My maternal grandma was a scandal in her time. She rode horses because she oversaw operations of our sugarcane farm in our Philippine province since she was a teen. She could shoot with both pistols and rifles because apparently, my great-grandfather taught her. I once watched her do that thing with the tin cans on a fence. My grandfather was a mild, very scholarly man who loved nothing more than to read and daydream. They were such a perfect match, only with flipped roles and attitudes. 😂😂😂 I learned to handle a gun because of her and love books because of him. I lost them MANY years ago but I honestly can still picture their faces. ❤❤❤
My late aunt could shoot like that. My dad told me a story where they had both entered into a shooting competition, taking 1st and 2nd place. Somebody told my dad that he would have won 1st place if the competition didn't let girls compete. My dad said it didn't change the fact that his big sister was still a better shot then he was. She past away just about a year ago.
My aunt won the Plainfield Plowing Match 👍….as a teenager! My grandfather had 2 daughters and had a farm. My grandfather told us that story with a proud grin every time 😂 how his little girl beat all these old farmers … him too 😊. Sadly she passed a few years ago… she always reminded me of the actress who played “ That Girl” I can’t think of her name 🤷🏻♂️.
Great Grandma became a gunsmith in her 70's. After putting 6 boys through school cleaning homes. She figured a Texas girl should do something in retirement besides running the farm. At 96 she out drew a guy robbing her. She also shot apples off the pasture fence posts for proof of accuracy to big game hunters. She switched to grapes for some of the rare big guns. She also refused to sell a gun to anyone she felt couldnt or shouldnt have a gun. She was born before Social Security cutoff. She couldnt collect. However, as a gunsmith, she paid off her 6 boys homes and their college debt. We got an Engineer, Master Brick mason, Master Carpenter, Post master/school board president, architect, master plumber. Every child in that family from those 6 men went on to huge college careers. Not bad for a weak, tiny, 95 pound lady.
So much for Great Grandma being a "weak, tiny, 95 pound lady". If in her retirement years she could learn and practice a skill set like a gunsmith, then make enough money to pay down her sons homes & their education debt, Great Grandma was ANYTHING but weak! An inspirational lady!
In the 1910s, my great grandfather entered his son (probably 12 years old) in a skeet shooting contest at the county fair. As a joke, a neighbor entered my grandmother into the same contest. My grandmother watched how other people were shooting, and long story short, won the competition. Her father never praised her for it in front of her, but would brag to anyone who would listen behind her back.
@@phoenixgate007 That's a good lesson I wish more people would learn. We're too quick to tell people what we don't like about them and too slow to tell people what we admire.
That takes his communication skills to a 'sad' level. My mother has always done the same thing with me. Never anything encouraging said TO ME, but happy to brag about me behind my back! That's a narcissist for you. Only speaks when it reflects well on themselves. Because it's all about THEM, after all.
All the women in my family can shoot. We were raised in the Appalachian mountains and had to bring home dinner. I remember learning from my mother at a young age how to shoot. In high school I was the only girl on the rifle team and I was shooting high 90s and senior year I shot 4 perfect 100s in competition. It is a skill I am proud to have.
Iam very glad I live in Stafford Virginia back twenty five years ago would take my daughter hunting when we still had land to hunt she would ask and I would take her she loved hunting and shooting guns with me and I loved doing it with her putting a tear in my eye and a smile on my face thinking about it she loved her father ME so much she did more with me than my son did
I remember an ex-IDF lady telling me that women, on average, shot slightly higher than men for lower caliber rifles. And this is in the world’s toughest military. In the higher calibers, she said that the men were better because they could carry all the ammo and gun farther and faster. They don’t release official numbers however.
Love you lady! My father was captain of the rifelry team in the Army. He taught me how to shoot when I was 10 years old, shooting lemons with a C02 cartridge pellet pistol. He used to take me and my brother up to the mountains to do target practice (paper & coffee cans) When I was in summer camp, I 2as on 5he all-star rifelry team. You had to get a bullz-eye to be able to shoot skeet. I got 2 in the same hole. At first, my instructor thought that I had missed the target completely... nooooope, I hit the same hole twice. Neener-Neener. 😉
My great grandmother taught my granddad how to shoot, my dad, and if her eyes hadn’t gone, she would’ve taught my brother and me. She was right there with us and gave us hints and tips on how to shoot better. Bought us ammo if we got rid of groundhogs on her farm. RIP Grammy.
Look up Elizabeth "Plinky" Toepperwein She was the first woman in the United States to qualify as a national marksman with the military rifle and the first woman to break 100 straight targets at trapshooting, a feat she repeated more than 200 times, often with a twelve-gauge Winchester model 97 pump-action shotgun. She also held the world endurance trapshooting record of 1,952 of 2,000 targets in five hours and twenty minutes. Although trapshooting was her main interest, she was equally proficient with a pistol. The celebrated shooter Annie Oakley once said to Plinky, "Mrs. Top . . . you're the greatest shot I've ever seen." Plinky was also well-known in San Antonio and Texas bowling circles.
My mother faced exactly this when she went to shoot at a military Wapinshaw in Scotland back in the 1940s. She was told she couldn't enter. He father who was a retired Sgt Mgr (and former King's Cup winner) was with her and produced the rule book and pointed out the competition was open to military personnel not just military MEN so as she was a serving member of the WAAFs (Women's Auxilliary Air Force). Proper rifles (.303 bolt action) First discipline was 5 rounds rapid fire - and as she prepared the Major beside her jumped up and shouted "I'm not shooting beside a woman". She went ahead and scored a 96 which shut them all up
would not say colourless but she adds a good portion of femininity to the crowd. And there is no reason women would be less good shooters than man, it's only that you teach boys and girls different things.
This movie is called This Boy's Life. It started out as a young boy living with his mom, and they were super close. Then she married Robert De Niro's character. He was nice to her at first, but @bused Leonardo DiCaprio's character from the beginning. I haven't seen the movie in a really long time, but I think they finally leave him when he beats the kid up for wasting mustard. She knew about the @buse, and maybe was being @bused herself, but didn't leave because she didn't want to have to struggle with a young son alone again. But with the kitchen covered in mustard and b1ood, she grabbed her son and ran.
