World's longest shotgun target shot

oneounceload · May 24, 2012, 04:22 PM

George Digweed does it again - 130 yards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teixm6JMw_k

Pretty amazing shot

Dave McC · May 24, 2012, 06:38 PM

Yes. Amazing.

Thanks for posting.

I need more practice......

GlenF · May 24, 2012, 06:57 PM

What choke for 130 yards?

That video blows me completely away. Thanks for posting it.

oneounceload · May 24, 2012, 07:11 PM

His Sporting gun is a Perazzi choked Full and Full (actually I think it is a little tight on the full - at least .040)

Having to read the target (which I wouldn't even be able to see), factor in the drop of the target, the drop of the shot, etc. in a matter of milliseconds, is beyond my mere mortal skills

WillyKern69 · May 24, 2012, 07:54 PM

Wow. Just WOW.

zippy13 · May 24, 2012, 09:26 PM

Wow!
He should get a special award for just seeing the target at 130-yards. I wonder how many P-guns that video will sell.

TheKlawMan · May 25, 2012, 11:45 AM

I noticed how he has to drop the shot into the target at those distances. Are you sure about his choking, Oneounce? I would think that far out he might go with an even tighter and perhaps a custom choke. Whatever he used, he didn't seem to change them as he moved futher back. I suppose he may have switched from one barrel with a full to the other by switching barrels.

zippy13 · May 25, 2012, 12:40 PM

My Perrazi catalog lists 12 choke sizes from 0 to 1.1-mm (0.043") in 1/10-mm increments. The four tightest of them would be called full, full, x-full and x-full using US conventions (my Remington trap gun came with three different full chokes). I'm guessing the long shot was made with at least a 1.1-mm constriction.

oneounceload · May 25, 2012, 02:38 PM

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I noticed how he has to drop the shot into the target at those distances. Are you sure about his choking, Oneounce? I would think that far out he might go with an even tighter and perhaps a custom choke. Whatever he used, he didn't seem to change them as he moved futher back. I suppose he may have switched from one barrel with a full to the other by switching barrels.

TKM - Digweed uses two Perazzis with fixed chokes for shooting FITASC and English Sporting - one is choked Mod and Mod for close targets, but his normal gun is chokes Full and Full for everything he normally shoots

He is a 19 time world champion and a great shot

Chinny33 · May 29, 2012, 11:53 PM

wow, amazing shooting.

During the interview session he was seemingly out of breath from pretty much not moving around much. poor guy needs to get into a shape other than round.

CK_32 · May 31, 2012, 01:59 PM

Wow!

I was expecting a slug hitting a steel plate and being like no big.

That's actually even farther than 130 counting in height and how far the clay traveled. Simply amazing

johnwilliamson062 · June 3, 2012, 01:13 PM

I don't feel so great about my performance in shoot offs at the local club anymore. Thinking about how far we shoot and if you hesitate and shoot late it might be at 80 yards. AND we are using very specialized loads when we do it. Very little shot at very high speeds. They claim he is using "standard" loads. If they are anything close to normal trap loads the correction at that range would be so difficult at that range I can hardly imagine it.

zippy13 · June 3, 2012, 01:36 PM

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That's actually even farther than 130 counting in height and how far the clay traveled.

Wasn't the trap set to toss the target straight up? It's a little easier that way. We have a scaled-down version of that presentation at our 5-stand. Many shooters wait until the target floats, for an instant, as it crests.

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If they are anything close to normal trap loads the correction at that range would be so difficult at that range I can hardly imagine it.

I thought I heard him say that he was switching to #5s for the long shot. By standard load, he probably meant that he was shooting factory loads, not something specially loaded for the demonstration.

olddrum1 · June 4, 2012, 01:23 AM

I believe that the Black Diamond Gamebore in 5's run around 1500 fps. If you look at the trap, he's throwing it almost straight up. Simple shot.

