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Miss America 1962 with an AR-15
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Posted on 12/22/2019 8:06:39 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

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To: Red in Blue PA
Maria Fletcher, Miss North Carolina 1961 and Miss America 1962. Her appearance on "What's My Line" as the mystery guest the day after her Miss America win in September 1961. The segment begins at 16:04 --

https://youtu.be/Nk2z1a9uAWw

The host John Daly incorrectly calls her Miss America 1961, instead on 1962. He did the same thing the next year with Miss America 1963, Jacquelyn Mayer. Odd, given that Daly often was one of the Miss America pageant judges.

21 posted on 12/22/2019 9:01:51 AM PST by twister881 (Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself)
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To: Red in Blue PA

...the right to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.


22 posted on 12/22/2019 9:02:01 AM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Bruiser 10
No more chicken wing. Now we are instructed to relax elbow and tuck it in. Helps for easier aiming in tight quarters and allows longer aim times before becoming shaky.

Shotgunning at skeet, trap and hunting is different. You want the chicken wing and tight shoulder muscles to allow better tracking.

23 posted on 12/22/2019 9:04:09 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: eartick

Yeah, I was commenting in a time-frame sense.

That was the old, classic, hold.

Those were the days.


24 posted on 12/22/2019 9:12:57 AM PST by Bruiser 10 (Roger, Wilco, Over, and Out!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

And some women were very pointy.


25 posted on 12/22/2019 9:19:48 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the disco)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yeah. Early. No ‘forward assist’

Still like garands better. wouldn’t want to lug my Garand into battle at my age though. For real close range I don’t mind slinging my M1 Carbine. Dad slung his At Guadalcanal

All lost (sigh) when the canoe flipped


26 posted on 12/22/2019 9:25:56 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: NativeSon

Pointy is right. You could hand clothes hangers on the bras from the past.


27 posted on 12/22/2019 9:26:45 AM PST by peggybac (Government is about force. It always has been about force.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

100%


28 posted on 12/22/2019 9:28:20 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

If that picture were 2019 instead of 1962, one might expect it not to be America, and her name to be ‘Fatima’ or ‘Aisha’. (Mind you, there is no bomb vest.)

Times have changed but not for the better.


29 posted on 12/22/2019 9:29:59 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: 1FreeAmerican
Thats the way it was done back in the day.

Not tacticool but very stable and effective if you have to do off hand.

The no chicken wing shooting style taught these days by tactical gurus is sound from a profile minimization aspect and fits in well with a light weight, compact rifle assault rifle shooting low impulse round like 5.56 or 5.45 with modern optics and using modern military shooting style.

On the other hand, the good old chicken wing is not so stupid if you need to shoot a bunch of 7.62 NATO after humping a heavy, full size MBR like a FN FAL or M14 for better part of a day in bad conditions

Times change and styles change.

What really matters is hitting what you aim at.

But then again, Ive only recently moved away from iron sights so I’m kind of old school, or maybe just plain old

Cant recall anyone getting shot in the elbow but Im sure its happened

30 posted on 12/22/2019 9:30:05 AM PST by rdcbn ( Referentia)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Ack when winning the title of Miss America meant that you had class, beauty, and a lick of sense.


31 posted on 12/22/2019 9:51:02 AM PST by gop4lyf (Gay marriage is neither. Democrats are the party of sore losers and pedophiles.)
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To: peggybac
The profile reminds me of the ships from the old Flash Gordon series.
32 posted on 12/22/2019 9:53:15 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the disco)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Nice “C” trigger finger. Both eyes open. Could probably get her cheek weld closer, though. Otherwise she looks like she knows what she’s doing.


33 posted on 12/22/2019 10:13:27 AM PST by ebshumidors
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To: Red in Blue PA

Tell it to the Virginians.


34 posted on 12/22/2019 11:31:07 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Bruiser 10

Or from NRA instructors. Or her Dad, who had military experience. Remember in ‘62, no one had military experience, or much other type, with the AR-15 platform.


35 posted on 12/22/2019 12:30:22 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Nor will it open for me.


36 posted on 12/22/2019 12:35:03 PM PST by Robert357
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To: Bruiser 10

or, her father...


37 posted on 12/22/2019 12:37:44 PM PST by exnavy (american by birth and choice, I love this country!)
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To: rdcbn

“On the other hand, the good old chicken wing is not so stupid if you need to shoot a bunch of 7.62 NATO after humping a heavy, full size MBR like a FN FAL or M14 for better part of a day in bad conditions”

For offhand target shooting I find the chicken wing more stable than the elbow down position.


38 posted on 12/22/2019 1:27:37 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Presidents can now be impeached for high crimes, misdemeanors or because DemocRATS hate them.)
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To: mad_as_he$$
From your link...

Fletcher with a bundle of ARs....


39 posted on 12/22/2019 1:33:07 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Bruiser 10

Or maybe some older brothers....


40 posted on 12/23/2019 3:14:27 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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