Originally Posted by
spaniel
Thanks...I recall seeing someone with Vernier sights shoot a 45-70 to something like 1500 yards and hit a steel buffalo 3 times consecutively. The BP cartridge guns have made some loooong shots.
If ya think that was cool, how about a guy that shot an Indian and killed him at over 1500 yds. ? That would be Billy Dixon. He was hunting buffalo for a bunch of surveyors that were working for the railroad and the Indians were bothering them. Well the Indians thought they were safe and kept bothering the crew and Dixon took the shot.
They know the exact distance because of the surveyors measuing it.
Now that is definitely way cool!
