Quigley Down Under Bucket Shot

[Onewolf426]

TESTING OUT THE QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER BUCKET SHOT (VIDEO) - The Classic Woodsman

Is there any truth to that epic bucket shot on the movie “Quigley Down Under”? Well YouTubers MarkandSam AfterWork take aim at the famous shot. […]

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[Grayfox]

Quigley Down Under is one of my favorite movies.

 

[Belt Fed]

Piece of cake.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

i've seen and watched possible theories on how far the shot could be and the cinema will always make it look further that it is.

 

[bc22wm]

On June 28, 1874, Billy Dixon killed Ton-han-kah 1,538 yards with a Sharps single-shot with an octagon 34-inch barrel, firing a .50, 600-grain bullet driven by 125 grains of black powder at Adobe walls.
Also, if interested check out .45-70 at Two Miles: The Sandy Hook Tests of 1879 By W. John Farquharson

 

[Shibadog]

Trajectory like a mortar, BUT if you had the range down….

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

Trajectory like a mortar, BUT if you had the range down….

And the incredible amount of windage

 

[The Night Rider]

i've seen and watched possible theories on how far the shot could be and the cinema will always make it look further that it is.

There are several videos out there that speculate that it's not more than 200 yards. Here's one of them.