Fish tales....

[zDom]

I've done several interviews with World War II veterans over the years.

One old Navy vet told me about how he used to be able to shoot a quarter held in between another mans first finger and thumb at something like 100 yard (I couldn't find the story to get the exact distance).

But the story he told me that I really liked was how the captain on his ship had a special job for him, knowing is ability with rifle.

When they spotted a mine in the water he would put him up in the very front of the bow to shoot one of the mine's detonators and set it off — all while the bow was rising and falling and the mine was rising and falling at different times with the ocean's swells.

 

[MA-Caver]

But on the inside, I was laughing my *** off. I can hit a 5 by 11 inch target on a fixed range at about 3-5 yards like that no problem. But Dead center!? As if I am ever going to hit dead center of the bullseye like that ever again without looking at my target! :lol: No way!

But, it was cool just to be able to do it once!

I'll quote Han Solo from A New Hope... with the same tone of distain... ( :wink1: )

"I call it luck!"