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H Krause please comment
BAR wrote:
Boater wrote: BAR wrote: Boater wrote: BAR wrote: Boater wrote: BAR wrote: Boater wrote: Canuck57 wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... D.Duck wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... Eisboch wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... The concept of individual citizens armed with small arms holding off a huge invading army is an NRA wet dream. Americans aren't as tough as Afghanis. Based on what? Your left wing, elitist opinion that you present as a "fact"? History proves you wrong. Eisboch Based upon the fact that this isn't the 18th or 19th century, and that any huge invading army is going to be equipped and organized as a huge invading army. It's going to be up to our military to protect the homeland. Hell, as far as I can tell, there are only a couple of "regulars" in this newsgroup who regularly practice with firearms. Maybe a lot of us don't brag about it. And maybe you are full of schitt. Doubtful. Many have been in the armed forces, it might surprise you how many can just pick on up, load it and shot straight. Last I checked basic training thought everyone even the cook. I doubt that many of those who haven't fired a firearm in years can just pick one up, load it and shoot straight, unless the firearm is a shotgun. I further doubt that many of those who fired a firearm years ago even own a *serviceable* firearm. Ask anyone who went through Army or Marine boot camp if they could still field strip the weapon they were trained to field strip and shoot 30, 40 or 50 years ago. Ask them if they could still load and fire said weapon. And, ask them if they could still hit targets at the 200 and 300 yard lines with said weapon. Sight alignment, sight picture... Drone on, drone. If you haven't practiced with firearms in many years, it is unlikely you'll be able to shoot well. Shooting well is not the same as loading and firing a weapon. Guys who haven't shot an issue rifle since Vietnam aren't going to be able to hit small targets at 200-300 yards, if they could even do it when they were young and in practice. Sure they are. I'd put up an former USMC expert marksman against you with at 300 yards any day of the week. Your previous statement "Ask anyone who went through boot camp...still hit targets at 200 and 300 yard lines..." "Anyone" is not an expert marksman, present or former. All I did is revise and extend my remarks. Why do you have a problem with that? Further, I don't shoot at 200 or 300 yards. I shoot pistols and can offhand a full magazine from my 9 mm SIG into a very very small circle at 25 yards, the "standard" pistol distance. I shoot pretty good groups with a rifle at 100 yards, but I don't shoot any further than that. Remember, I shoot targets, not people or animals. Try to be a bit consistent, eh? What is a "very very small circle?" A baker target might look like a "people" from the chest up but it is just a target. Why are you wasting your time shooting a rifle at 100 yards? If you are shooting a an air rifle you would be shooting a much shorter distances and if you are shooting anything larger than a .22 you should be shooting at least 200 yards and if you are hunting in open areas you should be practicing for 300 yards. A small circle on a well-known target: http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...us/40-0004.jpg 25 yards offhand with a .40 S&W, a pistol I don't often shoot. Good enough to pump a magazine into a perp's chest if I were so inclined. At 25 yards. That's 75 feet for you. Don't you have confidence in the police force to protect you? I shoot rifles at 100 yards because that is the standard range distance. "Standard range distance", what does that mean? I don't hunt. A distance of 100 yards is a good test of rifle and shooter. Test of what? 100 yards doesn't give the the wind or the trajectory of the projectile a chance affect the flight of the projectile. If you want to watch someone do some plinking 100 yards is ok but, it isn't a test of one's shooting ability. Remember, I shoot offhand. You know what that means, right? What does that have to do with anything? Your ignorance of shooting skills is noted. |
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