Posted on 07/30/2004 8:17:31 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Hitting what you aim at and killing it. Any problem with that?
Should be guerrilla war. The FR spell checker bit me on the butt. Well actually, I clicked the wrong alternative for a misspelling. :)
Make that 11,000 times, I thought the 45-70 shot was at 1 mile, rather than 2.
If you'll take a link to the "Here" link in post 244, you'll see that the government tried to make the "states rights" case, but the court wasn't having that, and did not even mention most of the governments arguments in it's very narrow decision.
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I searched but couldn't locate the governments arguments for the "states rights" position at your link.
Could you help me, and two of FR's foremost "rightist" defenders find it?
Our boyos cannot believe that CA is infringing in it's prohibition on 'assault weapons'.
Perhaps a Miller quote could help them see the light.
The judges in the SC that ruled on Miller had to be idiots, as the model 97 was used extensively in WWI in the trenches.
Ah, but that's only half of what they said. The other half (the important half) they stated:
"While the weapon may be capable of military use, or while at least familiarity with it might be regarded as of value in training a person to use a comparable weapon of military type and caliber, still there is no evidence that the appellant was or ever had been a member of any military organization or that his use of the weapon under the circumstances disclosed was in preparation for a military career."
The court is still tying the possession of the weapon to a militia-type activity while in possession in order to determine if there is second amendment protection.
No militia activity, no second amendment protection.
The Second ammendment has nothing to do with hunting or practical peacetime useage of weapons.
Besides a .50 Cal. BMG is there a smaller caliber that is accurate at 1000 yds?
Yes, the right of individuals to bear arms collectively in a militia for the security of a free state are protected from federal infringement.
The second amendment neither protects nor confers the right of individuals to bear arms outside of a militia. That protection comes from the state constitution.
It's popular mostly for competitive or just plain fun shooting - like tearing-up stuff like 55gal drums, old cars, etc. at long ranges, e.g., 1000 - 3000 yards.
Wellll....you're a different kind of "girlie", girlie!
Not one woman out of a thousand starts salivating when they hear that flat boom of the .50!
Thanks for the reminder of the water jacketed 50 cal. As soon as I started reading your post I remembered seeing this configuration on the early models. I think, and this goes back a long time, that they were/are on one of the battleship museums that my parents took me to when I was a kid.
The second phrase is not dependent on the first.
Ya-hoooooooooooooooooo! *Gun* threads rule, baby.
Savage is on a roll!
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Keep your eye about four inches from the scope. The rifle moves back a lot faster than your body can move.
Lean into the bipod for a stable position.
Don't try to muscle the rifle into position.
Get your sight picture, weld your face to the stock, relax, and close your eyes for at least ten seconds.
If you're still on target when you open your eyes, you've got good position.
As we get older our lungs don't transfer oxygen as well so your breathing habits change.
When you take that deep breath and let half of it out to hold your sight picture and squeeze the trigger, remember that your brain is going to be hollering for you to breathe much sooner than it used to.
The gun is a water cooled model.
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