He was a narc and mentally and s*xually abused the mom. She endured and stayed initially because she thought her son needed a dad and they had more financial securaty. One day enough is enough and left the prick.
My great aunt was a deadshot. She taught me how to shoot and her husband told me stories of her being the only woman in the county to win the county fair shooting competition ten years in a row, until the fair stopped having the competition. She'd take me hunting and we never left without a buck each, she's my role model
I like that they accepted her accuracy and skill. Guys thinking women can’t shoot never made any sense to me. You’d think they never heard is Annie Oakley.
Only after she “proved herself” which is kinda lame. Imagine if she went up there and did average. They’d make comments about how all women are terrible shots. As if she represents all women. So she has to be exceptional to be accepted. She doesn’t get to be average/mediocre like the other men if she wants any respect. Doesn’t really feel like a moment to be proud of. Just annoyed at.
@@AliceTokkiActually, most men in this sport know that women can be really good at it. We actually have a natural advantage: slower heart rate. Makes it easier to be dead accurate. I've out shot many a military guy in my time, even as a teenager. They were impressed by my marksmanship but it was usually my age, not my gender that bred doubt (started shooting at 7). And this, yeah there's the one guy that's being sexist, but the one at the table is just kinda confused and doesn't continue fighting after she asserts that she's a member. She'd already impressed them there. And 98 is impressive for ANYONE, so I don't know how much of that shock is that she's female and how much is just that she's darn good!
Because it is still a male dominated sport, especially back before the mid 1900s. Most men learned to shoot because they had to provide for their families by hunting, and they also had to protect their families from animals (two and four legged kind). Even today there aren’t that many women that are into shooting. Of course Hollywood always make these kind of stories out to be much more sensational than it was, you have to have the women overcome the obstacles that the mean men put before them.
My mother taught me to shoot. My stepfather taught me to shoot well. He brought me back to basics from the ground up. I had already been shooting BB, 22 and shotguns, but when I met him, he took me back to archery first and helped me focus on trajectory, distance, wind, and so many other things. My mom taught me about safety, to never aim a loaded or unloaded weapon in the direction of anything other than the ground or straight up. She taught me to keep things clean and neat and organized.
I still have an antique double-barrel 16 gauge that my great grandmother was shooting pheasants while she was pregnant with my grandpa. She was a badass.
My great grandma had outstanding aim. In a military competition she shot the target right in the center, facing backwards, just using her compact mirror to aim.
About 40 years ago the Troy, NY Pistol Club had their annual Rifle shoot, with several of the participants using heavy bull barreled target rifles in 22 LF. It was only a 50 ft indoor range, so I brought what was much lighter and practical for that distance, my Browning "T-Bolt" Sporting rifle with a much lighter sporting stock and barrel. While the competition struggled with their unwieldy weight, and probably had little used their rifle choices,... I got down to business with the Browning and WON the Target competition with my frequently used and comfortable weight rifle. Still have the trophy, although one of my dogs decades ago knocked it off a desk once and broke an arm off of the rifle shooter. That was a fun night, and I even loaned the Browning T-Bolt to a few shooters who were struggling with their heavyweights earlier in practice. But experience with any tool matters too,... and no one bettered my shore that night!
I had something similar when I went to get my very first carry permit. I was the only woman there. I heard things like, "You need me to load that for you, honey?" I smoked all but 3.
My daughter, 2x a year, attended our local R&G Club “Turkey” Shoot, from the age of 12 ‘til she moved away for college. By the time she was 15, she was bringing home the maximum # of 1st prizes (3), outshooting her dad, brother, and seasoned hunters of all ages. She never could kill a live animal, but she could handle her dad’s 243 like nobody’s business.
@@tammykokot6834 A lot of people don't realize the sweet spot the .243 occupies. It can shoot a lighter round at high velocity, but also fire heavier rounds if you want to have better long range stopping power for deer sized game. It's also a lower recoil round, so if you've damaged your rotator cuff its way less uncomfortable to shoot (than bolt action 30-06).
OH! She is just like my aunt in her youth! She wanted to be a marine sniper but wasn’t permitted due to her gender in the 70’s. She out shot every recruit, every hunter, every man in the entire state of Mississippi. Nicknamed her eagle eye. She is 70 now and her eyesight ONLY started going about 15 years ago. Still sharp as a tack.
It's been proven that the shape of woman's back and their breathing makes for them to be a better shooter than men. Now, as far as being a Marine Corps sniper, there's things about the job that make it not suitable for women.
Not trying to shit talk but she out shot every recruit in a female unit where all of them had probably never even picked up a rifle. Still if it’s real it’s dumb they didn’t take her some of the most lethal snipers ever were females.
Saw pictures of my ancestors (women, mosty) aiming actual hunting rifles. Made me proud of my people. Anyway, good to know I'm not the only one that likes this movie. Great cast, all around 😊👍👍
On the paternal side, my great-aunt was 4 foot 11. I remember going thru her album with articles from her competitions in the 50s (?) I remember reading them in the 60s. She was one of the national champions. Ruth Gemberling from Lewisburg PA
My grandpa was a cop and entered a bunch of shooting competitions. My grandma was a damn good shot, so he entered her into one. She didn’t wanna go. So he told her the faster you win the faster we can leave. She won 😂😂😂 my grandpa was so dang proud of her, he told anyone who would listen for the rest of his life
In New Zealand we had a Mrs Smith she competed every 2nd year because she would no go to the South Island to compete. She was never known to ever miss with a rifle.
Thank you to the Cappel’s for the opportunity, experience, mentoring, and down right fun they are giving me. It has been and will be something that stays with me all my life. This session left an impact on the horse and myself. Looking back I can see from the very first moment Mr Cappel is not only reading the horse but myself in an effort to mold both of us into one. His mastery of horsemanship allowed him to use me with timing to have the horse join up. I think this was a very good example of how Mr Cappel doesn’t work on the body of the horse but the mind first. He didn’t have me run her till she was exhausted or put so much pressure on her that she has to fight/flight, he read the horse and my position to reward the mind/thought of the horse when it was right. He made her find the spot of relaxation that is focus and follow me. He made her want to be with me. It is a very special experience I got to have with this horse and helped make a connection that we still have today. I would encourage anyone who has a young horse or a horse of any age to use and follow Cappel training and Shoeing. Stay tuned and watch what happens next!
