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Skilled Marksmanship in History

SKILLED MARKSMANSHIP IN HISTORY using non-traditional targets with speed, accuracy and elements of danger. A skilled marksman or trick shooter, exhibits many feats in this sport of skill WEAPONS OF CHOICE --MEASUREMENT OF SKILLS--- WORLD' RECORD AIR PISTOL AIR RIFLE OLYMPIC MILITARY DOUBLE TRAP PISTOL EXHIBITION RAPID FIRE PISTOL OLYMPICS BEST SHOOTERS GOLD -- SILVER -- BRONZE RIFLE PRONE UNITED STATES - 107 MEDALS 53 29 25 RIFLE 3 POSITIONS SKEET & TRAP SWEDEN – 56 MEDALS 15 23 18 CHINA - 49 MEDALS 1825 21 13 15 SOVIET UNION - 49 MEDALS THE BIRTH OF TRAP SHOOTING IN THE U.S. 17 15 17 GREAT BRITAIN - 44 13 15 16 1861 1871 O THE BERDAN RIFLE INVENTED BY HIRAM BERDAN DURING CIVIL WAR NRA FOUNDED BY SENIOR CIVIL WAR VETS Gen. John B. Woodward RIFLE Gen. George Wingate Gen. A.E. Burnside 1873 Col. Church FIRST INCORPORATED INTERNATIONAL 1871 RIFLE COMPETITION OPAMERICA 1875 WON BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS ANNIE OAKLEY 8) 1896 STATS CUT PLAYING MEN'S SHOOTING CARDS WAS 1 OF 9 EVENTS IN THE FIRST IN HALF AT LONG DISTANCES MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES IN ATHENS SHOOTING 1904 SHOOTING A DIME CIGARETTES TOSSED IN THE AIR, AT RANGES OF UP IN HALF WHILE HELD BY VOLUNTEERS TO 90 FT. FABULOUS TOPPERWEINS HIT 4472/5000 O © IN ONE DAY STATS 1932 ADOLF HIT 72,000 HAND THROWN 2.5" BLOCKS ED MCGIVERN ONLY MISSING 9 PLINKY HIT 967/1000 ADOLF (AD) & ELIZABETH (PLINKY) STATS Husband & Wife Pair of Exhibition Shooters that Toured/Performed Together RECORDING WOMEN'S 1ST SHOOTING RECORD HIT BEFORE IT HITS GROUND SHOOTING 1939 OUT OF THE AIR SPECIALIZES IN THE REVOLVER HOLDING A NUMBER OF SPEED SHOOTING RECORS WORLD WAR I| STATS 1953 TRAINED PRIMARILY BY U.S. COMPETIVIVE SHOOTERS MARINE AT CAMP PENDLETON, CA & SNIPERS CAMP LEJEUNE, NC HERB PARSONS O M1 GARAND FIRST STANDARD-ISSUE SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE REPLACED THE BOLT-ACTION M1903 STATS SHOOT ALL 7 HAND THROWN 1959 CLAY TARGETS WITH WINCHESTER MODEL 12 SHOTGUN TOM FRYE WINCHESTER'S AD TOPPERWEIN'S PROTÉGÉ & SUCCESSOR "SHOWMAN SHOOTER" STATS ALL-AMERICAN TRAP & SKEET SHOOTER (HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE) FOR 30 YEARS BROKE AD TOPPERWEIN'S AERIAL SHOOTING RECORD HITTING 100,004 OF 100,010 1967 2.5" WOODEN BLOCKS HIT 800 STRAIGHT SINGLE CLAY TARGETS CARLOS HATHCOCK 1968 STATS SHOT ENEMY NVA SNIPER THROUGH THE SCOPE FROM BOB MUNDEN 500 YARDS AWAY STATS O HELD 18 WORLD RECORDS 1987 O HIT TARGETS UP TO 600 YARDS AWAY FIRST WORLD SHOOTING KNOWN AS CHAMPIONSHIP THE FASTEST MAN IN LYON, FRANCE WITH A GUN 1987 1989 OTOM KNAPP JERRY MICULEK O STATS STATS 3 WORLD RECORDS FOR CLAY SHOOTING ONE OF THE FASTEST REVOLVER SHOOTERS IN THE WORLD SHOT ALL EMPTIED 5-SHOT 10 CLAY TARGETS WITH 12-GA SHOTGUN SECONDS REVOLVER IN 0.57 SECONDS SHOT ALL USPSA 7X3 GUN USPSA 4X MULTI-GUN 8X USPSA NINE ! 83 REVOLVER NATIONAL CHAMPION NATIONAL CHAMPION NATIONAL CHAMPION SHOT ALL THROWN CLAY TARGETS WITH PUMP-ACTION 1-HANDED 20X IDPA 10X SERVICE NRA 1X BIANCHI CUP ENHANCED WORLD ACTION PISTOL IN < 2 SECONDS IN 1.87 SECONDS INTERNATIONAL REVOLVER CHAMPION REVOLVER CHAMPION METALLIC CHAMPION 2001 2003 CHRIS KYLE JERRY MICULEK STATS STATS 160 FIRE 6 SHOTS CONFIRMED EACH FROM KILLS 10 DIFFERENT .38 CALIBER REVOLVERS IN 17.12 SEC (A LITTLE OVER A MILE) 2,100 PORTRAYED IN AMERICAN SNIPER LONGEST CONFIRMED KILL FFFFE 2009 2015 CRAIG HARRISON DAVE MILLER (O STATS STATS CORPORAL OF HORSE (UK) SHATTERED 3653 CLAY TARGETS IN JUST LONGEST RECORDED KILL GUINNESS O3600 WORLD RECORD SECONDS 2,707 YARDS MOST SPORTING CLAY TARGETS BROKEN IN 1 HOUR SOURCES BROUGHT TO YOU BY Ed McGivern, Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting and Police Training. 1938, pg. 71 | http://www.bobmunden.com/ The History of Sniping and Sharpshooting: http://goo.g/Oliyrc | http://ejmas.com/kronos/NewHist1900-1939.htm http://www.curiosityaroused.com/world/5-longest-sniper-shots-ever-recorded/ | http://compete.nra.org/ http://www.shootingtimes.com/competition/best-exhibition-shooters-time/ | http://www.olympic.org/shooting http://www.issf-sports.org/theissf/championships/olympic_games.ashx | http://www.jerrymiculek.com/about.html http://listverse.com/2009/11/13/top-10-snipers-in-history/ | http://www.usashooting.org/about/history-of-usas http://www.traphof.org/roadtoyesterday/november-2006.html | http://www.uspsa.org/ http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/the-gun-nuts/dave-miller-breaks-world-record-for-shooting-most-clay-tar gets-in-1-hour | http://bit.ty/1Cof5Ca | http://bit.ly/ITjMj9M RANGE THE THE ULTIMATE SHOOTING EXPERIENCE CIATION ASSOCI ATIONAL

Skilled Marksmanship in History

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This infographic, Skilled Marksmanship in History, walks you through the evolution of sharpshooting and highlights notable marksmen, famous snipers, and significant stats of this sport of skill.

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