The History Channel just ran a story about a battle between buffalo hunters and native Americans.

When the action paused, a native on a distant hill patted his butt, taunting the hunters.  A camp leader asked a crack hunter named Billy Dixon to take a shot at him.  He dropped the native with one shot from his .50-90 Sharps.   The rest of the natives were so amazed at the shot that they withdrew.

After the battle, the US Army measured the distance with a wagon odometer as 1,538 yards!

There were many tall tails of amazing shots in the 1800s but this one was scientifically confirmed as true.

All the Texas school kids know about the battle of Adobe Walls.www.oldwestlibrary.com/OWL/adobewalls.htm A buffalo hunter with a sharps rifle against Quanah Parkers tribe. Great story.. fullclip