Im a marine corps vet and it is actually true that women do make better marksman, seen it myself many times.... defiantly not for combat shooting or combat scenarios tho.... but for events and competitions like this or at a qualifying range, a lot of women are more capable of scoring higher. One thing that helps a lot is the flexibility a lot of women have to be more comfortable and stable in different shooting positions.
Weird how women can only shoot if it’s not combat related. Must have some genetic marker that shuts them down when in combat.. maybe it’s located In The clitoris
@@allthingswavy6420 Not only increased pressure but also increased physical load and stress.... im sure you have never once in your life put on a full combat loadout but i have and i can tell you that shit is not light, Ive been on ops where we have had to carry 120lbs of gear on us for miles and miles moving all day. Women biologically dont have the muscle or bone structures to handle the physical stress of combat. I have seen women in the marine corps get hip fractures just from carrying the weight of the gear necessary, its because women have lower bone densities and hip structures designed for child birth and not carrying weight..... it doesnt matter how well they can shoot if they cant even walk because a hip fracture... now the rest of the unit has to carry all of her gear bringing the entire team down. Most men arent even suitable for combat. I wake up every day with pain because of what my body had to go through and the weight i had to always carry and my body was designed for that shit. Women are simply not biologically designed or capable of combat and thats just a harsh reality of the world no matter what you want to cope and talk yourself into thinking. The world isnt going to always align with your worldview because reality doesnt give a shit about what you think, you cant change reality. Biology will stay the same no matter how much you want it to change. You shouldn't have such strong opinions on shit you know absolutely nothing about, maybe try to actually educate yourself first.
My dad and uncle used to shoot trap (clay pigeons flung in the air and you shoot 'em on the move). When my cousins got older, my aunt decided to give it a try. She got really good and everyone used to tease my uncle about not snoring too loud or he would wake up staring down both barrels. Growing up in Kentucky, pretty much everyone learns to shoot, men and women.
I grew up in an extremely rural area. Most of my family are decent shots or better. Wild game was a staple at our table. My father routinely shot perfectly when he had to range qualify. I was rated an expert marksman. But my mother and wife outshoot us both, and handily.
My sister married, moved to Austria and entered the competition in the town. The mayor was the winner for the last 6 years in a row and she took it away from him. She earned a lot of respect with some, with others it took a few years until things were back to normal 😂
In reality nobody would’ve had a problem with it, Annie Oakley is still one of the finest shooters to live and men and women alike praised her for decades
My dad was a world war II vet he told us how to shoot how to defend ourselves how to fight not a make weapons out of nothing My sister was nicknamed Annie Oakley I guess you know why
I always remember when one time I took part in a sharpshooting simulator and after my turn the guy from the army who was running the thing asked me if I had ever thought about career in the army. I got the highest in a convention of 10 000 people.
It wasn't shooting, but my mom would go up to a bar with my stepfather and watch guys play pool. Once they started putting money on the table she would walk up and put a $20 on the table. They would laugh. When her time was to play they would usually think they were going to win would ask her if she wanted to double it. She would put a $100 down, and say let's play for this. Ego is a crazy thing. She would run the table on them and then play until either she won what she wanted, or no one else would play her. She was almost unbeatable in poker as well. God those were fun days.
The movie is ‘This Boys Life’ which is based on the life and memoir, of the same name, written by Tobias Wolff. His brother is also an excellent writer and memoirist, Geoffrey Wolff.
My dad taught me to shoot when I was 10. I was on a rifle team in college. Then, I qualified expert in the Army and got a Schützenschnur while stationed in Germany. Yup, girls can shoot.
My dad would do skeet shooting, my mom decided to join him at the range, well she started getting better them him! Then my dad decided it was to expensive to go to the shooting range all the time! So he took up golfing, and so did my mom, well you guessed it, she got to good and my dad quilt!
I don't have to shoot often my husband knows my marksmanship both with rifles and bows. I sadly have had shoulder and back injuries, which hinder my shooting
He sandbagged his shots to make sure she didn't finish last and was just surprised she won. He didn't mind getting beaten by the woman. He made sure of it
My mom used to do trick shots for fun 😂 my uncle didnt think girls could shoot. He set up his skeet and my dad convinced him to let me have a turn. Only missed one and it was a low flyer, but i did graze it. He was speechless and my dad was proud. My mom was also cheering from the side. After that the uncle no longer doubted when i said i could do something 😂😂😂 and i loved proving his stereotype wrong. 😂😂😂
When I met my husband I told him I knew how to shoot. He didnt believe, we went shooting and I told him look Bullseye, he said that wasnt you, that was the guy next to you, the Man next to me said, no that was her, inlooked at him AND said dont be a sore Loser, just because Im better. My husband laughed and apologized, we went off and now wen It comes up he tells people how I know how to shoot. 😂😂❤
My great grandmother competed in pistol competitions in the 30s and 40s with a .45 (no idea the pistol model, so I’ll assume an old Army single action M1917 pattern). It’s amazing how popular those were back then.
She really broke that glass ceiling. I do remember a lady named Annie Oakley, probably a century earlier and a hundred times more impressive with a shooting iron. Tough break Ms wolf, thems the breaks.
They wouldn't be THAT shocked, Annie Oakley was and still is the legend among American sport shooters. Like Paul Bunion is to loggers and Pecos Bill is to cowboys, that's the level she was at.
My 19 year old son was going on and on about what a great shot he is. I told him I could do better. He laughed at me, in my face. We went to shooters world, and I blew his mind. He didn't know that I was a hunter growing up. That my dad, his grandpa, owned a gun business. That I trained in my 20's. That I went threw the police academy. I used my sig p365 to his p43 glock. I had him so late in life and developed a passive life. He had no idea about my training and experience. He just stared at me all the way home. Then started the next bs by saying I bet I am better with a rifle!""
