Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd suggest that the AK is the M6 of assault weapons - beautifully designed; purely functional; mercifully minimalist. It does what you need it to do, when you need it to do it. Every time. Without fail. ;-) Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Ken Carney" <kcarney1@cox.net> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:50:40 To:"'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: luggers with books now firearms Yes, but the Leica crowd is upscale, as Kyle's post indicates. An AK is not a gentleman's choice. It is arguably efficient, but...pedestrian. It would be, as I imagine, like finding a Salad Shooter or a Bass-O-Matic in Kyle's kitchen. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Christopher > Williams > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 7:24 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] Re: luggers with books now firearms > > Shotguns? Here in New Orleans we prefer the Kalashnikov for holiday > shootings, you're bound to hit something. > > Horrible I know, but daily occurrence. > > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Carney" > Subject: RE: [Leica] luggers with books > > > Excerpt: > > > > After seven or eight glasses of Chivas Brothers Royal Salute 50 year old > > scotch (mmmm!) someone suggests that we go outside and shoot a bunch of > the > > empty scotch bottles with my very impressive Browning Citori over-and- > under > > shotguns. We photograph one another firing guns and blasting bottles off > of > > one another's heads. When we can barely stand and one or two of us have > been > > winged by stray pellets, we retire to the house and stack our cameras on > the > > kitchen table. > > _______________________ > > Kyle, as a long-time hunter and shooter, I am pretty sensitive to > > gun safety. I must say that I don't think the choice of a shotgun, to > shoot > > empty scotch bottles off the heads of guests, is really appropriate. > But if > > you must, I really suggest a small-bore, like a .410, or at most a 28- > gauge > > like the one Dick Cheney used to whack Harry Whittington. A 12-gauge > would > > present issues, and conceivably even liability concerns. Just my 2c in > the > > interest of responsible firearm ownership. > > > > Ken > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information