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Old October 31, 2011, 08:54 PM   #34
kasTX
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From 1946: Phil Sharpe told of a group of officers in Germany who went hunting with Carbines. Roe deer; they're not very big. Jumped one; shooting began. GI ammo,of course. The hits were all over the poor animal. Lots of hits on a running deer, but it didn't give up and quit until it had been hit sixty times. 60.

(From his book, "Complete Guide to Handloading", post-war edition.)
That is certainly an interesting story. Several things strike me as odd about it, such as four hunters shooting at the same animal at the same time, that one of those people would bother to count the hits, and that the animal was hit with exactly 60 rounds (which happens to be an exact multiple of full M1 Carbine magazines - either 15 or 30 round). Can't really tell from the above citation whether or not Sharpe was even there, so something could have been lost in the translation. But if it is in the book, then we can assume it is accurate as written. Which can mean only one thing - I need to un-eat those two deer and shoot them each 59 more times.
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