Posted on 04/04/2021 3:54:26 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Published on Jun 9, 2011 World War II sniper veteran, Ted Gundy, was a sniper during the Battle of the Bulge, now 67 years later he tries an impossible shot of his own. Ted hasn't seen his Army issued Springfield 1903A4 since 1944, but he's in for a surprise and then he'll try a shot he's never fathomed...1,000 yards with a modern sniper rifle, AMU's custom Remington 700. Watch this amazing story now!
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There’s good days, bad days and Zen days. Good training and practice insures the day isn’t like a box of chocolates.
“...But many that can equal his performance with the ‘03A4. A nation of deer hunters.....”
I used an O3A3 for deer hunting as a kid growing up in the backwoods of Maine.
My dad was a WWII USMC BAR guy and swore by the 30-06. How he came to having that 03, I never did find out, but glad it was in “the family”.
It kicked like a mule, but golly, it was accurate as all get out. It had my 30-30 beat in everything but weight and recoil. Popped many a whitetail with that thing over the years using old-style 165gr Remington CoreLoks. None at a 1000 yards though. But a whole bunch at 200-300yds on power line right of ways.
That is a GREAT video. Thanks for posting.
5 inch group at 1,000 yards using a rifle he’s never fired before. Astonishing!
I knew an old guy that claimed to have taken down a dive bomber with a BAR. I’m inclined to believe him.
My father was a Marine Corps Gunny and Korean War veteran. He qualified marksman and decades later when the CMP began providing M1 Garand service rifles they also at times would allow for a serial number search when choosing your grade of rifle and manufacture. Our dad carried an IHC (International Harvester Corp) mix master and new his issued serial number. It took some time but the CMP found a service grade IHC within 1 number of his issue rifle. So he knew that someone in his division -company -squad was issued this rifle and carried it. He loved shooting this rifle. He shot left handed because he was partially blind in his right eye from starring at the sun as a child and had a blind spot. His right eardrum was shattered when he was to close to a claymore detonated near him while training on Okinawa before deploying to Korea. God bless you dad.
One of my parishioners told me his experience during the Battle of the Bulge. I will never forget. He told me that you would go sit on a dead body that was still warm because of the freezing temperatures.
“...I knew an old guy that claimed to have taken down a dive bomber with a BAR. I’m inclined to believe him.....”
A lot of those “old guys” were heckuva shots, especially the old sniper that prompted this thread. I’m quite sure that they got plenty of “practice” back then.
FWIW, if you’ve ever watched Hickok45 videos on YT, he did one or two videos on the BAR....it is a weapon of total devastation...a 30-06 full automatic. After viewing Hickok’s vids, I can believe the old boy took down a dive bomber with it.
Hunted ducks with him and his son a few times, before and after his cataract surgery. His son grumbled a lot after the surgery because he was a crack shot. And he kept score.
Yes, I do that all the time.
4.5 inches 1000 yards with 6,5 creed.
2.5 inches with 300 Norma mag.
Shoot coyotes while they are on a full run all the time 800 to 1100 (way my land lays), and one I got a few years ago was a full mile and a dead run.
Few weeks ago, took a coyote that was sitting facing my deck at barely under 1500 with the 300.
PM me if you want to know more about equipment etc.
I love the old snipers, that’s how I learned.
Surely, you're joking. Or do you spell your name Shirley?
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