don't shoot handguns often at 50 yards, and should do so more often.

Even so, I can normally get more hits than misses on the silhouette.

Article said Stacy is a handgun hunter, so he probably does practice more at longer ranges than I do.
 
First I am skeptical of all of it.

Second yes you can make some interesting shots, its also called lucky.
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I see small children making 50 yd pistol shots all the time at my range.

That is hardly any kind of "miraculous distance" for anyone with just minimal practice.


Sgt Lumpy
 
I am just wondering how in the heck he knew with any reasonable degree of certainty, what someone was planning to do 165 yards away.
 
Check the link in post 64 to answer that question.

It has more answers than that.

Reading post 64 probably would have helped also.
 
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FireForged,

Though initial reports said 165 yards, measured distance was 169 feet.

Meanwhile, the BG had just shot and killed a married couple. He was known to his neighbors as having a short fuse and a violent temperament, and he had just taken position behind a tree, having re-armed with a .30-30 lever rifle, when the officer arrived.

Why would you be surprised at Stacy's assumption of Conner's intent, at that point?
 
That is a pretty impressive shot if the yardage is legit.

My dad used to work at the county pd with a guy who shot a turkey in the head at 100 yards with his 4" .357 service revolver. However this guy's rep as a crack shot was already well established. The guy was just a phenom when it came to shooting handguns. Wish I was that good.

So.... this 165 yrd shot.... Phenom, or lucky shot?
 
Good for the citizen, he did the right thing under those particular circumstances.

I do find it rather surprising that folks consider 56 yards to be some sort of lucky shot or something. Don't folks ever plink anymore?
 
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