Credit to my brother in law.

[Terry McDaniel]

Back around 2008 I started Cowboy Action Shooting. My brother in law and I went to a match near Grandfield, OK. We both had the very early digital cameras made by (or for) Polaroid. They were very slow. You'd push the shutter button and it might be two seconds before the camera actually took the picture. Anyway, Gary got this photo of me shooting my Colt's 1860 Army revolver. Pretty good timing on his part, as that flame
only last a fraction of a second. Photo also proves you don't feel recoil until the bullet has left the barrel. Yes there is a slight angle between the barrel and the flame, but the bullet is long gone downrange, hopefully hitting the target.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Back around 2008 I started Cowboy Action Shooting. My brother in law and I went to a match near Grandfield, OK. We both had the very early digital cameras made by (or for) Polaroid. They were very slow. You'd push the shutter button and it might be two seconds before the camera actually took the picture. Anyway, Gary got this photo of me shooting my Colt's 1860 Army revolver. Pretty good timing on his part, as that flame
only last a fraction of a second. Photo also proves you don't feel recoil until the bullet has left the barrel. Yes there is a slight angle between the barrel and the flame, but the bullet is long gone downrange, hopefully hitting the target.

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Well done indeed. Great timing! Great photo.

 

[RichardB]

Back around 2008 I started Cowboy Action Shooting. My brother in law and I went to a match near Grandfield, OK. We both had the very early digital cameras made by (or for) Polaroid. They were very slow. You'd push the shutter button and it might be two seconds before the camera actually took the picture. Anyway, Gary got this photo of me shooting my Colt's 1860 Army revolver. Pretty good timing on his part, as that flame
only last a fraction of a second. Photo also proves you don't feel recoil until the bullet has left the barrel. Yes there is a slight angle between the barrel and the flame, but the bullet is long gone downrange, hopefully hitting the target.

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Pretty cool shot. Well taken.

 

[MMP]

Wow, catching this with a ~2sec shutter delay is either skill, luck, or some combination of the two.

 

[EdC]

.... or involves sacrifices to some of the lesser and more dubious pre-Christian deities.