Old Virginia Joe
Regular Member
I realize this may be seen as non-OC related, but I'm asking you to permit me, as I know of no other place I can get some good opinions on this online: (?) If you have to delete me. . . . .OK.
I was in my yard loading firewood last week, and my neighbor down the road was practicing his black powder rifle sights. After a series of shots, I heard another report, and immediately a sound of cutting pine twigs in the trees above my head and a bullet whine passed over my head. He lives probably 6-8 hundred yards down the road. I hollered "hey" three times to warn them, and the shooting stopped. I called him that evening to scold him for his carelessness, and he, a good fellow and friend, denied shooting my way, and denied that such a bullet could fly that far anyway. He pointed out there were sounds of a few other shots that day (but none were anywhere close to me, way off in the distance). I did not ask what calibre he was firing. I dropped it, but wonder am I crazy? Is that an impossible feat from that distance? Bullet and sound have different speeds, I know. There is pure silence out here where I live, and I know what I heard. Any thoughts from the peanut gallery?
I was in my yard loading firewood last week, and my neighbor down the road was practicing his black powder rifle sights. After a series of shots, I heard another report, and immediately a sound of cutting pine twigs in the trees above my head and a bullet whine passed over my head. He lives probably 6-8 hundred yards down the road. I hollered "hey" three times to warn them, and the shooting stopped. I called him that evening to scold him for his carelessness, and he, a good fellow and friend, denied shooting my way, and denied that such a bullet could fly that far anyway. He pointed out there were sounds of a few other shots that day (but none were anywhere close to me, way off in the distance). I did not ask what calibre he was firing. I dropped it, but wonder am I crazy? Is that an impossible feat from that distance? Bullet and sound have different speeds, I know. There is pure silence out here where I live, and I know what I heard. Any thoughts from the peanut gallery?