- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.On the third day following the battle, the buffalo hunter Billy Dixon—a noted marksman—made what has become the most famous long-distance shot in the history of the West. A dozen Indians appeared on a bluff at a distance of some 1,500 yards, almost a mile away.www.nrafamily.org/content/throwback-thursday-bat…At the second battle of Adobe Walls, buffalo shooter Billy Dixon used his Sharps rifle to shoot a Comanche chief off his horse at about 1,000 yards. With the chief dead, especially at such extreme range, the Comanches called it quits and left.texashillcountry.com/the-long-shot/On a hot day in June 1874 in the North Texas Panhandle (about 150 miles south of Dodge City, Kansas), Billy Dixon made a confirmed 0.8-mile-long shot on a raider two days after a skirmish that has since been known as the Second Battle of Adobe Walls.www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/the-hero-of-adob…
The Shot of the Century: How Billy Dixon Changed …
Mar 29, 2021 · For three days, between 700-1,200 mounted warriors laid siege to Adobe Walls, a small trading post on the South Canadian River in the Texas …
Billy Dixon’s “Shot of the Century” - True West Magazine
Oct 31, 2023 · Meanwhile down at Adobe Walls, Billy Dixon was taking aim. He was using a Sharps Big Fifty, a single-shot with an octagonal, 34-inch barrel, firing a .50, 600-grain bullet driven by 125 grains of black powder. He dialed in …
Second Battle of Adobe Walls - Wikipedia
Feb 24, 2006 · Billy Dixon. Controversy prevails over the range of Billy Dixon's shot. Baker and Harrison set it at about 1,000 yards, while a post-battle survey by a team of U.S. Army …
The Long Shot: The Battle for Texas at Adobe Walls
Jan 8, 2016 · At the second battle of Adobe Walls, buffalo shooter Billy Dixon used his Sharps rifle to shoot a Comanche chief off his horse at about 1,000 yards. With the chief dead, especially at such extreme range, the Comanches …
Billy Dixon's One Mile Shot - RifleShooter
Jan 3, 2011 · Dixon was a 24-year-old buffalo hunter at a nondescript settlement known as Adobe Walls, the scene of a massive Indian attack 10 years earlier. Now the Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne and Arapaho were planning to attack …
The Hero of Adobe Walls - Shooting Times
Nov 12, 2018 · On a hot day in June 1874 in the North Texas Panhandle (about 150 miles south of Dodge City, Kansas), Billy Dixon made a confirmed 0.8-mile-long shot on a raider two days after a skirmish that has since been known as …
The American West: A Remarkable Shot at Adobe Walls
Oct 13, 2024 · Two legends were born when Billy Dixon grabbed his friend's .50-caliber Sharps rifle and picked off an Indian nearly a mile away at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls. First, his marksmanship. Second, the accuracy and …
Second Battle of Adobe Walls - Our Texas History
Jun 28, 2016 · Some 28 men were then present at Adobe Walls, including James Hanrahan (the saloon owner), 20-year-old Bat Masterson, William "Billy" Dixon (whose famous long-distance rifle shot effectively ended the siege), and one …
Adobe Walls, Second Battle of - TSHA
Jul 29, 2020 · On the second day a group of fifteen or twenty of the Cheyennes appeared on a high mesa overlooking the post. Their appearance led to the famous gunshot of William (Billy) Dixon, when Dixon, inside the stockade, shot …