Posted on 03/14/2015 12:22:59 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
That’s pretty much a wild-assed guess. The author doesn’t even know if it was a .22, let alone the make and model.
Bartender, cut Dean Weingarten off please.
Go home Dean, you’re drunk.
There is a Browning Auto-5 and a Polish Mauser (?) in that truck, along with the Glenfields and muzzle-loaders. A couple of idiots threw away hundreds of bucks.
Every squirrel hunter in Missouri owns one- it used to be a typical young boy’s first firearm, and you can get to be an excellent marksman hunting squirrel.
I’m pretty sure many of the police officers know whether it was a 22LR or a more powerful centerfire rifle round just by the sound.
I have a few 22s (pistols and rifles). I also have a 22 magnum PMR 30. When I’m on the range with it, other shooters lean over to look at what in the heck is making that godawful noise. It’s probably louder than my 1911s or similar. A very large bark.
No, not really I guess. But one of my first thoughts was of the bullet hitting the officer in the face and getting lodged somewhere in his head behind the ear.....I was thinking a 22 there.
Nope, grew up with a bolt action then a lever action Win 9422.
Could not afford the ammo or missing multiple times.
125 yards with a 22 is a nice shot on a still day. If any wind at all you would have to play the Kentucky windage on the shot.
+1
“””Im pretty sure many of the police officers know whether it was a 22LR or a more powerful centerfire rifle round just by the sound.”””
Do cops go through some special “round recognition” training?
Anyone who spends a bit of time around weapons being fired picks up on things that the average person generally wont'. Extra sensitivity is true of any type profession or hobby which entails a lot of familiarity with things - when I was a machinist, I could gauge small items down to a few thousandths by eye and feel.
I agree. I can look at a 1/4 - 20 bolt and tell what it is. But. Cops don't spend any more time on a range than most gun owners. They're not around weapons firing all day like you and I are around bolts.
The idea that cops are somehow able to pick out a weapon from its report over 100 yards away is absurd.
Why the ATF Didnt Outlaw Your Ammunition This Week
Posted on March 14, 2015 by Rob Morse
http://www.ammoland.com
"So who stopped the ATF ammunition grab? We did!
The ammunition ban isnt over. The ATF will wait until a cop is shot with a rifle.. even if they have to sell rifles to criminals across the country. Then the ATF will return to the main stream media with fresh talking points in hand and propose an ammunition ban. You can count on it."
I listened to the shots being fire on the video that is out there.
Having heard hundreds of thousands of shots from different firearms being fired, having fired a hundred thousand plus rounds myself.
I believe it was a 22 rim fired but then the recording on a I phone can be miss leading.
I agree, .22LR from a semi-auto rifle.
If it was a .223, we’d be talking about police funerals.
They found the brass, I heard that the first night. They are just not telling us. My bet is .22LR.
I don't agree. With a 22 that is pretty good shooting. Darn good shooting without a scope. Factor in elevation, wind and lighting and someone would have to have experience as well as preplanned sighting in which took into account any elevation.
If it was a 22, it wasn't just some dickhead who grabbed a gun and did it on impulse.
I have read very little about the incident, so I am just shooting off my mouth with nothing to go on....like Dean. His guessing the make of the gun really makes the piece goofy.
They aren't discussing the murdered Iraqi at all.
I seriously doubt that the cops spend any more time on a rifle range than is minimally required.
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