I got interested in it from watching Beavis and Butthead.
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I definitely will.
Remember these carefree times?
Yeah, my typing(horrible) got ahead of my thoughts.
It is a science. I actually asked to be replaced. Wasnāt confident enough in being able to remember the mathematics type stuff. And I prefer direct action and react teams.
Dune
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The theory and mathematics supporting the theory is nice to know.
Bottomline, is that the application of the theory is far more important.
āThose who can, do. Those who cannot, teach.ā And those of us that canāt do either post on forums.
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I was likely over thinking it. I taught marksmanship in the Marines, was top shot on the team, but definitely preferred the direct-action stuff. Snipers are used for surveillance, intel, and overwatch. Weāve had 1 sniper shot in department history taken by a teammate. Vaporized a guyās dome from about 75 feet.
Yeah! Iāve always been pretty handy with firearms but I know a few Recon & Seals that are really much better.
I know the math too, but I know a few scientists and engineers that are also much better.
So, yeah. Iāll just stick to the forums & whatnot.
I look at violence as a form of communication.
Different people just have different ways of delivering their message.
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I have Mercy and Grace tattooed on my hands to remind me violence isnāt always the answerā¦only mostly and I miss violence
Stared too long into that abyss
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Man looks in the abyss, thereās nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.
It was just a movie, but man I thought that was an awesome line.
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Thereās nothing like the hunting of man ā¦ especially ones that want to kill you
What film??
Wall Street, 1987.
add: but in my mind I always think of the Charlie Sheen character from Platoon, 1986
I love Platoon. Chris Taylor.
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Yes. And so 2.5 & even 1.5 MOA creates a fairly wide variable with a face as a target, and the extra 30 yards adds to the equation as the ālanding zoneā widens further with distance. The vast majority of shots wouldāve landed right in the face somewhere but there was enough tolerance variation to miss, which was the fortunate outcome.
And the MOA rating of a rifle is measured in the perfect scenario mentioned earlier. Controlled wind tunnels and stationary bench rests vs even slight variations from shooter and/or environmental error.
Sorry to bump a now dead horse but I just saw this post in the chain.
This is CNN. Washington Post has an article claiming 86 seconds elapsed after the gunman was first noticed by the public. Meanwhile, the people whose JOB it is to notice this shit didnāt??? This āindependentā investigation better have some real answers.
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Right wing meme culture is strong right now because it gets to parody reality, not imagined stereotypes.
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Holster Puzzle!
Sad but true.
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