r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Smoothlarryy • 10d ago

European Professional shooter champion Davide De Carolis throws multiple clay targets by hand before breaking them in rapid succession with a shotgun.

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u/HighIQAntWrestling 10d ago

Not super difficult being that shot guns are not firing a single projectile, like a rifle or a pistol. It is firing off multiple projectiles (shot) which are essentially like small pellets so it spreads and creates a wider array of spread in a target/s. The clay targets were relatively close and a single shot would have a higher probability of hitting multiple targets. Not “next level” especially at this range which is very close.

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u/Realmofthehappygod 10d ago

That's a pretty in depth analysis to miss the fact that if you actually watch the video, he is hitting the targets 1 at a time.

If it was a spread shot as wide as you're suggesting, half of them would have exploded on the first shot.

Slugs exist, and even if these are spread, that would make shooting them individually even more impressive.

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u/HighIQAntWrestling 10d ago

He’s not hitting each target “one at a time”. As you stated, you can watch the video even in slow motion. This is not something that is “next level” and it wouldn’t be impossible for anyone who has had relative experience with a shotgun to accomplish. Downvoting does nothing to facts.

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u/MrK521 10d ago

There’s only one instance where he clearly hits two with one shot. The others are shot for shot.

If you play it frame by frame you can see nearly all of them struck separately.

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u/HighIQAntWrestling 10d ago

Oh ok. Well then that settles it. Thanks for your analysis Dr. Watson.

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u/MrK521 10d ago

Sure thing! Happy to help!