You had to school him twice?!? LOL My son knows I grew up shooting a hunting rifle, though I was 22 when I shot a pistol for the first time. It was a .45 Colt revolver. my date thought I would drop it the first time it fired. Not only did I not drop it, but I hit the target all 6 times. The next time I shot a pistol was when I was 25 and pregnant with my son. Husband was qualifying to be an armed security guard. we had a 9mm pistol that neither of us had a chance to shoot yet, as he'd bought it for the job. I told his boss that I wanted to shoot as well, he said I had to shoot exactly the same way as hubby, and see if I could do it. He wasn't expecting me to outscore my husband, scored as sharpshooter. Then he insisted I come to work for them too. I told him that I was 4 mo pregnant and uniforms were not going to fit for long. He didn't care. I worked for about 2 or 3 months, then quit. I still have the little blue card with my qualifying score on it 34 years later.
My late mother was a farm girl, and she learned to shoot thrown targets (she had a younger brother) with a .22. My dad was flabbergasted when he learned she wasn't using a shotgun. She also was a skilled piano player.
Women actually make great snipers, they generally have steadier hands than men so while not being as suited for general soldiering they make fine marksman with smaller frames easier to conceal
I wasn't expecting a child Leonardo Dicaprio. I can never tell how old robert deniro is.
When I saw him, I thought this was part of Gilbert Grape that I'd forgotten about. 😂
He’s always either been either in his 40s or in his 70s
Movie Name?
LITERALLY
He’s an old hack
My maternal grandma was a scandal in her time. She rode horses because she oversaw operations of our sugarcane farm in our Philippine province since she was a teen. She could shoot with both pistols and rifles because apparently, my great-grandfather taught her. I once watched her do that thing with the tin cans on a fence. My grandfather was a mild, very scholarly man who loved nothing more than to read and daydream. They were such a perfect match, only with flipped roles and attitudes. 😂😂😂 I learned to handle a gun because of her and love books because of him. I lost them MANY years ago but I honestly can still picture their faces. ❤❤❤
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What a beautiful story.
Bro your grandparents are savages
Thats sick af
Similar stories about my grandmother. We are lucky to have had them as our role models!!!
Bless you Sir❤
My late aunt could shoot like that. My dad told me a story where they had both entered into a shooting competition, taking 1st and 2nd place. Somebody told my dad that he would have won 1st place if the competition didn't let girls compete. My dad said it didn't change the fact that his big sister was still a better shot then he was. She past away just about a year ago.
My aunt won the Plainfield Plowing Match 👍….as a teenager! My grandfather had 2 daughters and had a farm. My grandfather told us that story with a proud grin every time 😂 how his little girl beat all these old farmers … him too 😊. Sadly she passed a few years ago… she always reminded me of the actress who played “ That Girl” I can’t think of her name 🤷🏻♂️.
My grandmother could shoot like that too she owned a 45 she had to carry with two hands
And still living on through memories and stories 🖤 sorry for yalls loss. A cool tale to be able to tell
@@kevinruff1451 Marlo thomas
Got to love siblings supporting each other
Great Grandma became a gunsmith in her 70's. After putting 6 boys through school cleaning homes. She figured a Texas girl should do something in retirement besides running the farm. At 96 she out drew a guy robbing her. She also shot apples off the pasture fence posts for proof of accuracy to big game hunters. She switched to grapes for some of the rare big guns. She also refused to sell a gun to anyone she felt couldnt or shouldnt have a gun. She was born before Social Security cutoff. She couldnt collect. However, as a gunsmith, she paid off her 6 boys homes and their college debt. We got an Engineer, Master Brick mason, Master Carpenter, Post master/school board president, architect, master plumber. Every child in that family from those 6 men went on to huge college careers. Not bad for a weak, tiny, 95 pound lady.
Amen thank for the story😊
I wouldn't call her weak by any definition of the world.
Go Granny go!
So much for Great Grandma being a "weak, tiny, 95 pound lady". If in her retirement years she could learn and practice a skill set like a gunsmith, then make enough money to pay down her sons homes & their education debt, Great Grandma was ANYTHING but weak!
An inspirational lady!
Heróina, sem dúvida 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🎁
In the 1910s, my great grandfather entered his son (probably 12 years old) in a skeet shooting contest at the county fair. As a joke, a neighbor entered my grandmother into the same contest.
My grandmother watched how other people were shooting, and long story short, won the competition. Her father never praised her for it in front of her, but would brag to anyone who would listen behind her back.
I wish he’d told her directly how amazing her accomplishments were.
@@phoenixgate007 That's a good lesson I wish more people would learn. We're too quick to tell people what we don't like about them and too slow to tell people what we admire.
@@papasmurf9146 I completely agree. I genuinely try to take the time to compliment people when I see them do something amazing, even something small.
@@papasmurf9146he didn’t need to tell her something she already knew. It’s why he bragged to anyone who would listen behind her back.
That takes his communication skills to a 'sad' level. My mother has always done the same thing with me. Never anything encouraging said TO ME, but happy to brag about me behind my back! That's a narcissist for you. Only speaks when it reflects well on themselves. Because it's all about THEM, after all.
She ain't shake that thing, she held it rock steady and hit her mark.
Yeah cuz it's a .22lr. And she was actually flinching every shot. But hollywood
@@derekmcnulty2559no she wasn’t. She blinked once. 🙄
@@derekmcnulty2559I doubt very seriously she was even using 22lr.
Most of these old "gallery gun" completions used 22 shorts.
Yeah, they weren't referring to the weapon.🙄🤦♀️
@@synergisticcollusion134😂
All the women in my family can shoot. We were raised in the Appalachian mountains and had to bring home dinner. I remember learning from my mother at a young age how to shoot. In high school I was the only girl on the rifle team and I was shooting high 90s and senior year I shot 4 perfect 100s in competition. It is a skill I am proud to have.
Iam very glad I live in Stafford Virginia back twenty five years ago would take my daughter hunting when we still had land to hunt she would ask and I would take her she loved hunting and shooting guns with me and I loved doing it with her putting a tear in my eye and a smile on my face thinking about it she loved her father ME so much she did more with me than my son did
I remember an ex-IDF lady telling me that women, on average, shot slightly higher than men for lower caliber rifles. And this is in the world’s toughest military. In the higher calibers, she said that the men were better because they could carry all the ammo and gun farther and faster. They don’t release official numbers however.
Love you lady! My father was captain of the rifelry team in the Army. He taught me how to shoot when I was 10 years old, shooting lemons with a C02 cartridge pellet pistol.
He used to take me and my brother up to the mountains to do target practice (paper & coffee cans)
When I was in summer camp, I 2as on 5he all-star rifelry team. You had to get a bullz-eye to be able to shoot skeet. I got 2 in the same hole. At first, my instructor thought that I had missed the target completely... nooooope, I hit the same hole twice. Neener-Neener. 😉
@@edwardkesock216... Happy memories!
ROCKSTAR!!🤩
My great grandmother taught my granddad how to shoot, my dad, and if her eyes hadn’t gone, she would’ve taught my brother and me. She was right there with us and gave us hints and tips on how to shoot better. Bought us ammo if we got rid of groundhogs on her farm. RIP Grammy.
Grand parents & great grands are special folks!! They let us get away with stuff that our parents wouldn't! Wish they were still here!! May they RIP!
Look up Elizabeth "Plinky" Toepperwein
She was the first woman in the United States to qualify as a national marksman with the military rifle and the first woman to break 100 straight targets at trapshooting, a feat she repeated more than 200 times, often with a twelve-gauge Winchester model 97 pump-action shotgun. She also held the world endurance trapshooting record of 1,952 of 2,000 targets in five hours and twenty minutes. Although trapshooting was her main interest, she was equally proficient with a pistol. The celebrated shooter Annie Oakley once said to Plinky, "Mrs. Top . . . you're the greatest shot I've ever seen." Plinky was also well-known in San Antonio and Texas bowling circles.
Her husband Al was no slouch either
My mother faced exactly this when she went to shoot at a military Wapinshaw in Scotland back in the 1940s. She was told she couldn't enter. He father who was a retired Sgt Mgr (and former King's Cup winner) was with her and produced the rule book and pointed out the competition was open to military personnel not just military MEN so as she was a serving member of the WAAFs (Women's Auxilliary Air Force). Proper rifles (.303 bolt action) First discipline was 5 rounds rapid fire - and as she prepared the Major beside her jumped up and shouted "I'm not shooting beside a woman". She went ahead and scored a 96 which shut them all up
That red outfit and lipstick 💄 really punctuated her outstanding performance in an otherwise dull, drab, colorless environment.
Well done!
There is literally people wearing the same color 😂😂
The red dress theory
Only us observant women would notice this fact... beautifully done darling.... excellent
would not say colourless but she adds a good portion of femininity to the crowd.
And there is no reason women would be less good shooters than man, it's only that you teach boys and girls different things.
Nobody said "Shake it". Gentlemen don't say such things.
"This boys life" was probably one of their best movies.
Love this film. 🎉
Where can I watch this please?
Thanks I was trying to read the comments first the title !
I hate it 😢 it’s brilliant.
I thought it was basketball diaries
She is shooting a 1907 Winchester 22, I have that same gun and it is super accurate
ME too
thanks
Probably the best varmint gun ever made
now you just need the red dress and heels
I was wondering if that’s what it was. Specially, with a pump. With Hollywood you never know lol.
This movie is called This Boy's Life. It started out as a young boy living with his mom, and they were super close. Then she married Robert De Niro's character. He was nice to her at first, but @bused Leonardo DiCaprio's character from the beginning. I haven't seen the movie in a really long time, but I think they finally leave him when he beats the kid up for wasting mustard. She knew about the @buse, and maybe was being @bused herself, but didn't leave because she didn't want to have to struggle with a young son alone again. But with the kitchen covered in mustard and b1ood, she grabbed her son and ran.
He was a narc and mentally and s*xually abused the mom. She endured and stayed initially because she thought her son needed a dad and they had more financial securaty. One day enough is enough and left the prick.
Paragraph girl to the rescue! Always appreciate when you pull up! 👏🏽
Thanks for the movie synopsis had never heard of it or seen it. And it doesn't sound like one I want to watch😅😅
I'll have to watch it, thanks for review.
Such a good movie. Bobs acting fucking cut me to my bones.
My great aunt was a deadshot. She taught me how to shoot and her husband told me stories of her being the only woman in the county to win the county fair shooting competition ten years in a row, until the fair stopped having the competition. She'd take me hunting and we never left without a buck each, she's my role model
I like that they accepted her accuracy and skill. Guys thinking women can’t shoot never made any sense to me. You’d think they never heard is Annie Oakley.
Same with billiards. Lots of guys think it's a man's game and end up getting embarrassed when a woman smokes them.
Only after she “proved herself” which is kinda lame.
Imagine if she went up there and did average. They’d make comments about how all women are terrible shots. As if she represents all women. So she has to be exceptional to be accepted. She doesn’t get to be average/mediocre like the other men if she wants any respect. Doesn’t really feel like a moment to be proud of. Just annoyed at.
and because of HER,
"Women can shoot just as good as Men" - WOKE Jellyfish simps.
@@AliceTokkiActually, most men in this sport know that women can be really good at it. We actually have a natural advantage: slower heart rate. Makes it easier to be dead accurate. I've out shot many a military guy in my time, even as a teenager. They were impressed by my marksmanship but it was usually my age, not my gender that bred doubt (started shooting at 7). And this, yeah there's the one guy that's being sexist, but the one at the table is just kinda confused and doesn't continue fighting after she asserts that she's a member. She'd already impressed them there. And 98 is impressive for ANYONE, so I don't know how much of that shock is that she's female and how much is just that she's darn good!
