Sniper Still Has it !!

Thanks for posting

My Dad was at the Battle of the Bulge with Patton. Thanks for posting this! Papa has passed on but his was a gracious and humble generation.
Bill Daniel
 
just goes to show, that when we stop to listen to our elders, that they have a world of knowledge and experience. we could and can learn alot from them, if we would just listen.
 
OK, what your saying is that in 25++ years I will be his age and if I keep shooting I will get that good (since I can’t shoot that well now)?
I was setting watching that and going, Ok 300 yards and he hit it, that’s ok, good for 80+.
Then I watched the 3 rounds at 1000 and they all hit within 6 inches or possibly less.
WOW!
By the way.
Way to go Navy Arms.
 
How many of you youngsters can do this ? Don't underestimate seasoned citizens !
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The hits at 300 with the 1903 and old school scope are impressive.

The 1000 meter hit just demonstrates that a guy with solid fundamentals who can follow his spotter's directions will make the shot, as long as the spotter knows his job. The article (typical of the media) failed to grasp the importance of the guy making the wind call and other hard parts of the shot.
 
After the turn of the century, probably 2002 or 2003, during NRA week I was squadded next to a WWII veteren who was shooting a Garand in 30-06.

Because of the rotation I was always in the pits when he was shooting, but he was shooting expert class scores. The HM I was with, who had been with the Gentlemen, said the vet had a match barrel installed on his rifle then built the match rifle up from there by himself. Hardly anyone was shooting 30 caliber at the time and he was about the second shooter I ever met at Perry who shot a match Garand in 30-06. He was shooting a Garand because that is what he was familiar shooting.

I picked up one of his cases and he marked the head with felt tip. The next day I handed him the case, when we were going through roll call on the firing points, and ribbed him about worrying that anyone would mistake his cases for their own.

We were all very proud of him and he had to be in his late 70's. My memory was 77 years, but I could be wrong about that. We on his target cheered him when he shot well, though he could not hear it. He shot the full four days which when you add in the heat and target pulling is physically exhausting, so he was a real trooper.
 
Saw this in the other thread. Had my wife watch it with me and we were both snifflin' and snottin' after witching the video. Very moving. Makes me proud to be an American, and gives me hope that our vets are still being given the recognition that they deserve.
 
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