[nicko]

they're making too much out of his marksmanship score...one would have to go back to the range where he last shot expert, and see how many times he actually shot expert- many ranges are old, with mechanical pop up targets that don't work, thus creating "alibi's" at the end of the session where the shooter expends the last of his ammunition on closer targets- if he had a "spotter" sitting on the bench next to him counting his hits, instead of recording them electronically his score would go up- a lot of ranges are fairly barren, making the pop ups easy to see- I spent a couple of decades in the Army- believe me, I'm no shot, but once, on a Ft. Campbell range I was scored an "expert" based upon the above criteria...I was a CW2 running a motor pool and my "spotter" was one of my mechanics who was cheesing up for a pass...

[KineticKitty]

Yep, the old "skillcraft" score as it's called...LOL. Makes you wonder how many of these media types believe, or want the public to believe that an "expert" rating is something that was obtained thru a James Bond type course!