Because it is still a male dominated sport, especially back before the mid 1900s. Most men learned to shoot because they had to provide for their families by hunting, and they also had to protect their families from animals (two and four legged kind). Even today there aren’t that many women that are into shooting. Of course Hollywood always make these kind of stories out to be much more sensational than it was, you have to have the women overcome the obstacles that the mean men put before them.
My mother taught me to shoot. My stepfather taught me to shoot well. He brought me back to basics from the ground up. I had already been shooting BB, 22 and shotguns, but when I met him, he took me back to archery first and helped me focus on trajectory, distance, wind, and so many other things. My mom taught me about safety, to never aim a loaded or unloaded weapon in the direction of anything other than the ground or straight up. She taught me to keep things clean and neat and organized.
I still have an antique double-barrel 16 gauge that my great grandmother was shooting pheasants while she was pregnant with my grandpa. She was a badass.
The red dress and the blond hair🥰🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼the aesthetic of it all was just fire
I grew up with a man like this. My mother’s second husband. I’m 52 now and he’s long gone. This film really resonated with me when it was released..
Leonardo is now the same age that Robert De Niro was in this movie
Yikes.
TDS will do that to a person. And before the woke cry babies run their mouth i know how old this movie is.
WHAT
And Leonardo is still dating girls the same age that he was in that movie
@@Mox2077 ☠️☠️☠️😬
My great grandma had outstanding aim. In a military competition she shot the target right in the center, facing backwards, just using her compact mirror to aim.
Wow!
I'm hearing Buster Scruggs - "Yeah best not to play it too fancy."
Your great grandma was Annie Oakley? If not, she sure did follow in Annie's footsteps. (or they were side by side) Very impressive.
About 40 years ago the Troy, NY Pistol Club had their annual Rifle shoot, with several of the participants using heavy bull barreled target rifles in 22 LF. It was only a 50 ft indoor range, so I brought what was much lighter and practical for that distance, my Browning "T-Bolt" Sporting rifle with a much lighter sporting stock and barrel. While the competition struggled with their unwieldy weight, and probably had little used their rifle choices,... I got down to business with the Browning and WON the Target competition with my frequently used and comfortable weight rifle. Still have the trophy, although one of my dogs decades ago knocked it off a desk once and broke an arm off of the rifle shooter. That was a fun night, and I even loaned the Browning T-Bolt to a few shooters who were struggling with their heavyweights earlier in practice. But experience with any tool matters too,... and no one bettered my shore that night!
My momma was a sharp shooter. Loved her guns, but her switchblade collection was amazing.
I had something similar when I went to get my very first carry permit. I was the only woman there. I heard things like, "You need me to load that for you, honey?" I smoked all but 3.
Back when the NRA wasn't a lifestyle network and actually cared about weapon competency and not how much they could make off weapon sales.
Blah blah blah
Or on electing politicians regardless as to their actual stance on firearms.
Funny I’ve never seen an ad for weapon sales from the NRA.
Maybe your head is stuck up your ass a little too much to notice.
What model of firearms does the nra make and sell?
The NRA doesn’t produce or sell weapons 😂
My daughter, 2x a year, attended our local R&G Club “Turkey” Shoot, from the age of 12 ‘til she moved away for college. By the time she was 15, she was bringing home the maximum # of 1st prizes (3), outshooting her dad, brother, and seasoned hunters of all ages. She never could kill a live animal, but she could handle her dad’s 243 like nobody’s business.
@@tammykokot6834 A lot of people don't realize the sweet spot the .243 occupies. It can shoot a lighter round at high velocity, but also fire heavier rounds if you want to have better long range stopping power for deer sized game. It's also a lower recoil round, so if you've damaged your rotator cuff its way less uncomfortable to shoot (than bolt action 30-06).
OH! She is just like my aunt in her youth! She wanted to be a marine sniper but wasn’t permitted due to her gender in the 70’s. She out shot every recruit, every hunter, every man in the entire state of Mississippi. Nicknamed her eagle eye. She is 70 now and her eyesight ONLY started going about 15 years ago. Still sharp as a tack.
It's been proven that the shape of woman's back and their breathing makes for them to be a better shooter than men. Now, as far as being a Marine Corps sniper, there's things about the job that make it not suitable for women.
Wow..truly amazing...
Thank you for sharing. The Marines missed out. Too bad. She would have been a solid performer.
Not trying to shit talk but she out shot every recruit in a female unit where all of them had probably never even picked up a rifle. Still if it’s real it’s dumb they didn’t take her some of the most lethal snipers ever were females.
Other countries had women snipers during WW2. Look into it. Interesting stuff. Some books in the library. 😊
2 of the best shots ive ever met in my time have been women, steady as all hell
My mom use to smoke men at turkey shoots. She was raised hunting for her dinner, and she loved it. I miss her so.
My wife is this accurate, but not with a gun. Shes an archer. Trained in all the tools including the longbow which I think is just supper cool 😎
Saw pictures of my ancestors (women, mosty) aiming actual hunting rifles. Made me proud of my people. Anyway, good to know I'm not the only one that likes this movie. Great cast, all around 😊👍👍
On the paternal side, my great-aunt was 4 foot 11. I remember going thru her album with articles from her competitions in the 50s (?) I remember reading them in the 60s. She was one of the national champions. Ruth Gemberling from Lewisburg PA
My grandpa was a cop and entered a bunch of shooting competitions. My grandma was a damn good shot, so he entered her into one. She didn’t wanna go. So he told her the faster you win the faster we can leave. She won 😂😂😂 my grandpa was so dang proud of her, he told anyone who would listen for the rest of his life
In New Zealand we had a Mrs Smith she competed every 2nd year because she would no go to the South Island to compete. She was never known to ever miss with a rifle.
Thank you to the Cappel’s for the opportunity, experience, mentoring, and down right fun they are giving me. It has been and will be something that stays with me all my life.
