That's just an exercise in marksmanship - something a sharpshooter might want to do. From Wordnik.com. [Packing a Wallop: More on the Myth of Knockdown Power] Reference
I shoot 60lbs, with a stabilizer @ 280fps. 308fps is very fast, but again marksmanship is everything. From Wordnik.com. [When hunting with a copound bow what can you take down with a 65 pound draw, what about a 60 pound draw.] Reference
I am confident, however, that America's young women can be taught to excel in marksmanship just as well as men. From Wordnik.com. [Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A.] Reference
I'd respond to Dr. Ralph, hello Sir, that "poor marksmanship" is the reason for 90% of the misses, 50% of the time, by 75% of hunters. From Wordnik.com. [Bases and Rings, and Other Bad Things] Reference
And probably have had some kind of marksmanship training. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2002] Reference
Also, Im sure that "marksmanship" played more than a small part in the preservation of the "Union". From Wordnik.com. [The NYPD Needs Your Help!] Reference
And what does that kind of marksmanship or lack of it suggest about the risks to civilians as your forces penetrate further into Baghdad?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2003] Reference
And what does that kind of marksmanship, or lack of it, suggest about the risks to civilians as your forces penetrate further into Baghdad?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2003] Reference
There is, though, something about marksmanship which is quite beyond all scientific laws. From Wordnik.com. [The Land That Time Forgot] Reference
"Ruth, you ought to try for a marksmanship badge!". From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
Mahmoud's threat seemed to help the troop's marksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
The marksmanship of the men must receive special attention. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
The Terran had no illusions concerning his own marksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
Our navy had no idea how low our standard of marksmanship was. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
American determination and American marksmanship had saved three. From Wordnik.com. [The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service] Reference
Army recruiters asked him to retrain and teach marksmanship instead. From Wordnik.com. [Back To The Front] Reference
While such a procedure facilitates marksmanship it increases the hazards. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
Major Bronner owes his life to the wonderful pistol marksmanship of his friend. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
The Throg's marksmanship, as borne out by the circle of small bodies, was excellent. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
There is something so delightfully contemptuous of the enemy's marksmanship in this. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of a War Correspondent] Reference
But he also realized uneasily that he had seen a demonstration of Tartar marksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
Once again Boer wiliness had been rendered ineffectual owing to execrable marksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
With their uncanny marksmanship they raked the oncoming fleet with volley after volley. From Wordnik.com. ['His Name's Dutch Reagan'] Reference
The Finn, to show his marksmanship, aimed at Einar's bowstring and cut it with his arrow. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
He wrote letter after letter pointing out how frightfully backward we were in marksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
People who hunt on government land there must also pass a rudimentary test in marksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Call Of The Not-So-Wild] Reference
Felizardo was remarkable for his audacity, his fine horsemanship, and his expert marksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
She had also learned the art of good marksmanship, so that at a target practice she was an adept. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War] Reference
The passengers crowded up to witness the marksmanship, and soon the lads and Mr. Damon were at it. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground] Reference
Occasionally he performed feats of marksmanship which not even the two redoubtable leaders could equal. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
"Yes; but, unfortunately, the attempt upon my life did not succeed, thanks to Fate and poor marksmanship.". From Wordnik.com. [Princess Zara] Reference
'Major Bronner owes his life to the wonderful pistol marksmanship of his friend, Lieut. Richard Terry, P. C.'. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
That such marksmanship is not attributable to whirlwinds seems to me to be what we think we mean by common sense. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
President I took up the matter, and speedily became convinced that we needed to revolutionize our whole training in marksmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
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