The Gun & Weapon Enthusiasts Thread
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This is a rifle I no longer own. It is a heavily modified Mosin-Nagant 91/30. This particular rifle was manufactured in 1938 and had been in storage ever since. It was never issued.
This rifle, after the mods, was accurate enough that I passed the milk jug challenge at a rifle range back in my home state of Wyoming. Gallon milk jug at 1000 yards. Took me two shots. I sold the rifle to a guy at the range that very day.
This rifle, after the mods, was accurate enough that I passed the milk jug challenge at a rifle range back in my home state of Wyoming. Gallon milk jug at 1000 yards. Took me two shots. I sold the rifle to a guy at the range that very day.
I like air pistols, they make holes in paper, do not hurt people and take as much
skill as a high powered rifle designed to kill at over a mile.
I have no intention of killing anyone.
An air rifle seemed pointless, too much power.
I have shot .22 rifles, but when it came down to heart beats and shaking,
timing when to shoot on my biology, I began to wonder why I was even
bothering.
I have wondered at the subconscious desire to blow people away, and
suppressed aggression, which has been shown in some guys who blow away
school mates etc. but hey, climbing, running, cycling seem such more better
pursuits, so I stopped shooting a long time ago.....
skill as a high powered rifle designed to kill at over a mile.
I have no intention of killing anyone.
An air rifle seemed pointless, too much power.
I have shot .22 rifles, but when it came down to heart beats and shaking,
timing when to shoot on my biology, I began to wonder why I was even
bothering.
I have wondered at the subconscious desire to blow people away, and
suppressed aggression, which has been shown in some guys who blow away
school mates etc. but hey, climbing, running, cycling seem such more better
pursuits, so I stopped shooting a long time ago.....
Now, see.... you did pretty well until you said the rifle was designed to "KILL" at over a mile. That would be like my saying that your air pistol was designed to shoot someone's eye out at 25 feet..... that is NOT what it was designed to do. Will it do it? Of course, but that is not the intended purpose of the design.
There are many rifles that are designed to punch holes in paper at long distances. Heck, the newer bolt action and autoloading rifles chambered for the .50 BMG cartridge were not designed for killing people. The .50 BMG was designed to be an anti-materiel cartridge... for shooting mechanical things (like trucks and airplanes) to make them not work any more.
Not every firearm is designed to kill people.
And, saying that people (young guys) have a subconscious desire to blow people away is fairly prejudicial, don't you think? I certainly have no desire to do that, nor did I have that desire when I was younger.
Young men did not shoot up schools until recent history.... co-incidentally in the same era as violent video games realistically enacting shooting people, and the prevalent use of psycho-tropic, mood/personality-changing prescription drugs.
If you do a modicum of research, I believe you will find that EVERY one of the school shooters was either on, or recently discontinued the use of one of those types of drugs.
There are many rifles that are designed to punch holes in paper at long distances. Heck, the newer bolt action and autoloading rifles chambered for the .50 BMG cartridge were not designed for killing people. The .50 BMG was designed to be an anti-materiel cartridge... for shooting mechanical things (like trucks and airplanes) to make them not work any more.
Not every firearm is designed to kill people.
And, saying that people (young guys) have a subconscious desire to blow people away is fairly prejudicial, don't you think? I certainly have no desire to do that, nor did I have that desire when I was younger.
Young men did not shoot up schools until recent history.... co-incidentally in the same era as violent video games realistically enacting shooting people, and the prevalent use of psycho-tropic, mood/personality-changing prescription drugs.
If you do a modicum of research, I believe you will find that EVERY one of the school shooters was either on, or recently discontinued the use of one of those types of drugs.
