Ok-Hyena5373 t1_j92xb6g wrote on February 18, 2023 at 8:54 PM

"...during his Civil Guard training, Häyhä once hit a target 16 times from 150 metres away in just one minute. "This was an unbelievable accomplishment with a bolt action rifle, considering that each cartridge had to be manually fed with a fixed magazine that held together five cartridges."[12]"

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ukezi t1_j9xyooz wrote on February 25, 2023 at 11:01 AM

Depends on how big the target was. The British had the mad minute drill that sounds similar:

>The exercise formally known as "Practice number 22, Rapid Fire, The Musketry Regulations, Part I, 1909", required the rifleman to fire 15 rounds at a "Second Class Figure" target at 300 yd (270 m). The practice was described as; "Lying. Rifle to be loaded and 4 rounds in the magazine before the target appears. Loading to be from the pouch or bandolier by 5 rounds afterwards. One minute allowed".