Greatest Shot ever taken?

[Stevie-Ray]

See the original post.The OP is talking about one shot,not strings

I am, and even in what you quoted, it says the most impressive feat of shooting. Hitting a thrown 2.25" wooden block with a .22 rifle would be a hell of a shot, every time. Hitting it 100,004 times out of 100,010 would be considered damn near impossible. Far more impressive than LHO, which I don't even consider for this.

 

[Tacbandit]

The whole Oswald thing never happened...not by himself...Too many objectives in too little time, at distances too great to pull them off with that Carcano...

Greatest single shot:Canadian sniper - 50 Cal Macmillan Tac-50, 2430 Meters

But the greatest shooter of all times, would probably be Carlos Hathcock USMC
because of the number of outstanding shots he made

 

[Duke Junior]

The whole Oswald thing never happened...not by himself...Too many objectives in too little time, at distances too great to pull them off with that Carcano...

Who were the other folks involved ,Tacbandit?
The world has been waiting 45 years to find out.
Give us your headline scoop!

But the greatest shooter of all times, would probably be Carlos Hathcock USMC
because of the number of outstanding shots he mad

And again the OP is talking about ONE SHOT, not a body of work.

And you cannot fire 3 shots in 8.3 seconds with the bolt action Carcano?I can.But probably would not hit 2 out 3 like Oswald under that incredible pressure.

 

[graygun]

That small amount of 8mm footage shwed ,to me, that the last round to hit JFK could not have come from LHO. There are many things that "the world" will never know but are known to some.

 

[Tacbandit]

On your second point, you're correct...I realize we're talking about one shot. I
just threw that in, as an aside. How astute, on your part to see that...
Ahh, my headline scoop...That's the one we're all waiting for, alright. Obviously I can't prove that, any more than you can prove that Oswald did pull
it off alone. However, fact shows that he wasn't that remarkable of a marksman to begin with. So, your saying it's so, doesn't carry any more weight than my saying it's not...However, all facts considered, and also
considering we're talking about the "greatest" shot ever taken..."if" he was the
lone shooter,neener he wouldn't have the greatest shot, he'd be the "luckiest" shot...Hey, we've all got our own opinions...That's what we're sharing tonite. The harsh, cold reality of it all is that we'll never really know...

 

[Duke Junior]

That small amount of 8mm footage shwed ,to me, that the last round to hit JFK could not have come from LHO. There are many things that "the world" will never know but are known to some.

Well,it was his rifle,his prints on it,his place of work,he ran from the building,he killed Officer J.D Tippett in front of 6 witnesses within the next hour,no trace of any other firearm other than the Carcano have every been found,not a single tread of tangible evidence to another person after 45 years.
I could go on but it's boring and silly.
Lee Oswald,all by himself pulled off the crime of the century.
Accidentally ,being in the 'right' place at the right time and having enough skill.Go to the 6th floor in Dallas.Check it out.
Lots of people here on THR could make those shots.
Really.
And Tacbandit you have no evidence of any other shooters at all.I've got a caseload on Oswald.
But we'll have to agree to disagree.Not enough bandwidth for this discussion.
But do go ,if you can to the 6th floor.It wasn't that hard to make the shots.It was the pressure of shooting at the POTUS that makes it remarkable.

 

[Tacbandit]

Duke Junior:
"And you cannot fire 3 shots in 8.3 seconds with the bolt action Carcano?I can.But probably would not hit 2 out 3 like Oswald under that incredible pressure."



Precisely...No doubt we could fire the rifle that quickly...It's not about how fast
you pull the trigger...It's about how precise the bullet placement is...Like I said before, too many objectives, in too little time, for a so-so shooter like Oswald.

 

[Tacbandit]

Duke Junior,
I truly do see your side of it. And hey...I'm cool with that...We see it differently, and that certainly doesn't make me right...Agree to disagree...
I like it. You're right...Too much to cover, not enough room here...

 

[Wes Janson]

OTOH, individuals have been known, on rare occasion, to rise to the challenge and perform incredible actions under stress. Jim Cirillo's famous shootout against three robbers, for instance. Statistically, every once in a while someone rolls the die and comes up lucky.

 

[Duke Junior]

Precisely...No doubt we could fire the rifle that quickly...It's not about how fast
you pull the trigger...It's about how precise the bullet placement is...Like I said before, too many objectives, in too little time, for a so-so shooter like Oswald.

Oswald was so-so if he was on street.But as a so-so Marine he still was better than 9 out 10 civilians.And he was in the calculating frame of mind where he had lost his wife,was a failure, had nothing to lose and was in the position to do it.
Read Marina and Lee by Patrcia MacMillan about the events leading to Dallas and you may start to believe.
I gotta convert you.
Hey,I didn't see Post # 133 while I was slowly rolling this one out.Typing skills are not very agile.
Thanks for that message.Peace.

 

[BruceRDucer]

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I once took out every target on an M-60 range at the Graf training area from 3000 meters ( I was firing a eight inch howitzer when I did it ) W/ one shot does that count?
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That's well-armed, and your precision is admirable.

 

[ErikS]

And you cannot fire 3 shots in 8.3 seconds with the bolt action Carcano?I can.But probably would not hit 2 out 3 like Oswald under that incredible pressure.

Actually, it's totally possible to fire 3 shots from a Carcano even in less than 6 seconds. Just watch the movie "JFK", they attempt to prove it isn't possible, but if you time the time they do it in, they do it in 5.6seconds And that was an actor doing it, not an experienced shooter.

The problem isn't doing it within the timeframe, it's actually hitting something.
To put this in perspective, the english army used to have a drill they called "the mad minute", in which the rifleman was required to hit a target 300metres away with 15 shots in 60 seconds, with a bolt action Enfield. That's 3 hits in 8 seconds at 300 metres distance. And this was the requirement, the upper level was 30-35 shots a minute, one shot every 2 seconds. That's 3 aimed shots at 300metres in 4 seconds.
And this was 50 years before Oswald.
And yes, I know an Enfield isn't a Carcano, but it was a bolt action.

 

[ErikS]

As for an amazing sniper shot, I'd like to mention this video
Maybe not the best ever in history, but it's an amazing shot, and it's on video.