1912 Summer Olympics, Men's Pistol, Sweden
1912 Summer Olympics, Men's Pistol, Sweden
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they dominated the meme market that year
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Guy on the left looks like a Dishonored NPC.
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Let me know if you want to gamble on the hounds again
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I hope this is a promo picture on a cold range, because I doubt those are air pistols like today, and that photographer is clearly ahead of the firing line
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Here's an old picture of men testing bulletproof vests
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Here's a new picture of men testing a bulletproof cup.
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*Sees an old picture
"Oh boy! Something I can worry about!"
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Range safety wasn’t really a thing back then.
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Bro in the middle has 100% shot someone.
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How big was the target?
The olympic airsoft is at 10m. The pellets are 4.5mm and the bullseye is 11.5mm.
This would similar to hitting at target with a bullseye of 57.5mm or 2.26" at 50m. Adding in greater inaccuracy of the bullet due to wind, etc... say a bullseye 2.5".
When I was a teen on the ranch in Montana and shooting was my main form of entertainment, I could do it easily. Today, I would be lucky to clip the edge of the paper until I got a few thousand rounds of practice in. It's about form, breathing, trigger control and a hell of a lot of practice.
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The 1912 summer games had 18 shooting events! Including trap shooting solo and in teams, and "running deer"
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I hope that last one ended with a barbeque
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It was a team event, and each team got 10 passes of the "deer", so I think it was about 80% lead at that point.
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I'm assuming the hand in the pocket is a regulated stance or at least is a pretty common pose to take. Makes me wonder what the most absurd item someone had in there pocket during an olympic event is.
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Take your hand and hold it out and watch how much it shakes/moves.
Notice how much effort it takes you to stop the ever so slight shaking and movement of your hand. Now your arm. Now your shoulder. Now notice how much of the rest of your body you had to ignore to just control that.
Now place it against your leg and watch it stop.
This is the stance in its entirety, it’s pure function.
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Sweet, ty for the info. I would imagine some people might have a picture of a loved one or maybe a note of importance (a regular object would seem distracting from the purpose you described). But, that might be taboo since anything that takes your mind off focusing on the target could hamper performance.
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The honeys back in those days must have been powerless to resist these guys.
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Give yer balls a tug, titfucker.
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Old school cool
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They let women compete by 1912?
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In a few events, but not this one.
I think the "mens" was added later.
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Those boys are looking sharp!
Positively smashing, just as they hope to do to the world records!