My good friend and former professional photographer, Charlie B. showed me how you make “those” impossible shots.
Caveat, in the history of IHMSA, no one has ever made a 40x40 score with a production class handgun in the standing position, shooting at full sized targets.
So, Charlie’s cousin, shot a 3/8 scale chicken, with a .22 handgun at 200 meters standing with a Ruger MK 1 .22 no less. But did he?
First, you shoot a picture of Lonnie standing at the shooting line shooting his little .22 Auto. Next, you move to the 200 meter rail, set up your camera, and film then chicken being hit and falling. Lonnie was off camera, shooting the chicken from about ten feet or so. Finally, you move back to the shooting line and film Lonnie celebrating his great shot.
Go to the editing room and splice the film/tape to make it look like Lonnie shot one time, at 200 meters, hit the target at 200 meters distance and celebrates at the line. All elementary my fellows.
Ever noticed on some of the old fishing shows, the fishing host, sets the hook, then the camera breaks, restarts showing the fish on the line. Same thing. What happens from the time the fisherman sets the hook and the time the camera was turned back on, showing a fish on the line (as always a huge, record breaking bass of a lifetime).
Now, on these hunting shows with the Bang Flop deer and elk kills. Saw it the other day, the show had the intrepid hunter shooting a deer at something like 800 to a 1000 yards. The deer hit the ground, like it had been hit with a 105 howitzer. A bit later, on another show, a commercial came on featuring some product that our hunter did not use. They were demonstrating the effectiveness of their product. Same deer, same location, same everything.
TV and internet sporting flims are so damn fake.