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
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.
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.