Ooops, sorry. I forgot that you chaps speak American. Ok, in answer to you questions: A gnate is a very small irritating insect. Some what smaller than a mosquito or a midge. A thousand yards is 1000 yards or 3000 feet. In this context it usually means an impossible range. Actually I am surprised that Doug hasn't come up with a torch to that spec yet. Come on Doug, you have a reputation to live up to here.....