Posted on 04/23/2010 5:19:25 PM PDT by SandRat
I wondered about that. My qualifying day was no wind, sunny and really nice. The guy who was supposed to be scoring was also supposed to be the one handing me the magazines. He forgot one and tossed it into the sand. The M-16 never hiccupped and I shot really well.
The long range standard targets are clay birds on a dirt berm at a lasered 65-70 yards with pistols. The fun thing is you forget all the misses. LOL.
Pretty much the same thing a couple of years later, just before I got out (woulda been worse, but I was a short-timer) it rained and my eyeglasses got all gooed up and I actually was a Non-Qual.
It was (1974-1978) 28-32 years ago for me (my how time flies) from boot camp to the final time I qualified with the rifle (M16A1 for me).
I always shot Sharpshooter, except my very last time I shot a Marksman (toilet seat). So my old khaki uniform shirt and green uniform coats now forever have a "toilet seat" on them.
I wore glasses myself, and had the problems associated with wearing glasses myself.
Just goes to show how these things could have worked out in real life I guess...
The book the movie SHOOTER was based on! Yeah, awesome. Two points similar in book and movie. The guy really went to war because they killed his dog. I say, right on.
That's a fine son you have there, Recon Dad.
May God bless him and keep him him safe.
Ok, that would explain how the P-47s could take out a tank from the air.
Steel core .50 cal ammo and of course a bunch of them hitting about the same area at pretty much the same time (the top rear of the tank where the engine compartment is being the preferred aiming point) could result in a "mobility kill" or even lighting off the fuel and setting the tank on fire.
I could go postal if I continued to think much more about all of this..................
PS - in 1966, we qualified with M-14......I still want one, even tho I couldn't afford to feed it. Great piece of work, that weapon.
Well, any .308 or 7.62x51 NATo is fun to shoot. Some people have bought Century Arms civilian versions of the FN-FAL or CETME or G3, though not everyone likes them nearly as well as the American M14 / M1A civilian rifle, and you do have to feed them 7.62x51 and not .308 ammo (due to minor differences in cartridge dimensions and/or SAMMI chamber pressure issues - I forget which).
I got me an Enfield 2A Ishapore bolt action some years back and had a scope mount put on it. I like shooting the 7.62x51 rifles - even the bolt action Enfield - way more than shooting the 5.56 AR clone I own.
I love your pictures on your Profile page. Nice country out there.
Please take care and Semper Fi!
I love a story with a happy ending
Thanks....lovin' the desert.................out back yard quail should be delivering us some chicks within two weeks. Stand by for pics, if I can get 'em.
The Elmer Keith Memorial Pistol Shoot...steel plates from 12”x18” down to 4” diameter, at 140 yards, open sights. plus a 30”x30” at 525 yds.
10th Annual edition this year, where I live.
I have a 2A as well - the Gibbs Quest III. Jungle No. 5 profile, electroless nickel plated action, synthetic stock. Bushnell 3-9x40 Mini.
Accurate, maneuverable, and a lot of fun!
Gives you that nice warm fuzzy feeling deep down inside, the one that’s called satisfaction, huh?
Greasing/wasting/firing up bad guys indeed gives that feeling ‘Fo Shor!
Carlos Hathcock would be proud.
We’re very proud. Please don’t share the pic he’s still over seas, thanks.
Son. Please don’t share the pic, he’s still over seas, thanks.
44 years ago - I’m guessing that you were firing the M-14. I was fortunate to fire the M-1. Even with that, I always got messed up firing in the standing position. I just couldn’t break 40(out of 50).
A Tiger Is hull armor was impervious to nearly all American tank fire, and even the 25mm armor on the turret top and rear decking would defeat a .50-caliber round. On paper, .50-caliber machine gun fire would do nothing but rattle the Tiger crews eardrums. But there were cooling fan gratings and air intakes on the rear deck, and thin armor on the underside, that might allow a P-47s sheer volume of fire with its eight Browning M2 guns to score a lucky hit and disable a Tigers engine.
A glance back to the intersection showed the third tank backing to the north about a hundred yards into an orchard. He could wait his turn, I thought."
Hell Hawks: The Untold Story of the American Fliers Who Savaged Hitlers Wehrmacht, has been called the best book ever written about the P-47 Thunderbolt and the war on the European continent. The book is available from co-author Dorr at robert.f.dorr@cox.net
The top and bottom armour was 25 mm (1 in) thick;
Right ON! God bless our soldiers. I am grateful for this Army sniper and his excellent skills.
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