Creek Henry · June 6, 2012, 10:02 AM

what is simple at 40 yards is astounding at 130 :)

BarkeyVA · June 8, 2012, 11:11 PM

I'm not sure I could SEE a clay pigeon at 130 yds let alone hit it!

May 24, 2012, 04:22 PM	#1
oneounceload Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: N. Central Florida Posts: 8,518	World's longest shotgun target shot George Digweed does it again - 130 yards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Teixm6JMw_k Pretty amazing shot

May 24, 2012, 06:57 PM	#3
GlenF Member Join Date: April 4, 2011 Location: Monett, Missouri Posts: 98	Wow What choke for 130 yards? That video blows me completely away. Thanks for posting it.

May 29, 2012, 11:53 PM	#10
Chinny33 Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 248	round is a shape, not in shape wow, amazing shooting. During the interview session he was seemingly out of breath from pretty much not moving around much. poor guy needs to get into a shape other than round. __________________ PLAN PLAN PLAN A prudent man forsees evil and hides himself; the simple pass on and are punished Proverbs 27:12

May 31, 2012, 01:59 PM	#11
CK_32 Senior Member Join Date: April 11, 2009 Location: Orange County, Ca Posts: 450	Wow! I was expecting a slug hitting a steel plate and being like no big. That's actually even farther than 130 counting in height and how far the clay traveled. Simply amazing __________________ Bullet placement over bullet wastement

May 24, 2012, 06:38 PM	#2
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Yes. Amazing. Thanks for posting. I need more practice......

May 24, 2012, 07:11 PM	#4
oneounceload Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: N. Central Florida Posts: 8,518	His Sporting gun is a Perazzi choked Full and Full (actually I think it is a little tight on the full - at least .040) Having to read the target (which I wouldn't even be able to see), factor in the drop of the target, the drop of the shot, etc. in a matter of milliseconds, is beyond my mere mortal skills

May 24, 2012, 07:54 PM	#5
WillyKern69 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 160	Wow. Just WOW.

May 24, 2012, 09:26 PM	#6
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	Wow! He should get a special award for just seeing the target at 130-yards. I wonder how many P-guns that video will sell.

May 25, 2012, 11:45 AM	#7
TheKlawMan Junior member Join Date: June 23, 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 2,149	I noticed how he has to drop the shot into the target at those distances. Are you sure about his choking, Oneounce? I would think that far out he might go with an even tighter and perhaps a custom choke. Whatever he used, he didn't seem to change them as he moved futher back. I suppose he may have switched from one barrel with a full to the other by switching barrels.

May 25, 2012, 12:40 PM	#8
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	My Perrazi catalog lists 12 choke sizes from 0 to 1.1-mm (0.043") in 1/10-mm increments. The four tightest of them would be called full, full, x-full and x-full using US conventions (my Remington trap gun came with three different full chokes). I'm guessing the long shot was made with at least a 1.1-mm constriction.

June 3, 2012, 01:13 PM	#12
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	I don't feel so great about my performance in shoot offs at the local club anymore. Thinking about how far we shoot and if you hesitate and shoot late it might be at 80 yards. AND we are using very specialized loads when we do it. Very little shot at very high speeds. They claim he is using "standard" loads. If they are anything close to normal trap loads the correction at that range would be so difficult at that range I can hardly imagine it.

June 4, 2012, 01:23 AM	#14
olddrum1 Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Mid Missouri Posts: 807	I believe that the Black Diamond Gamebore in 5's run around 1500 fps. If you look at the trap, he's throwing it almost straight up. Simple shot.

June 6, 2012, 10:02 AM	#15
Creek Henry Senior Member Join Date: October 23, 2009 Location: Dallas Posts: 514	what is simple at 40 yards is astounding at 130 :)

June 8, 2012, 11:11 PM	#16
BarkeyVA Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2008 Location: Southeastern Virginia Posts: 123	I'm not sure I could SEE a clay pigeon at 130 yds let alone hit it!