ANNIE OAKLEY: Shot cigarettes in half while they were held by volunteers (!) Shot a dime tossed in the air, from 90 feet. Shot long strings of targets tossed in the air, hit 4472 out of 5000 in one day.

THE FABULOUS TOPPERWEINS, ADOLF AND ELIZABETH AKA "PLINKY," A husband and wife duo, Plinky would shoot cigarettes out of her husband's mouth and even shoot buttons of his vest. Adolf once shot 14,540 consecutive 2.5 inch thrown wood blocks without a miss. Adolf was also known to draw an Indian's head on a board with bullet holes. Plinky once hit 967 out of 1,000 clay pigeons with a .22 rifle.

ED McGIVERN: Could throw a tin can in the air and fire six shots through it before it hit the ground, throw a dime in the air and shoot it mid air, and could split a playing card in half mid air. 

TOM FRYE: Using a .22 rifle, he once hit 100,004 out of 100,010 blocks thrown in the air over the course of 13 nine hour days. He also once shot 800 straight singles in trap.

JOHN HUFFER: Once shot 40,600 consecutive 2 1/2 pine blocks over the period of 8 days, 14 hours a day, thrown by himself, without a single miss.

HERB PARSONS: A master with a shotgun, he was known to throw by hand individually break 7 clay targets with a 12 gauge pump shotgun. (this is true!)

JERRY MICULEK: One of the fastest shooters alive, he once emptied five shots from a revolver in .57 seconds, scoring a group size the size of playing card. He also once shot 6 rounds from a revolver, reloaded and shot another 6 rounds in just under three seconds.

CRAIG HARRISON: A Corporal in the British Armed Services, he shot two Taliban back to back from an incredible 2.47 kilometers (8120 feet) using a Accuracy International L115A3. This is the longest confirmed sniper kill in combat. If interested you can acquire that model rifle for the small price of $34,000!


There was a time in this country when shooters and their feats were celebrated by popular media and featured in daily newspapers...