Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Marines - Full Metal Jacket
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Oct 13 18:05:52 2006
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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!
>
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