| From: | David Hinkley <dhinkley@***.ORG> |
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| Subject: | Re: Sv: Recoil and Strength |
| Date: | Sat, 27 Dec 1997 16:53:42 +0000 |
> OT (On topic): My experience with RL guns comes from high-caliber
> assault rifles (that is 7.62 mm). We learn NOT to try and control
> the recoil, but to move with it instead. This way, when you fire
> your rifle, you are "kicked" half a meter backwards, but if you're
> in balance you automatically move back into the same firing position
> again, ready to fire the next shot a split-second later. Of course,
> this is experience from a shooting-range not in hectic combat...
>
I learned to fire a M-60 machine gun from the shoulder this way. Lean
forward before shooting, then roll back with the burst. If you keep
the burst in the three to five round range it works well, and is
suprisingly accurate at short to medium ranges. Mind you, I only
fired a M-60 on the range. I was in the Reserves before I was
assigned as the gunner on a M-60. Then only till the Battalion
Commander changed, the acting CO did not see the logic of a Captain
as machine gunner. But that is yet another story.
David Hinkley
dhinkley@***.org
