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Matthew Quigley is an American cowboy with a specially modified rifle with which he can shoot accurately at extraordinary distances. Seeing a newspaper advertisement that asks for a man with his special talent, he answers using just four words: "M. Quigley 900 yards", written on a copy of the advertisement that is punctured by six closely spaced bullet holes.
As a result of the popularity of the film, a Sharps match is held annually in Forsyth, Montana, known as the "Matthew Quigley Buffalo Rifle Match". Originally, a 44-inch (1.1 m) target was placed at 1,000 yards (910 m) for each shooter, reminiscent of a scene from the movie. [ 23 ]
Shiloh Rifle Manufacturing Company is a firearms manufacturer located in Big Timber, Montana, United States. The company produces a line of reproductions of various historical black-powder rifles, including the legendary 1874 Sharps Rifle , featured in the 1990 Western film Quigley Down Under , starring Tom Selleck .
Matthew Guille (GGY) 572 Malcolm Cooper (ENG) 570 1986 Guy Lorion (CAN) 588 Sharon Bowes (CAN) 583 Malcolm Cooper (ENG) 582 1990 Guy Lorion (CAN) 583 Chris Hector (ENG) 578 Mart Klepp (CAN) 577 1994 Chris Hector (ENG) 685.9 Jean-François Sénécal (CAN) 683 Nigel Wallace (ENG) 680 1998 Chris Hector (ENG) Mohd Emran Zakaria (MAS)
The match rifle meeting is conducted at ranges between 1000 and 1200 yards during the first week. [18]: 189- Match rifle is a less restricted form of target rifle, permitting the use of telescopic sights and other advancements. Competitors may shoot prone or supine (lying on their back).
Quarterback Matthew Sluka, who created a national conversation about the ramifications of name, image and likeness after departing UNLV, has transferred to James Madison. Sluka announced after ...
The Philip J. Quigley Stock Index From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Philip J. Quigley joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 12.1 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
The Wimbledon Cup is a silver tankard wrought by British silversmiths of the Victorian period. The British National Rifle Association inaugurated the prize in 1866. The Illustrated London News reported on July 26, 1866, that the Wimbledon Cup was a new prize for the Wimbledon Rifle Meeting of that year.