This session left an impact on the horse and myself. Looking back I can see from the very first moment Mr Cappel is not only reading the horse but myself in an effort to mold both of us into one. His mastery of horsemanship allowed him to use me with timing to have the horse join up. I think this was a very good example of how Mr Cappel doesn’t work on the body of the horse but the mind first. He didn’t have me run her till she was exhausted or put so much pressure on her that she has to fight/flight, he read the horse and my position to reward the mind/thought of the horse when it was right. He made her find the spot of relaxation that is focus and follow me. He made her want to be with me. It is a very special experience I got to have with this horse and helped make a connection that we still have today. I would encourage anyone who has a young horse or a horse of any age to use and follow Cappel training and Shoeing. Stay tuned and watch what happens next!
Just love ELLEN BARKIN a great actress that combines an elegance, grace and sultry smoke to every performance ❤
Do you know the name of this movie?
One of my favorite movies growing up in the 90s 💯
Name of the movie, please?
I think they forgot Annie Oakley was female as well
So was Calamity Jane. 😅
They remember that she lost a shooting match to Frank Butler
But everyone knows about Annie Oakley.
There are apparently theories that Annie Oakley was actually a man cross dressing.
I feel like they won't care.
I have an old .22 Winchester rifle that was my grandmothers. She taught me how to fish, skin rabbits, and harvest chickens. She was a great woman.
This is how you fight adversity. With patience and class. You prove your right to be there.
Well said.
Im a marine corps vet and it is actually true that women do make better marksman, seen it myself many times.... defiantly not for combat shooting or combat scenarios tho.... but for events and competitions like this or at a qualifying range, a lot of women are more capable of scoring higher. One thing that helps a lot is the flexibility a lot of women have to be more comfortable and stable in different shooting positions.
Weird how women can only shoot if it’s not combat related. Must have some genetic marker that shuts them down when in combat.. maybe it’s located In The clitoris
Wait, whaaat? Not in combat situations? So somehow a woman loses her abilities and marksmanship skills under increased pressure? Seriously?
@@allthingswavy6420 Not only increased pressure but also increased physical load and stress.... im sure you have never once in your life put on a full combat loadout but i have and i can tell you that shit is not light, Ive been on ops where we have had to carry 120lbs of gear on us for miles and miles moving all day. Women biologically dont have the muscle or bone structures to handle the physical stress of combat. I have seen women in the marine corps get hip fractures just from carrying the weight of the gear necessary, its because women have lower bone densities and hip structures designed for child birth and not carrying weight..... it doesnt matter how well they can shoot if they cant even walk because a hip fracture... now the rest of the unit has to carry all of her gear bringing the entire team down. Most men arent even suitable for combat. I wake up every day with pain because of what my body had to go through and the weight i had to always carry and my body was designed for that shit. Women are simply not biologically designed or capable of combat and thats just a harsh reality of the world no matter what you want to cope and talk yourself into thinking. The world isnt going to always align with your worldview because reality doesnt give a shit about what you think, you cant change reality. Biology will stay the same no matter how much you want it to change. You shouldn't have such strong opinions on shit you know absolutely nothing about, maybe try to actually educate yourself first.
My dad and uncle used to shoot trap (clay pigeons flung in the air and you shoot 'em on the move). When my cousins got older, my aunt decided to give it a try. She got really good and everyone used to tease my uncle about not snoring too loud or he would wake up staring down both barrels. Growing up in Kentucky, pretty much everyone learns to shoot, men and women.
Did anyone notice how steady she was?
Steady as she goes
Offhand is the most difficult position to shoot accurately from.
No, we're all blind.
@@32INCHSTRIPER the blind showing the blind..
I grew up in an extremely rural area. Most of my family are decent shots or better. Wild game was a staple at our table. My father routinely shot perfectly when he had to range qualify. I was rated an expert marksman. But my mother and wife outshoot us both, and handily.
My sister married, moved to Austria and entered the competition in the town. The mayor was the winner for the last 6 years in a row and she took it away from him. She earned a lot of respect with some, with others it took a few years until things were back to normal 😂
In reality nobody would’ve had a problem with it, Annie Oakley is still one of the finest shooters to live and men and women alike praised her for decades
This guy was a coward and an abuser. The son of Caroline turned out to be a genius writer.
Let me guess you are the type that thinks women can't be abusive and are totally innocent victims in all of their self-made hardships
Movies name
This Boys' Life
Loved the book. Will try to see the movie someday.
My dad was a world war II vet he told us how to shoot how to defend ourselves how to fight not a make weapons out of nothing My sister was nicknamed Annie Oakley I guess you know why
I never saw my mom miss. Ever.
Movie "This Boys Life". Even then De Niro thought he knew "a thing or two about a thing or two! 😜
Great movie!
Excellent movie, but a hard watch.
@@cinema_chic yes….. the mustard…. And the way he treats her in the bedroom…. Ugh. Hard watch is an amazinly accurate description.
I always remember when one time I took part in a sharpshooting simulator and after my turn the guy from the army who was running the thing asked me if I had ever thought about career in the army. I got the highest in a convention of 10 000 people.
“From the back or from the side, you’re only two options” that scene fooked me up as a young adult viewing it.
It wasn't shooting, but my mom would go up to a bar with my stepfather and watch guys play pool. Once they started putting money on the table she would walk up and put a $20 on the table. They would laugh.
When her time was to play they would usually think they were going to win would ask her if she wanted to double it. She would put a $100 down, and say let's play for this. Ego is a crazy thing. She would run the table on them and then play until either she won what she wanted, or no one else would play her. She was almost unbeatable in poker as well. God those were fun days.
My daughter was called "the machine" held records for women's prone and standing.
This is such a great movie. Leo did such a great job as well as the others. Very amazing.
My daughter and wife are both amazing shots. They hardly ever practice and yet they do it every time.
The movie is ‘This Boys Life’ which is based on the life and memoir, of the same name, written by Tobias Wolff. His brother is also an excellent writer and memoirist, Geoffrey Wolff.
Truly some women have the most steady arms & hands never underestimate the trigger finger.. even off camera..
My dad taught me to shoot when I was 10. I was on a rifle team in college. Then, I qualified expert in the Army and got a Schützenschnur while stationed in Germany. Yup, girls can shoot.
Ellen Barkin 💕
Thought that was her
My dad would do skeet shooting, my mom decided to join him at the range, well she started getting better them him! Then my dad decided it was to expensive to go to the shooting range all the time! So he took up golfing, and so did my mom, well you guessed it, she got to good and my dad quilt!
