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I have more scans of Daredevil dodging gunfire from The Punisher, I just have to find them, though.
Alright.
I don't remember any instance where they fought and Punisher hit Daredevil with a bullet or projectile specifically because he's capable. There was an old instance where Daredevil was dodging but saying that Frank was missing on purpose because he's not willing to kill him, and another like it where Daredevil states that Frank is missing on purpose & also one where he shot Daredevil in the stomach but it wasn't because he was INCAPABLE of dodging but because he was stunned by punch he suffered from the Punisher prior to that.
I know of these, and I agree Frank doesn't have the best track record against Daredevil when it comes to tagging him at range. But he does have a good track record against Spider-Man and some other characters. When I referenced Daredevil being shot in the stomach I meant that Frank could replicate this in a close-range environment with Batman, not necessarily at distance. Overall Frank actually has a better track record up close against street levellers than at distance, but that's not to say he doesn't have good distance feats, or that they're inconsistent, because they aren't.
In any event a response where you mention instances where Daredevil has deflected bullets I don't think marksmanship actually has anything to do with whether the Punisher could shot Daredevil or Batman who is physically faster than Daredevil for that matter as well as Spider-Man who not only has precognition but is faster than both. While I agree that Marksmanship is a power in it's own right the best Marksman can't control the projectile when it leaves the gun. If it's been proven that these characters this ability is being tested against have the ability to calculate the trajectory of bullets that have already been fired and have the speed & reaction time decide how to handle it, The Punisher is going to need more than good aim.
Logically what you're saying is correct, but it's not actually the case in comics. It's established that capable marksman can have a better time tagging agile opponents than any mook with a gun, because of their aim. For instance, Deadshot and Punisher both have feats of tagging speedsters with bullets, despite the fact the speedsters themselves are travelling faster than the bullets being fired, because Punisher/Deadshot can anticipate their movements and shoot where they're going to be. It's similar to the old instance of Punisher shooting Spider-Man and shooting his webshooters off - he had studied his movement patterns beforehand and was able to anticipate his movements. Wolverine is a pretty solid bullet timer who has deflected bullets and ran through hails of them without getting hit, and he's even dodged a volley from Deadpool, but Frank managed to tag him even though Wolverine was attempting to dodge him. Frank had a shotgun in this instance so he had an easier time, but still to keep track of Logan's movements and keep aim on him is impressive. And this was under a writer who was trying to get back at Garth Ennis for lowballing Wolverine, by writing up a realistic scenario between Wolvie and Punisher.
Another prime example is Bullseye. He doesn't even use guns but he can still tag fast street levellers on occasion by using unorthodox ricochets and the like. I believe he's done this to Matt and Elektra on occasion although I'm not sure of the context, and during his time as Hawkeye during Dark Reign he used a ricochet to put an arrow through Deadpool's brain, and later on he forced Deadpool to run into cover from his arrows. Deadpool then decided to dawn a suit of armor made out of meat just to tank the arrows rather than dodge them, and this was Deadpool in his own series written under Daniel Way, who has given Wade some seriously good showings, like dodging Cyclops, Domino and Surge simultaneously for fun. Wade has also dodged a bullet after it was fired by tilting his head, so that kind of goes to show that a good marksman with a bow can transcend a bullet even after it's fired.
My main point is that while guys like Spider-Man can see bullets in slow motion and dodge them easily, or guys like Daredevil and Wolverine can anticipate bullets before they're fired due to their senses, or dodge them after they're fired due to their speed, they can still be tagged from time to time by marksman who are smart with their shots. And likewise these marksmen aren't infallible either and can be dodged from time to time. Anything can happen on any given day, really.
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