Shotgun expert shows his stuff

This guy needs to hook up with the slingshot sharpshooter. (Via Bits & Pieces)

[#1 posted by Ratdog, July 22, 2009 9:59 AM]

I would like to know this guy during the zombie apocalypse.

[#2 posted by Quiet Noises, July 22, 2009 10:09 AM]

Nothing like encouraging people who "don't have to have a good shot" shooting moving targets by holding a shotgun upside down over their heads.

[#3 posted by ghetto luxery, July 22, 2009 10:20 AM]

if you thought that old Benelli was something...

[#4 posted by JoshuaTerrell, July 22, 2009 10:20 AM]

I've seen this before. And people ask me why guns are cool.

[#5 posted by dhalgren, July 22, 2009 10:20 AM]

That actually put a smile on my face. I needed that, thank you.

[#6 posted by zooniedog, July 22, 2009 10:26 AM]

he taught Dick everything he knows..

[#7 posted by clockbound, July 22, 2009 10:35 AM]

#1 - My sentiments exactly.

[#8 posted by FreakCitySF, July 22, 2009 10:37 AM]

I wonder how many out takes for each trick?

Are those clay birds bio degradable? What about the pellets?

[#9 posted by Takuan, July 22, 2009 10:40 AM]

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_19_46/ai_65017366/

[#10 posted by phillamb168, July 22, 2009 10:42 AM]

I second #1 Ratdog. Do we know his favorite variety of freeze-dried military ration? I for one welcome him to my underground bunker ANY apocalypse.

[#11 posted by Guysmiley, July 22, 2009 10:51 AM]

#8: They're made of "natural" materials, that is limestone dust and petroleum pitch. They're supposedly "non toxic" because the pitch doesn't leech into water.

As far as the ammo, for hunting loads the pellets are usually steel or bismuth alloys. For trap and skeet shooting it's usually lead pellets since it's cheaper.

[#12 posted by dculberson, July 22, 2009 10:53 AM]

FreakCity, clay is a natural material.

[#13 posted by Anonymous, July 22, 2009 10:54 AM]

Something similar from Beretta...

http://www.gunsamerica.com/video/player.aspx?Channel=8&vid=61

[#14 posted by Ernunnos, July 22, 2009 10:55 AM]

I doubt he needs many outtakes. The good exhibition shooters are very good. Ad Topperwein - exhibition shooter for Winchester - once shot 72,500 targets in 10 days and missed a total of 9. The targets were 2 1/4" wooden blocks thrown into the air, and he did it with a .22 rifle, not a shotgun. It's also worth mentioning that it was raining most of the time. Toward the end, they ran out of wood blocks, so they took the larger pieces and he shot them again.

[#15 posted by Anonymous, July 22, 2009 11:00 AM]

Here ya go...

http://www.tomknapp.net/

Tom Knapp, the Shooting Star

[#16 posted by Miss Jess, July 22, 2009 11:01 AM]

I've seen this video before (my dad is an avid trap and skeet shooter), and also made the same comment as #1. Yep. He's amazing.

[#17 posted by Anonymous, July 22, 2009 11:07 AM]

Anyone else think the perspective this was shot from seems kinda weird. Sometimes it looks like he's throwing the clay birds 2 feet in front of the shotgun before hitting them, other times it looks like they're going like 100 yards off or more.

[#18 posted by Patrick Austin, July 22, 2009 11:10 AM]

Insane. That's gun control we can all agree to. :)

People always seem most worried about the guys with fifty guns in their person arsenals. But really, nuts are mostly just nerds who geek out over loud noises and powerful toys. It's pretty obvious in this clip.

This guy isn't going to accidentally shoot your dog one night after a few beers, and his kids know damn well not to play with dad's toys.

[#19 posted by Osprey101, July 22, 2009 11:21 AM]

Finally- a solution to the greatest threat this country has ever faced: being overrun by orange clay pigeons.

[#20 posted by Anonymous, July 22, 2009 11:23 AM]

Gun nuts are the original technogeeks.

[#21 posted by Ito Kagehisa, July 22, 2009 11:28 AM]

Enjoyed the video!

The Remington 870's a far better value for your money than a Benelli, but the smoother action of the Benelli is probably attractive to the professional trick shooter.

[#22 posted by lovestospoog, July 22, 2009 11:38 AM]

When a man and his gun love each other very much.......

[#23 posted by UnnecessaryUmlaut, July 22, 2009 11:41 AM]

For the deadeye trifecta,Benelli on Shotgun, Rufus on Slingshot, and this Bow-And-Arrow Sharpshooter dude:

http://bit.ly/nJwbD

Unstoppable.

