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Message no. 1
From: Thomas Charron <thomascharron@*******.COM>
Subject: 300 yard hits..
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 10:12:10 PDT
>From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
>Subject: Re: Gun damages

>I mean rather, in real life. :) Mentioning calibers and how they
>translated brought that to mind, since my dad and I were talking about
>guns the other day (I'm getting a .223 and an NRA membership for my
>birthday! Yay!) And with a really good scope, I know several people who
>can hit something the size of a man's head from that distance, no
>problem. But then, that's real life, ain't it? :)

At 300 yards, any decent marksman can hit something that size with
iron sights, never mind a scope. Heck, anyone with a Marksman rating or
above can hit a guy at 400 yards with Iron sites, and many people use a
.223 to do it (Usually either a .223 or .30 is the caliber of choice at
most NRA sanctioned events..) The trick is doing it with a live moving
target, and no time to test fire a few rounds to fix your sights a
couple of clicks.. One would image they/d only get one chance to do it
as well. ;-P That's how I'd explain having to roll so many successes
to do it, anyway..


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Message no. 2
From: Jett <zmjett@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: 300 yard hits..
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:39:29 -0400
Thomas Charron wrote:

The trick is doing it with a live moving
> target, and no time to test fire a few rounds to fix your sights a
> couple of clicks.. One would image they/d only get one chance to do it
> as well. ;-P That's how I'd explain having to roll so many successes
> to do it, anyway..

True. Moving target= Harder to hit. I just keep thinking of those damn
bobbing chickens on the firing range...


--Jett

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Message no. 3
From: Ron Clark <rclark@****.NET>
Subject: Re: 300 yard hits..
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 22:55:29 -0500
At 02:39 PM 8/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Thomas Charron wrote:
>
> The trick is doing it with a live moving
>> target, and no time to test fire a few rounds to fix your sights a
>> couple of clicks.. One would image they/d only get one chance to do it
>> as well. ;-P That's how I'd explain having to roll so many successes
>> to do it, anyway..
>
>True. Moving target= Harder to hit. I just keep thinking of those damn
>bobbing chickens on the firing range...
>
>
>--Jett
>
Bobbing chickens??? You should try sporting clays, trap, and/or skeet.


Ron

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