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To: DoodleBob

I would much prefer someone trying to shoot me with a 2-3 second burst of automatic fire, then to hunt me down and fire off 30 precise shots as I try to escape or hide.


8 posted on 06/16/2024 7:08:12 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: LukeL

Bump stocks are inherently inaccurate. Fun for a plinking at the range but I wouldn’t have one. I’ve no use for it. With that said, they should be legal.


19 posted on 06/16/2024 7:27:22 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was drowning in self pity until I bathed in the refreshing Lake of Respect.)
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To: LukeL

Agreed, I have often argued that true full automatic fire is not only generally ineffective(except from dedicated automatic weapons like m-2s or 240s), but is a massive waste of ammo.

Well placed single shot rounds are far more effective. Ripping off automatic fire from an AK or M-16 would accomplish one thing, you would be out of ammo pretty quick, and your attackers would still be coming


64 posted on 06/17/2024 3:26:03 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: LukeL
I would much prefer someone trying to shoot me with a 2-3 second burst of automatic fire, then to hunt me down and fire off 30 precise shots as I try to escape or hide.

I concur. In the mid 1980s, I was in a billet that allowed me to fire full automatic M16s. After about a 100 rds per session, I would tire of shooting the M16, because the first round would go where I wanted it, but the rest went else where. Later, I read where the British determined that it took about 10,000 rds of dedicated training to become proficient in shooting the Sten submachineguns. As such they started making semiautomatic Stens.

82 posted on 06/17/2024 11:21:27 AM PDT by fini
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