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[#24 posted by UnnecessaryUmlaut, July 22, 2009 11:45 AM]

Correction, that'd be Knapp on a Benelli Shotgun.

[#25 posted by Anonymous, July 22, 2009 11:51 AM]

That looks fun.

[#26 posted by Antinous / Moderator, July 22, 2009 11:54 AM]

D'oh. I was just going to link that bow-and-arrow video. He's amazing.

[#27 posted by Anonymous, July 22, 2009 12:24 PM]

While fun to watch, this kind of shit is just wildly unsafe.

[#28 posted by MarkM, July 22, 2009 12:30 PM]

Did /everyone/ fall for this video? Noone got the gimmick?

Those orange targets he's throwing: they're very short-fused grenades. they're going to explode whether or not he shoots. he's lucky none of them went off in his hand!

Its so obvious. You can especially see it when he threw up the 6 targets at one time.

[#29 posted by Hawley, July 22, 2009 12:30 PM]

videos like this show in detail why guns must be banned and limited to trained military personel only.

now every teenager who sees this wants to do the same, but always with disasterous results, perhaps its just the family dog that gets blown to bits, but don't let that fool you. your children might be next.

[#30 posted by MarkM, July 22, 2009 12:38 PM]

Watching this video, my primary thought is:
I'm glad I'm not a bird.

Phear the Benelli.

[#31 posted by xian, July 22, 2009 12:58 PM]

But what kind of shotgun was he using?

[#32 posted by SamSam, July 22, 2009 1:00 PM]

MarkM: And amazing how he times his shots so exactly for those individual explosions! And lucky that two never explode at the same time. Also, his spent-shell shooting trick was clearly done with short-fused-grenade shells -- lucky none of them went off in his gun!

[#33 posted by Anonymous, July 22, 2009 1:10 PM]

His daughter is NEVER going to get asked to prom at this rate.

[#34 posted by Takuan, July 22, 2009 1:11 PM]

if you can dig up a copy of Elmer Keith's Sixguns, there is good exposition of trick shooting.

[#35 posted by Anonymous, July 22, 2009 1:20 PM]

This guy sounds like someone. I can't put my finger on it. It's going to drive me crazy.

[#36 posted by Nadreck, July 22, 2009 1:45 PM]

I've long been a shotgun fan. These Moderns, mostly SWAT teams, all want fancy German machine pistols that are often prone to jamming. A shotgun can compensate (or not, as this video shows) for your crappy aim with buckshot just as well as the zillion little bullets of the automatic can. Plus there are endless special purpose shells: tear-gas, buckshot, armour-piercing, smoke and more! Plus the ever popular "knock-knock" muzzle attachment which (briefly) links up your shotgun to a doorknob.

You can, for QA purposes or fun, make your own shells whereas that's not really feasible with something firing many shells a second.

In a typical SWAT situation you can load up with magazine of special purpose shells in the order you want to use them: a buckshot for the window, a lighter buckshot for the blinds, a tear-gas or two, and then some AP for whoever pops out of the window. Let's see a Glock do that!

[#37 posted by Takuan, July 22, 2009 2:00 PM]

yeah! especially when you have to clear out an orphanage or something!
http://www.antipersonnel.net/sdllc/005.html

[#38 posted by Ted8305, July 22, 2009 9:11 PM]

Gun nuts the original technogeeks? Naahh... trebuchet nuts are where it's at.

As far as guns go though, a basic shotgun is a great tool. Sport, food and self defense all in one versatile package.

[#39 posted by JIMWICh, July 23, 2009 12:48 AM]

I can't believe nobody else has noticed or acknowledged the most significant aspect of this short film - the birth of the world's most awesome leisure sport: Shotgun Golf!

I'm guessing one would putt with a BB gun.

[#40 posted by Dungeonbrownies, July 23, 2009 1:46 AM]

Well SOMEONE'S ready for the zombie invasion. =3

[#41 posted by Anonymous, July 23, 2009 5:37 AM]

some of the commenters around here make my head hurt.

to commenter 21, yes, the Remington is better on the wallet, but this guy is sponsored by Benelli...soooo take a wild guess what he shoots. ;)

[#42 posted by Anonymous, July 28, 2009 6:55 AM]

sorta sucks that he's too poor to hire a pigeon-tosser. even my relatives from arkansas have friends to throw shit for them, and they're poooooooor!

[#43 posted by Anonymous, August 4, 2009 9:47 AM]

he missed one on the three targets! >.