Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BRASS breathe,relax,aim,slack,squeeze. There are other techniques for the 2nd date but for now ....... Marc James Small wrote: > 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! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >