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Chump City: A somewhat light-hearted commentary on the foolishness of
San Francisco voters in approving a local handgun ban. ( Not mentioned
is that former San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein is one of the few
private citizens in recent history to have been issued a permit to carry
a handgun in that venue nor that San Francisco PD officers have been
known to tell holders of statewide California CWP's that their permits
are not valid in San Francisco.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=4980
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Interesting Discussion: A fairly insightful group of people discuss the
advantages of repeating "basic" handgun courses. (One of the reasons
that I keep my courses fees so low is to encourage return patronage for
periodic review.)
http://www.stoppingpower.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10098
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If You Must Travel Abroad: Bruce Mandelblit shares some advice from the
Department of State. I see this as a complement to some earlier advice
shared by John Farnam, not as an alternative.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/11/11/145826.shtml
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From John Farnam:
(John starts out with a reference to a hunting trip with a
military-style rifle, which I did not consider worth sharing last week.
As to his comments on a military rifle, I find them reminiscent of
Kikhail Kalashnikov's philosophy.)
10 Nov 05
On this 230th Anniversary of the beginning of the USMC at Tun Tavern, I
need to comment on rifle accuracy:
Several have suggested that, at 40m in range, I should have taken a head
shot on that pig. Well, "A man has to know his limitations," and, at
least with iron sights, I'm not good enough to consistently make that
kind of shot on an animated target. Who can do it consistently is a
better man than I!
Many, both shooters and manufacturers, just can't wait to turn utility,
military, fighting rifles into sniper rifles. Anal accuracy is the only
thing, it seems, anyone wants to talk about. I, for one, disagree! A
good, utility, military rifle must be loose enough to continue to
function reliably, despite severe conditions, dirty ammunition, heavy
use, and continuous lack of maintenance. Skintight guns, with tight,
SAAMI chambers, are not up to the task. Their users may gloat at small
groups now, but, when put to serious use over extended periods, their
hapless owners will not live through it. They will die miserably, with
a seized rifle in their trembling hands, desperately trying to get it
running!
A good, urban, fighting rifle needs a NATO chamber (plenty of freebore),
and tolerances on the entire gun need to be deliberately loose, SO THAT
MOVING PARTS HAVE ROOM TO MOVE, even when mixed in with grit and dirt!
When the AR-15 was first introduced into military service, parts were so
tight-fitting that the rifle was billed as "self-cleaning." From
painful, personal experience I can tell you what a crock that was!
In any event, I consider acceptable accuracy for a personal, fighting
rifle, a "car-gun," to be four inches at 100m. That is plenty accurate
enough for nearly any legitimate purpose one could imagine, and the
rifle will keep going as long as its owner will. Snipers have an
entirely different challenge and need different equipment. A sniper
rifle and a utility, fighting rifle cannot successfully be combined into
the same piece of equipment, although I know it has been tried.
One more note, from an experienced PH with whom I've worked many times:
When contemplating a shot, on an animal or a person, IT IS MORE
IMPORTANT TO VISUALIZE WHERE THE BULLET WILL COME OUT THAN WHERE IT WILL
GO IN. We like to talk a lot about "shot placement," but we practice
too much on stationary, frontal silhouettes that are nice enough to
stand there, motionless, until it is convenient for us to shoot at
them. In the field, all targets are animated to one degree or another,
windows of opportunity come and go quickly, and target presentation is
seldom flat, frontal. We need to be skillful at calculating the part of
the anatomy the bullet will penetrate on its journey THROUGH the
target. Sometimes, target presentation is such that hitting the normal
impact point actually constitutes a poor shot, as the bullet
subsequently fails to pass through anything vital.
After impact, not all bullets follow a straight path, but adequate
destruction of vital tissues must always be our goal. This is the main
reason I like bullets that do not fragment and break apart. Judging
where to strike the target is a foursquare decision when one can depend
upon the bullet staying in one piece after impact.
World history, as well as recent geophysical events, has taught us that
we live on a piteously indifferent planet. Do not look to your opponent
for mercy. Do not look to fate for "understanding." Be ready to take
care of yourself!
/John
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