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Unread 08-05-2008, 09:17 PM   #7
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Originally posted by Rod WMG
McGivern used to challenge students to do such things as to hit a fly on a target at 25 yards (accomplished by one student on the third try).
30 years ago, my karate instructor, Shojiro Sugiyama, taught me to split a business card places sideways at 25 feet, with a 158gr wadcutter bullet fired out of an S&W M19.

Unlike a live fly, the business card could be expected to stay put for the follow-up shots.
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