Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:16 PM 10/13/2006, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >Now I prefer to do all my shooting with a Leica, but I also know that >I can shoot a bullet lengthwise through a cigarette at a distance of >50 ft. At least I could 50 years ago. Shucks. I still can and do so on occasion. I just discovered that my wife had come into my life equipped with a Remington 700 in .22-250, a round I have never fired -- the rifle has been sitting in a closet for years. Once I get that horrid Tasco riflescope replaced with a decent Docter Optic unit or the like, I'll take it out and give it a try. That round is more vicious than the 5.56mm round used in the M16. I generally scored EXPERT in my military qualification firing on both rifle and pistol, though I bolluxed this down to SHARPSHOOTER a couple of times when I needed new glasses. I am not an especially good shot but I had great training from the coach of our High School Rifle Team when I was in the Boy Scouts. (For that matter, I ended up firing weapons up to 155mm howitzers, but the Big Guns require a different approach than do rifles and handguns.) There are similar techniques mandated for the firing of guns and of camera shutters. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!