This happened in my marriage too 😂
I don't have to shoot often my husband knows my marksmanship both with rifles and bows. I sadly have had shoulder and back injuries, which hinder my shooting
I guess that none of those guys had heard of Annie Oakley if they thought that a woman couldn’t shoot!
Well it’s Concrete WA. Pretty back asswards even by today’s standards
This reminds me of my grandmother shooting competition skeet with the men back in the day
A person that can handle a weapon. And be peaceful life lover.
MAD respect to DeNiro's character there at the end. Most men, especially in this time period, would've been bitter, with a capital B.
I love how the guy was a good sport and clapped
He sandbagged his shots to make sure she didn't finish last and was just surprised she won. He didn't mind getting beaten by the woman. He made sure of it
My mom used to do trick shots for fun 😂 my uncle didnt think girls could shoot. He set up his skeet and my dad convinced him to let me have a turn. Only missed one and it was a low flyer, but i did graze it. He was speechless and my dad was proud. My mom was also cheering from the side.
After that the uncle no longer doubted when i said i could do something 😂😂😂 and i loved proving his stereotype wrong. 😂😂😂
When I met my husband I told him I knew how to shoot. He didnt believe, we went shooting and I told him look Bullseye, he said that wasnt you, that was the guy next to you, the Man next to me said, no that was her, inlooked at him AND said dont be a sore Loser, just because Im better. My husband laughed and apologized, we went off and now wen It comes up he tells people how I know how to shoot. 😂😂❤
This is me. Being looked at as less by the men, yet bringing home the awards at every shooting competition.
Right on!
Reminds me of Annie Get Your Gun, which i directed the music for & put together a stage band for, on Maui in the 70s! 🎉Great fun! 😂
My great grandmother competed in pistol competitions in the 30s and 40s with a .45 (no idea the pistol model, so I’ll assume an old Army single action M1917 pattern). It’s amazing how popular those were back then.
That look on DeNeros face, was the same look when he found out Harris lost😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This movie reminds me of my childhood, especially my older brother’s life.
The movie is called This Boy's Life (1993).
Thanks- never seen it, but I will soon.👍
@bobbycrenshaw5167 it's an OK film. De Nero is the bad guy.
Out of all the comments this is the one that matters the most 👍
Wow - Dicaprio is young enough in this film that even Dicaprio would consider dating him...
This movie was very good.
We admire capable women.
Dezero wasn't acting, he's actually that cold .
This Boy's Life. What an amazing film.
She really broke that glass ceiling. I do remember a lady named Annie Oakley, probably a century earlier and a hundred times more impressive with a shooting iron. Tough break Ms wolf, thems the breaks.
She paid for that win later😢
Great movie. DiCaprio and DeNero were amazing.
leonardo dicaprio as a child damn
Go watch "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"
Do you listen to yourself?
Imagine thinking this and deciding posting it on the internet was the best next step 😂😂😂
I thought this was a scene from Gilbert Grape I'd forgotten about. 😂
@@KatieM786 i concur, do you concur?
They wouldn't be THAT shocked, Annie Oakley was and still is the legend among American sport shooters. Like Paul Bunion is to loggers and Pecos Bill is to cowboys, that's the level she was at.
My 19 year old son was going on and on about what a great shot he is. I told him I could do better. He laughed at me, in my face. We went to shooters world, and I blew his mind. He didn't know that I was a hunter growing up. That my dad, his grandpa, owned a gun business. That I trained in my 20's. That I went threw the police academy. I used my sig p365 to his p43 glock. I had him so late in life and developed a passive life. He had no idea about my training and experience. He just stared at me all the way home. Then started the next bs by saying I bet I am better with a rifle!""
Well that's kinda sad ur son didn't know a thing about u. Something wrong with that.
You had to school him twice?!? LOL My son knows I grew up shooting a hunting rifle, though I was 22 when I shot a pistol for the first time. It was a .45 Colt revolver. my date thought I would drop it the first time it fired. Not only did I not drop it, but I hit the target all 6 times. The next time I shot a pistol was when I was 25 and pregnant with my son. Husband was qualifying to be an armed security guard. we had a 9mm pistol that neither of us had a chance to shoot yet, as he'd bought it for the job. I told his boss that I wanted to shoot as well, he said I had to shoot exactly the same way as hubby, and see if I could do it. He wasn't expecting me to outscore my husband, scored as sharpshooter. Then he insisted I come to work for them too. I told him that I was 4 mo pregnant and uniforms were not going to fit for long. He didn't care. I worked for about 2 or 3 months, then quit. I still have the little blue card with my qualifying score on it 34 years later.
Annie Oakley was a national hero in the 1800s...
It was a great movie. Bobby D just played himself.
@@BSPIVEY100
you mean an a$$hole?
Great Film..her and Leo were so good in this
My late mother was a farm girl, and she learned to shoot thrown targets (she had a younger brother) with a .22. My dad was flabbergasted when he learned she wasn't using a shotgun. She also was a skilled piano player.
One of my favorite movies of all time
Women actually make great snipers, they generally have steadier hands than men so while not being as suited for general soldiering they make fine marksman with smaller frames easier to conceal
Most of those in the army were awful
Your gun is going to be steadied on the ground, I don't think hands play much of a factor
This is a great film to watch too! I used to laugh at Dinero’s line when he said, “I know a thing or two about a thing or two!!!” 😂😂😂
Leo decaprio as a boy
At 53
Diddy's play toy
@@ShawnW-y7iHollywood is disgusting, but I bet there is more then a few others on that list that are not Hollywood
Never underestimate the power of a woman.
" This Boys Life"
Thank you!
Movie name “This boys life “ 1993 I was in my late teens and I remember genuinely disliking Robert De Niro’s character to the soul! All great actors
Bobbies gotta he’ll of a flinch no wonder he pulled a 24.
He's using a Mossberg....
He's shooting a 22 rimfire. It's rough on him
Rob has never been as good as the characters he portrayed Sad😢😢😢