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Hunter on horseback aiming rifle. ca. 1890
Doubtful -- more like a photo ID number.TedH wrote:According to the caption on the photo, 3042 paces.
Impossible!TedH wrote:According to the caption on the photo, 3042 paces.
Doc Hudson wrote:Impossible!TedH wrote:According to the caption on the photo, 3042 paces.
That would be about 2500 yards +/-.
Unless he's making a shot at the side of a mountain, there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.
The 3042 must be either the photo number or the date.
I'm 6 feet 3 inches Nath and I have a 30-inch step.Nath wrote:Doc Hudson wrote:Impossible!TedH wrote:According to the caption on the photo, 3042 paces.
That would be about 2500 yards +/-.
Unless he's making a shot at the side of a mountain, there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.
The 3042 must be either the photo number or the date.How tall are you Doc
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Such a shot as what? Nothing says he hit anything.Doc Hudson wrote:Unless he's making a shot at the side of a mountain, there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.
The 3042 must be either the photo number or the date.
Modoc ED wrote:Doubtful -- more like a photo ID number.TedH wrote:According to the caption on the photo, 3042 paces.
Doc Hudson wrote:I'm feet 3 inches Nath and I have a 30-inch step.Nath wrote:Doc Hudson wrote:Impossible!TedH wrote:According to the caption on the photo, 3042 paces.
That would be about 2500 yards +/-.
Unless he's making a shot at the side of a mountain, there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.
The 3042 must be either the photo number or the date.How tall are you Doc
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3042 x 2.5 feet = 7605 feet divide by 3 = 2535 yards.
I don't know how it is done in Britain, but here in the states a 30-inch step is the standard pounded into every recruit attending basic training and for every marching band in the country.
The only reason I added the mor or less was to taake into account longer or shorter stride.
That's why I threw in the +/-!Nath wrote:Doc Hudson wrote:I'm feet 3 inches Nath and I have a 30-inch step.Nath wrote:
How tall are you Doc
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3042 x 2.5 feet = 7605 feet divide by 3 = 2535 yards.
I don't know how it is done in Britain, but here in the states a 30-inch step is the standard pounded into every recruit attending basic training and for every marching band in the country.
The only reason I added the mor or less was to taake into account longer or shorter stride.
Ah but, what if ya hop and skip some on the way?
Climb a hill go down a hill, trip over a mole hill or go around a bush, it's not a parade ground out there!![]()
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Nath.
Bubba never mentions that 150 of those paces were straight down into a deepgully, 75 were across the bottom of the gully, and 450 of those "paces" were up the other side of the gully.i shot a deer last year that dropped dead in his tracks, I stepped it off as 500 paces.
Buck Elliott wrote:You can shoot off ANY horse ----------------- ONCE
Stevens? Highwall? Spencer Rifle?Buck Elliott wrote:I still ain't rightly made out what kinda gun he's shootin'... Looks sorta familiar, but not pure-dee completely
Doc Hudson wrote:Impossible!TedH wrote:According to the caption on the photo, 3042 paces.
That would be about 2500 yards +/-.
Unless he's making a shot at the side of a mountain, there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.
The 3042 must be either the photo number or the date.
That feller ain't Billy Dixon and that rifle ain't a Sharps Buffalo Gun.Travis Morgan wrote:Doc Hudson wrote:Impossible!TedH wrote:According to the caption on the photo, 3042 paces.
That would be about 2500 yards +/-.
Unless he's making a shot at the side of a mountain, there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.
The 3042 must be either the photo number or the date.
You've never heard of Adobe Walls, I take it?
You said, "there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.". The lever on his kinda rifle may be a different length, but If Billy could hit an indian that knows he's being shot at, that is trying to get away, I'd wager a critter another 1K away that was standing still drinking could probably be hit.Doc Hudson wrote:That feller ain't Billy Dixon and that rifle ain't a Sharps Buffalo Gun.Travis Morgan wrote:Doc Hudson wrote:Impossible!TedH wrote:According to the caption on the photo, 3042 paces.
That would be about 2500 yards +/-.
Unless he's making a shot at the side of a mountain, there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.
The 3042 must be either the photo number or the date.
You've never heard of Adobe Walls, I take it?
And 2500 yards is right about 1,000 yards further than Billy Dixon shot that Comanche!
yep, i've heard of Adobe Walls, Billy Dixon and the Friends of Billy Dixon Long Range Shoot.
As i remember the Billy Dixon's famous shot was made at a range later measured 1583 yards. As I also understand it, the shot was made at two Comanche on a butte. The one who was hit was boldly sitting his horse confident that he was way out of rifle range. I've always wondered who was more surprised, the Comanche who got shot or Billy Dixon who pulled the trigger. The rest of his life, Billy Dixon insisted the shot was nothing more than pure luck, good on his side, bad on the Comanche's.Travis Morgan wrote: You said, "there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.". The lever on his kinda rifle may be a different length, but If Billy could hit an indian that knows he's being shot at, that is trying to get away, I'd wager a critter another 1K away that was standing still drinking could probably be hit.
In any event, it's all conjecture, and I'm just bored.
Am I not correct in remembering that the in the photo was iron-sighted?Travis Morgan wrote:You didn't say we were limited to iron sights! Since this is all just conjecture, I wasn't too worried about imaginary animals being hurt....
Travis,Travis Morgan wrote:You said any; not just the gun in the photo.
Are we talking about the same thing now?Impossible!
That would be about 2500 yards +/-.
Unless he's making a shot at the side of a mountain, there is no way an open-sighted lever gun could make such a shot.