![]() I’m sure there are many Shootists out there. Both are true Shootist.Īsk Jerry, “how can I shoot like You” He will tell you something Cryptic then something true & (if you hear him) that will be the way you become a Shootist. Of Course YouTube has made at least Two Shootists Super Famous. Since it was 100yrds away & running farther, I had only one real shot, & I Called the Shot, just like Babe Ruth. Shot Placement.īefore we checked the pig I explained Shot placement is everything. His comment was Bull Shit you cannot kill a Pig with a 22. Here’s a Yarn for ya, I Killed a Wild Pig (big one) from a hundred yards with a 22MWR. But they never doubted I could do it if I said I could. And of course, then they just thought I was Damn Lucky. I have told some people and Everyone one of them was sure I was full of shit till I showed them. Problem is you can only prove it, by proving it one person at a time. My Friend is still a Phenomenal shot – So am I, once I learnt the Art of Shooting. Once the skill of being a Shootist is acquired. I often hear that shooting is “A perishable skill” – I call (sort of) BS. There is a knowledge to shooting & once learnt, you become a Shootist. I have known a Man since I was a little Kid. Shortly thereafter, he drew up his plans for a bullet engendering the same features for the. 44 SWC, which later gained fame as the Ideal 429421. 44 Magnum bullet could travel that distance, of course, and Keith was – at the time – one of the few people who were known for the skill to make a shot anywhere close to that.īut has anything like that been done in recent times? In 1928 Elmer Keith scratched out the design for his landmark. He was known to hit bowling balls at well over 100 yards as well as small game. Now, Keith was known to be an excellent shot with a pistol, including at long ranges. Some believe that it was probably more like 500 yards, if not less.Īfter all, distances are much harder to estimate on terrain of varying elevation and the area he spent much of his life in (central Idaho, near the Bitterroot range) varies quite a bit. Since rangefinders weren’t the most packable items in those days, he estimated the distance. What some surmise is that he landed a shot on a deer from a very long distance away, but it wasn’t 600 yards. This has been mused over by a number of people ever since he put it in print. ![]() Could he have done it? You can find a recounting in his own words at. Now, people have made long shots with handguns before, but 600 yards? Keith was a fantastic spinner of yarns, to be sure, but he was no fabulist.
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