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Offline kilo2

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Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« on: March 01, 2011, 03:54:37 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQRpAxGVg4M&feature=player_embedded

This guy is 84 and still an awesome shooter.
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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2011, 04:03:48 PM »
WOW!  Wonder if he had any flashback firing that rifle again? 
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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 04:35:12 PM »
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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2011, 06:40:02 PM »
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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2011, 06:58:36 PM »
holy cow...not many can do 5 inch group with an unfamiliar weapon at 500 let alone 1000...amazing  :salute
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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2011, 07:29:53 PM »
Im lucky if I could do a 5 inch group at 500 yards. 

nice shooting!!! 

and a hearty   :salute  to an old vet 
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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2011, 07:38:31 PM »
I'll be the first to say: BOOM, HEADSHOT!

That guy has "teh skilz"

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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2011, 09:30:32 PM »
That was fantastic!     :salute

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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2011, 09:59:22 PM »
holy cow...not many can do 5 inch group with an unfamiliar weapon at 500 let alone 1000...amazing  :salute

tbh the weapon is top notch, scope is top notch, pre-zero'd, pre-ranged, sitting on a bipod/sandbag combo, on what looked to be a fairly still day.

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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2011, 10:09:17 PM »
tbh the weapon is top notch, scope is top notch, pre-zero'd, pre-ranged, sitting on a bipod/sandbag combo, on what looked to be a fairly still day.
uh huh...and you could have done the same thing, cold just like that old man...i suppose that big grouping the sfc did with that same weapon was proof enough that you could  :aok

you could have also done a 5 inch group at 300 with that cold and spanking new 03 springfield with the little 4x scope too...just like the old man.  :rofl
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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2011, 10:28:12 PM »
uh huh...and you could have done the same thing, cold just like that old man...i suppose that big grouping the sfc did with that same weapon was proof enough that you could  :aok

you could have also done a 5 inch group at 300 with that cold and spanking new 03 springfield with the little 4x scope too...just like the old man.  :rofl

I didn't see a 5" group, he hit outside the gong a few times then got the gong. I can do <2" groups on my low end cheap Howa 243 at 200m (~220 yards) on a cheap Nikon scope, on a crappy bipod with no monopod/sandbag on the end. Listening to the commentary they said 3 inches to the left and 3 inches down from the center of the gong. That would indicate the gong is ~5" diameter, so his grouping was ~10 inches (maybe a little more).

As for 'cold', well someone zero'd the scope in. So neither shot was really cold, the sfc was the one getting it on target with scope adjustments.

No disrespect to the old guy, and it's nice to see, and I'm sure in his younger days his shooting was pretty awesome, but calling it an impossible shot is a big stretch of the imagination, especially with so many factors in his favour.
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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2011, 10:46:04 PM »
Very cool story, thanks for sharing!

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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2011, 12:47:47 AM »
I didn't see a 5" group, he hit outside the gong a few times then got the gong. I can do <2" groups on my low end cheap Howa 243 at 200m (~220 yards) on a cheap Nikon scope, on a crappy bipod with no monopod/sandbag on the end. Listening to the commentary they said 3 inches to the left and 3 inches down from the center of the gong. That would indicate the gong is ~5" diameter, so his grouping was ~10 inches (maybe a little more).

As for 'cold', well someone zero'd the scope in. So neither shot was really cold, the sfc was the one getting it on target with scope adjustments.

No disrespect to the old guy, and it's nice to see, and I'm sure in his younger days his shooting was pretty awesome, but calling it an impossible shot is a big stretch of the imagination, especially with so many factors in his favour.

He put 3 shoots into the target's head at 1000yd > 5" grouping.

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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2011, 01:49:26 AM »
He put 3 shoots into the target's head at 1000yd > 5" grouping.

reading comprehension 101...

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you could have also done a 5 inch group at 300 with that cold and spanking new 03 springfield with the little 4x scope too...just like the old man.

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Re: Ted Gundy WW2 sniper takes shots today
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2011, 06:00:10 AM »
Hearing and vision impaired?

1st shot took off the top of the head. 2cd shot in the mouth area. 3rd shot in the cheek area.