Posted on 06/17/2004 10:43:33 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
CHARLESTON (AP) -- Hundreds of machine gun owners plan to meet at a remote, abandoned strip-mine site near Shinnston this weekend to shoot their weapons.
''We call it 'Thunder in the Hills,' '' said Frank Watson, the event's promoter. ''Basically, it's a chance for machine gun owners to spend three days shooting lead and shooting the bull.''
Billed as a ''shoot and show,'' the event is open to owners of all types of automatic firearms. Military buffs will get a chance to see everything from the British-made Lewis gun of World War I to the M-60 now used by the U.S. military.
''We'll be shooting up some old appliances, and we'll have some exploding targets. Anything to make things interesting for the shooters and the spectators,'' Watson said.
Several participants plan to bring modern ''miniguns'' to the event. The electrically powered weapons can spit up to 6,000 rounds a minute from their rotating barrels. At night, with tracer ammunition, the stream of fire resembles a laser beam.
Spectators will be able to rent machine guns and purchase ammunition.
Videos from last year http://www.p3llc.com/ThunderInTheHills.html (not the fastest downloads)
Some people really must hate strip mining.
WV's own KCR!
How many liberals will show up there?
I'm guessing negtive numbers.
How about a Volvo with a Earth First sticker?
How can they do this? Don't they know that strip mines are an endangered species?
While we are at it we must organize to save the skeet from the skeet shooters!
gawd, that looks like fun.....dynamite on sticks are a challenging and fun target...the results of good shooting are so satisfactory.
They are going to be converting this strip mine into a lead mine in a few years time...
I'm guessing there won't be too many crimes committed on unarmed citizen's there. I think there is a lesson to learn here.
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