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Lets send her to Ferguson.

Yeah little Annie was a cutie and an almost inhumanly good shot. It was crazy what she was able to do with any gun, even the less-than-accurate old guns of the time. Everyone seemed charmed by her too.

Her real-life story prior to her fame is sadder than most can guess. She was the target of abandonment by her mother, abuse by her "employer/benefactor" and staggering heartbreak at being locked up as "mental" when she would not submit to her tormentors. Surprised some feminist hasn't made a film about it.

"....she could shoot a cork out of a bottle from 90 feet away and snuff out candle flames...."

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With a shotgun (pictured)?
Doubtful.
With an 1885 revolver?
Doubtful.
With a rifle?
Probably.
With a little practice anyone can.

Ghost, you should show Ms. Mosey a bit of courtesy and read some factual reports about her. She was every bit as good as they say and then some.

I see nothing to question. She really did make those shots.

It was nearly perfect hand-eye coordination. It wasn't strength or speed. It was precision.

Natural variations do occur. Call hers a one-in-a-million gift. Or one-in-a-hundred million. Or in a trillion. (when the # gets big enough it really doesn't matter.)

A sufficiently rare talent can seem almost supernatural.

Later she had the advantage of access to the best equipment.

She would have used rifles which were exceptionally accurate (tight patterns) and avoided inferior ones. After all, who was better suited to selecting them? And subtle things such as a smooth, absolutely predictable, trigger movement count.

Joan! What feminist is going to make a film about her? She touched GUNS!

The eyes have it.

Miss Annie had exceptional vision which would account for most of her success. As stated she also had firearms custom-built for her. The gunsmiths of a century ago could and did make some fine weapons.

"Ted Williams, one of the greatest baseball hitters of all time was rumored to be able to see 20/3 (able to see from 20 feet away what a normal-sighted patient can see from three feet away); rumored to be able to see the seams on a baseball as they approached him at 90-100 miles-per-hour and tell by the spin of the seams whether the ball was going to be a fastball (straight pitch) or a breaking ball (curve ball or the like); was rumored to be able to read the label on a 78rpm record as it spun.

While these make for amusing stories, Williams himself admitted that none of them were true.

He DID in fact have 20/10 acuity; his vision was on the order of a "1 in 100,000 occurrence."
This remarkable vision was one contributing factor to his being one of the best hitters of all time.

http://richmondoptometry.blogspot.com/2011/01/myths-and-facts-about-ted-williams.html

It's been said that Eric Johnson can tell the diff between Duracell and Eveready 9v batteries in his crybaby just by the way it sounds though Eric has never publicly admitted to such a thing.

After you've put 100,000 rounds down range you can tell me about what other people have said.

What's that they say about history, that it's written by liars?

Yes, that's it. Everyone, everywhere is utterly lying and wrong.

Except you, of course.

Stop crying and go clean yourself up already.

No excuse is too thin to re-watch this video.

http://youtu.be/KJsuihZaHyI