86-year-old sniper still has perfect aim
Ted Gundy,an 86-year-old World Wat II sniper, was awarded the “black hat,” one of the highest awards of the marksmanship unit, during his visit to Ft. Benning, Ga. He got a few other surprises along the way.
He was presented with an exact replica of the rifle he used during the Battles of the Buldge and Bastogne, a 1903 Springfield A4 sniper rifle. It must have seemed like old home week as he hit the target — three hits for three shots — at three hundred yards — three football fields.
He was then given the opportunity to try modern equipment on a target 1,000 yards away. The Remington 700 is, according to the video, “one of the most accurate rifles in the world.”
At 1,000 yards, for every mile per hour of crosswind, the bullet moves 10 inches. Just like with the WWII-era Springfield at 300 yards, Gundy hit three for three with the Remington at 1,000.
Once you got it, you don’t lose it.
8 comments:
If the target has it's head tilted so you can see up the nostrils, it is a lot easier to hit. Practice makes perfect.
The Republic will be a sorrier place when Mr. Gundy and the last of his generation pass. (I hope he was just like Walt Kowalski in the movie, Gran Torino.)
I believe a previous anonymous poster to one of your earlier articles, it might have been “One Hundred Heads”, claimed all of our elder brothers were incapable of useful activity and were prone to dying of diabetes. It seems from reading this news story that one older man is still able to accomplish quite a bit of useful work when he puts his mind to it.
ANONY @ 2:26 - reading you loud & clear. Fire for effect, as my old Welsh nanny was fond of saying.
Beautiful. I fired the FN at the 1,000 yd Range Cornwall Ont, 1973.
Got to work the Pit, Marking Hits. Thanks for the Memories, siggh My Score; HA! Might have taken out a Puppy or Chicken in the Towns beyond..
This Fellow is Good.
Reminds me,, One of our Cadets was a wee Black Chap, 4 foot 6 or so,,,The FN stood as tall as he did, we Laughed and Laughed every time he Fired the thing. The Grins that bring Jaw Pain,,,priceless.
WORLD WAt SNIPER? Looks like a typo slipped thru. My Dad was a World WaR 2 Navy man, but never a World WAt Navy Man. Just a heads up regarding what I call FAT FINGERS
300 yards is nothing for that '03, eather one of my 1903mk1s will hit a 1L bottle at 400 yards with ball ammo, useing open sights. Just 'cause somthing is old don't make it less dangerous.
That event was a couple of years ago.
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