fickman
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Take some time and watch some of the Olympic competitors who won't become household names. . . very cool competition. The emotion from the medal winners at the end of the shoot is inspiring.
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Lyman
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Interesting that at that level they are missing that often, although they don't miss many.
No surprise they are all using automatics, though it would be a whole different ballgame if slides or over/under side-by-side double-barrels were the weapon of choice.....
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*SPOILER WARNING*
They were using over/under double barrels. . . just about the fanciest ones you'll ever see. 
Upon further reading, looks like the Gold medal winner, Walton Glenn Eller, is a 26 year old from the Houston area who is on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. (Reference.) The guy who finished fourth, Jeffrey Holguin, is also on the Army Marksmanship Unit.
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No semi-automatics out there, only over/under shotguns are being used that I saw. I might make one other small correction. I did not see one weapon out there, only sporting firearms. They aren't weapons any more than a car is. Missing often? Any idea how fast those targets are moving? If it were easy, I might be out there.
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I'll take a closer look - missed the double barrel. Thanks.
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