Another reason to fly GA...

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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John E. Carty wrote:

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John E. Carty wrote:


Patrick,
Hey, that old .45 certainly had better stopping power then a 9mm, but
we
only had 7 rounds in which to hit the target! :-)

You didn't put one in the chamber and carry "cocked and locked?"

Matt


Never :-)


If you do, then you are carrying 8! At least if you add the one back to
the clip that you stripped for the chamber... :-)

Sigh...

I rest my case. ( Last word)

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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John E. Carty wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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John E. Carty wrote:


Patrick,
Hey, that old .45 certainly had better stopping power then a 9mm, but we
only had 7 rounds in which to hit the target! :-)

You didn't put one in the chamber and carry "cocked and locked?"

Matt


Never :-)
If you do, then you are carrying 8! At least if you add the one back to
the clip that you stripped for the chamber... :-)

Matt

Except that the Model 1911, .45ACP, doesn't use a clip. :}

Matt Whiting wrote:
Nobody shoots perfect scores ALL the time.

Hitting a 12" bull every time is not shooting a perfect score. The 10 ring on
the type of target they use in 500 yard competitions is about 6" across. Hitting
in a 12" bull every time would be a score in the 90s. I've known many people who
always shot in the high 90s in the prone position.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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John E. Carty wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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John E. Carty wrote:


Patrick,
Hey, that old .45 certainly had better stopping power then a 9mm, but
we
only had 7 rounds in which to hit the target! :-)

You didn't put one in the chamber and carry "cocked and locked?"

Matt


Never :-)
If you do, then you are carrying 8! At least if you add the one back to
the clip that you stripped for the chamber... :-)

Matt

Except that the Model 1911, .45ACP, doesn't use a clip. :}


He might be loading his magazines from a stripper clip :~)

Casey Wilson wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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John E. Carty wrote:


"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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John E. Carty wrote:



Patrick,
Hey, that old .45 certainly had better stopping power then a 9mm, but we
only had 7 rounds in which to hit the target! :-)

You didn't put one in the chamber and carry "cocked and locked?"

Matt


Never :-)

If you do, then you are carrying 8! At least if you add the one back to
the clip that you stripped for the chamber... :-)

Matt


Except that the Model 1911, .45ACP, doesn't use a clip. :}



Clip, magazine, extra ammunition receptacle, ...

Matt

Skywise wrote:

Then I guess you think that the video of airliners hitting the
twin towers on a TV show is "hollyweird special effects" too?

Not everything on TV is bogus. Most is, but not all.

http://www.gagreport.com/bizarrenews...0Iraq.htm#news

They're shooting with 50 calibers...

Darrel Toepfer wrote in
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Skywise wrote:

Then I guess you think that the video of airliners hitting the
twin towers on a TV show is "hollyweird special effects" too?

Not everything on TV is bogus. Most is, but not all.

http://www.gagreport.com/bizarrenews...0sniper%20in%2
0Iraq.htm#news

They're shooting with 50 calibers...

Nice....one of those shots I couldn't even make out the target
until the body parts went flying.

I was reluctant to say it before as I have no references to
back it up, but seem to recall hearing somewhere that our
snipers routinely hit stuff over a mile away and the best
can get close to three miles.

Brian
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Skywise writes:
Nice....one of those shots I couldn't even make out the target
until the body parts went flying.

I was reluctant to say it before as I have no references to
back it up, but seem to recall hearing somewhere that our
snipers routinely hit stuff over a mile away and the best
can get close to three miles.

Probably there are many kills which do not get reported, but the last
time I heard the distance record for a "confirmed kill" was 2430m (=
1.5 miles), made by a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan:

http://www.riflebarrels.com/articles.../50sniping.htm
http://www.snipercountry.com/Article...2430Metres.asp

Chris
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