An uncle who took national trap championships a couple of times some years back used to bring out a .22 rifle with no sights (to simulate a shotgun), and would have us set up a row of matches in a crack in the backstop so he could practice lighting them without breaking the matchsticks - from about the distance claimed for the TV show.
He didn't light them all, but then he was "swing-shooting" as you'd do shotgunning clay pigeons. (He'd holler "pull," and we'd have to say "go" before he raised the gun.) He did light a lot of 'em.