[Stonewall Jackson]

Don’t forget that buffalo hunter William Dixon killed a Comanche warrior at 1,500 yards with an aimed shot during the Second Battle of Adobe Walls while using a black powder Sharps buffalo rifle.

[Avalon Hussar]

Don’t forget that buffalo hunter William Dixon killed a Comanche warrior at 1,500 yards with an aimed shot during the Second Battle of Adobe Walls while using a black powder Sharps buffalo rifle.

I wasn't aware that a Sharps Rifle was a Muzzle-loader, I thought it was a breech-loading black powder cartridge rifle. If that's the case, then I'd say we're still dealing with apples and oranges here.

[SuzyQue]

Yes, who could forget that!

(At least I know what the battle of Adobe Walls was, where and who.)

[Ratman83]

1500 yards is about 3400 feet short of a mile and a half.

[Ecliptic]

1,500 yards is a little less than a mile.

[Navy Patriot]

During the Civil War Union and Confederate snipers made numerous 1000 yard kills and several 1500 yard kill with highly accurate black powder rifles.

The elevation required for controlled, accurate 3/4 mile shots was not extreme, and the lethality of the projectile at double that distance is pretty much certain. Sadly this indeed may be an idiot accident.

[Figment]

Don’t forget that buffalo hunter William Dixon killed a Comanche warrior at 1,500 yards with an aimed shot during the Second Battle of Adobe Walls while using a black powder Sharps buffalo rifle.

Several hundred feet short of a mile with an aimed shot. If it wasn’t made from a high perch over a canyon , I would doubt the validity of the story also