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Shooter of Congressional Republicans rifle already being called "high-powered."
Fox News | 14 June 2017 | Ralph W. Davis

Posted on 06/14/2017 2:25:02 PM PDT by AnalogReigns

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To: Spktyr

Are you suggesting there is a difference between a sight and a scope? /sarc


121 posted on 06/14/2017 4:06:00 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there")
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To: Paladin2

All you can get your hands on.


122 posted on 06/14/2017 4:07:54 PM PDT by RipSawyer (Racism is racism regardless of the race of the racist)
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To: \/\/ayne
I certainly think of 7.62 X 39 as high powered...

Not really, intermediate. Not for elk and such.

.308/.270/30-06 etc are high powered rounds.

123 posted on 06/14/2017 4:08:49 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Sopater

I have a .223 pistol and a 30-30 pistol that I load myself. The 30-30 is hot and I use spire point bullets for my TC Contender. I also have a 35 Remington barrel but just use store bought ammo so far. I’m not sure if my .44 magnum with 200 gn HP loaded hot reaches rifle velocity in a 14 inch barrel, but the difference can’t be more than a couple hundred feet per second. A 30-30 rifle with a 150 grn goes maybe 2200-2300 ft per second. My M1 Garand using 30-06 is what I would call high power. My M1A at .308 would also qualify. 762x 39 is very close to the 30-30.


124 posted on 06/14/2017 4:13:23 PM PDT by chuckles
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To: Paladin2; Travis McGee

125 posted on 06/14/2017 4:16:01 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Hack-proof tagline.)
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To: kjam22

If one of you actually has one of these and is counting on it, do not put on a scope. The scope mounts on a piece that is not barrel or action but a piece that moves every time it is fired. Much, much more accurate without a scope.


126 posted on 06/14/2017 4:16:41 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Rebelbase

Prophetical.


127 posted on 06/14/2017 4:16:48 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: reg45
SKS: A semi-automatic version of the AK-47.

Not at all.

128 posted on 06/14/2017 4:21:14 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: AnalogReigns

Calling it high-powered might be a stretch but it is not grossly inaccurate, either. The rifle was certainly lethal enough if the shooter had been up to the task.


129 posted on 06/14/2017 4:25:01 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: AnalogReigns

I read he had an M4 Rifle.

I assumed it was a Ruger shooting .556 Ammo. You can’t even Legally use them to hunt Deer in some States if I recall correctly.

Well, that will teach me not to assume the Media knows WTH they are talking about. Yes, I’m being facetious...


130 posted on 06/14/2017 4:25:51 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: Paladin2

A High Powered Assault Rifle is the currently acceptable term for a long gunthat, for the time being, shoots more than one round withut physically reloading. The progress of redefinition indicates that a a HPAR will soon be a long gun that isn’t loaded through the muzzle. A later definition will be expanded to include any firearm over 12 inches long with crossbows starting to appear in the usage.


131 posted on 06/14/2017 4:25:51 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: kjam22
"I have an SKS I’ve owned for about 25 years. Mine shoots really good."

I think you were lucky drawing a good one. Back in the late '80s a gun shop near me had a sale on Chinese SKSs. They kept a barrel of them out on the floor and let them go for $60 a pop, complete with bayonet. I would look them over carefully and choose the best one I could find. Still, I wound up buying four of them before I got one that could shoot straight. Some of the others were astonishingly inaccurate. The one I kept is a good rifle and very well balanced. I doubt that many people have the time or opportunity to search for a good one as I did, so there are probably a lot of duds out there.

132 posted on 06/14/2017 4:26:53 PM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: ChildOfThe60s
Are you suggesting there is a difference between a sight and a scope?

Hoo boy, that's embarrassing.

133 posted on 06/14/2017 4:27:26 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Paladin2

My definition of high powered depends on whether I am the shooter or the target


134 posted on 06/14/2017 4:27:52 PM PDT by csmusaret (Will remove Obama-Biden bumperstickers for $10)
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To: chuckles
The 30-30 is hot and I use spire point bullets for my TC Contender.

What charge do you like? I can't get good groups really, and it burns a lot of powder out the barrel. I just want a .44 barrel I think.

135 posted on 06/14/2017 4:30:54 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: al baby

barrels of monkeys are illegal in my state, but not BMG 50’s


136 posted on 06/14/2017 4:32:25 PM PDT by Figment
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To: PUGACHEV

Rats, I gave $45 to much!


137 posted on 06/14/2017 4:34:08 PM PDT by kjam22 (America need forgiveness from God)
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To: bigbob

I saw that interview...the kid was very sharp


138 posted on 06/14/2017 4:39:21 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: AnalogReigns

I doubt very seriously it was a SKS. I don’t know where you saw/heard that, but he would have to have been reloading with stripper clips if he was using a SKS


139 posted on 06/14/2017 4:47:16 PM PDT by LSUfan
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To: AnalogReigns
As I said in the original post, this is what Fox News is saying now. SKS’ also take long banana magazines.

Sigh. They give such useless information. My Remington 597 (a .22lr rifle) has 30rd banana mags. Maybe that's what he was using?
140 posted on 06/14/2017 5:01:17 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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