Posted on 10/04/2002 7:21:58 PM PDT by newsperson999
A shell was found near that shooting this afternoon in VA that was found to be a 223 cal fired from a high powered rifle..also test confirm that the man that died in DC last night also died from the same type of ammo..
But that's one characteristic that makes the .223 unsuitable for anything much bigger than a varmint (spoils too much meat). Other than fine-tuning the custom stuff for prairie dogs and (alternatively) blasting away at tin cans, there are better calibers on the market (actually there are better calibers for varminting). That's another reason why this perp is not a reloader or a sport shooter, I think he just used the most available small military caliber.
Of course, they're displaying any rifle they can find that chambers a .223...gotta demonize those black guns and "sniper rifles"...and anyone that owns one.
That may be a second purpose for the box on the back of the truck; I haven't heard any reports of anyone hearing shots being fired. That box may be serving as a live-in suppressor/brass catcher. There is nothing to tie the discovered brass to these shootings. Could even have been fired from a different rifle and tossed as a red herring.
At the last gunshow that I attended, a vendor was advertising his stunguns as defense against muggers, dogs and bears. I asked if he had any photos of the guy that tried that with a bear...he didn't. :)
So why do you think the shooters are cheapskates? If they do turn out to be IslamaNazies, they have all the Saudi and Iraqi oil money they need. I'd think they'd have the best heavy barrel bolt action they can afford. If they planned to shoot from various vehicles, not just the truck, they might have more than one gun, or might choose one of the handguns chambered for .223 just to have the flexibility. Even in a car, the handgun would be easier to conceal, on the floorboard covered by a blanket or some papers for example, than a rifle.
That's OK, just so long as you don't want to use the power of the State to prevent the rest of use from doing so. I don't much care for small furry creatures myself, for eating I mean. I prefer the feathered ones, and have never hunted the larger furry creatures, nor do I have any particular desire to.
Give me a nice whitetail deer any day of the week.
Well tree rat is not bad (ask my dog!, but I've had it too) Bunny isn't too bad either, but as I said, I prefer pheasant, quail and such. Never had, that I recall, wild turkey, duck or goose, but I imagine, depending on what they've been eating, that they are pretty good. Bison is good, but I'd hate to have to clean and haul one of those myself. The Indians had a whole party to help with that, as well killing the thing in the first place. (I think they made the women do the worst of it, fat chance on getting Mrs. Gato, PhD, to do that!, although she would cook it, since she likes it too.)
The Spec ops, or even AF Survival Instructor types, would feed you the eyeballs. good source of salt I'm told.
I agree, that's the big question here....
M16 or AR15. Army weapon. Been around since late 1960s. Used extensively in Viet Nam. You see our military guys carryinf them in today's airports. They're probably without ammo though.
Yes, but it is light, accurate, and high firing rate. Does a good job of killing people.
If they were series, I'd be on a Wanted Poster in the post office. That reminds me, I have a really cool jpeg from a 1950s ad that I'd like to get on this thread. It's on my C: drive though. And I don't know how to get it up on this site.
As to your point... yeah, they could wallpaper the entire nation with the new wanted posters. Greta needs a good slap upside her head. Maybe it'd straighten out her mouth, eh? ;-)
Well tree rat is not bad (ask my dog!, but I've had it too) Bunny isn't too bad either, but as I said, I prefer pheasant, quail and such.
When I was young we used to mow through squirrels during their season. Squirrel and dumplings Mmm Mmm... Our dachshund got ahold of some one night though and turned out to be allergic to it, swelled up like a ballon.
One of the funniest things I saw at the grandparents (moms side) was my Grandpap searching through the freezer one day.
Mom walks in and asks what he's looking for.
Grandpap: "Couple a squirrel heads I had in here..."
Mom: "Oh, I threw then out, what were you keeping them for?"
Grandpap : "(muttering) Good gracious, whats the world coming to, woman throws out perfectly good squirrel heads..." "I was gonna EAT them, they were a TREAT!"
needless to say, I've eaten quite a few critters, I'm definitly a PETA member...
People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
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