US Rifle M1, .30 Cal.

[MadRussian]

Benning, my old home
2 of my fine weapons

[Dr_Phibes]

Looks like the surplus shop from Pulp Fiction.

[MadRussian]

If you only knew, I used to have a FFL after I got out of teh military... just use your imagination :twisted:

[Dr_Phibes]

... just use your imagination :twisted:

Nah, the film painted a vivid enough picture.

[Dinsdale]

M16 (or the civilian AR-15). I bought one last year

Colt?

Quite cool.


Used to shoot a .223 bolt with a 26" stainless heavy fluted barrel.

At 100, Average Joe don't miss the bullseye too often.

Lotta velocity out of a long barrel bolt. .223 might not do much when it gets there... but boy, it gets there.


Nothing oozes style like a Garand... except maybe the Carbine.

[RadioFan]

Nothing oozes style like a Garand... except maybe the Carbine.

That's what she said in KC.

Sin,

M2

[Dinsdale]

I think there was a joke in there... but I'm too lazy to find it.

[RadioFan]

It was an uber-complex multiple slam, going way above those I mentioned, bro.

Shoot 'em up.

[smackaholic]

I don't know if I can see a 4 inch group at two hundred yards.

Rack your marksmanship.

The rifle is heavy, but fits a man's body so well you don't even notice it.

there's some quality homosmack in there somewhere. After another cup of joe, I might find it.

Rack the M1. Killer of countless hun bastards.

[socal]

88,

Come to Cali and bring your marksmanship skills to these target shooting dumbasses.

And perhaps some fire investigators.

Fire near Yosemite destroys 13 more homes
The Telegraph fire has now burned 29,600 acres and 25 homes in its path. Another 4,000 homes remain threatened.
By Ari B. Bloomekatz and Maria L. LaGanga
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers

7:38 AM PDT, July 29, 2008

MARIPOSA, Calif. — A growing blaze in the Yosemite area has destroyed an additional 13 homes, state fire officials said this morning.

The Telegraph fire, which began Friday when four residents went target shooting in the remote woods, has claimed 25 homes so far and burned 29,600 acres, fire officials said. About 4,000 homes are threatened -- double the number in danger over the weekend.

Officials on Monday declined to name the man who fired the shot believed to have sparked the blaze. But Sarah Gibson, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, said Monday that investigators had found that the shooter did not act negligently and that no charges had been filed.

The fire began at a high elevation, authorities said, and the most difficult part of fighting it has been the terrain, which has made it hard to bring resources and personnel to the rugged region west of Yosemite National Park.

"The Merced River Canyon is some of the steepest, nastiest terrain," said forestry department unit chief Mikel Martin on Monday. "I've been working this [area] for 36 years, and I haven't seen anything like this."

Martin said firefighters initially tried to airlift resources to parts of the fire, but there was too much smoke. Bulldozers were no help clearing the steep area. The command post is a three-hour drive from the northern reaches of the fire through winding mountain roads.

As a result, said forestry department Deputy Incident Cmdr. Kevin Smith on Monday, "the fire's been dictating what we do. Today, we're going to start to dictate to the fire what's going to occur."

Firefighters had gained ground Sunday, cutting fire lines to contain the flames, and hoped for a turning point Monday. But by late afternoon Monday, it was unclear how much progress had been made.

Temperatures topped 90 degrees and are expected to rise for the rest of the week, according to Accuweather.com meteorologists. Humidity levels are low, and winds of up to 35 mph are expected over the weekend.

The blaze is continuing to grow in all directions, said forestry department spokesman Kevin Colburn, although winds from the southwest are strongly pushing the northern edge of the fire.

One casualty of the fire was a major Pacific Gas & Electric transmission line, which brought power to 560 customers. At least half of them were in the Yosemite Valley area, including the famed parks and its hotels, stores and restaurants.

"There is no hard-wire power coming into Yosemite at the moment," Kenny Karst, spokesman for DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite, said Monday afternoon. "But the good news is virtually all of our lodging, dining and front-desk facilities are on generators."

The upshot: At the Yosemite Lodge at the Falls, the main buildings and dining areas had power, but most of the guest rooms did not. Lodge staff handed out scores of flashlights, and hot showers were available for no charge at nearby Curry Village.

At the historic Ahwahnee Hotel, the central building was on a generator, but the cottages were without power. Cottage renters were offered rooms in the hotel proper, and all who desired were relocated, Karst said.

"Yosemite Valley is approximately 30 miles east of the fire," he said. "There is some residual smoke that comes in and out depending on the wind patterns. By and large, we're seeing people coming in and keeping their reservations and enjoying their stay."

PG&E spokeswoman Nicole Tam said Monday that the utility had delivered a generator to the region and hoped to have it running by Monday evening, restoring power to the Yosemite Valley area and beyond.

But an additional 600 customers mostly in the Midpines area would remain without electricity Monday night, she said. PG&E had "de-energized" five sections of distribution lines "so firemen can use water and not be in harm's way. These are areas that were already evacuated as well."

Joshua Fritz, 31, was one of those evacuated. On Sunday, he grabbed his photo albums and gun collection and left his Mariposa home, piling into a nearby three-bedroom house with 10 other evacuees, two dogs and two cats.

On Monday, he got word that his refuge was on notice and that the group might have to move again.

Standing with his sister and her children, he watched helicopters drop water on heavily burning areas east of California 49.

"It's life in the country," he said, philosophical for now.

Fritz is a cook at the Happy Burger restaurant here, which has been packed with tourists, journalists, firefighters and locals. Thirty minutes after closing time Sunday night, 45 firefighters from San Francisco came knocking in search of food.

"About 15 chickens and 30 burgers," Fritz said, "and they're good to go."

[Dinsdale]

No. DPMS. http://www.dpmsinc.com/firearms/firearm.aspx?id=6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not familiar with that manufacturer.

But I will give the obligatory "If it's not an Armalite, it's not an 'AR' " bit, just to be a dick.

But the heavy stainless barrel should treat you pretty darn nice for target shooting, I'm sure.

It is very hard to compete against AR-15's using a Garand or an M1A (although the M1A absolutely kicks the AR-15's ass at 1,000 yards, so I am told). The longest distance in most matches is 600 yards, where the AR-15 is still superior.

I'm not sure if there's a better auto-loader target rifle available than the AR (and its clones).


Huuuge gun club down the road from me, although I haven't been in years. The 600 yard shooters pretty much use heavily modified 50 cals (depending on division, of course). WAY too expensive a hobby... especially for bench-rest shooting.

No one can see a 4" group at 200 yards with the naked eye. You basically fire all of your shots and then go down range and check out what you've done. If you're rich and stuff, you lean over and look at the holes as you put them in with your high powered spotting scope. I see dudes on the firing line with scopes that had to cost more than all of my rifles combined.

Back when I had a casual interest in rifle shooting, we'd bucky up the extra dough for those targets... can't remember what they're called to save my life... with the yellow plastic film that stretches and makes a yellow spot where you poked the paper. They can usually be seen with a good scope or binoculars up to about 200. Of course, being poor and cheap, we'd put a little tiny spot of electric tape over the yellow and use them as much as possible.


Cool hobby, one I think is very misunderstood by the masses. And unless you're doing the super-long distances like 600 or 1000, a .223 is such a good cost-æffective round to poke holes through paper... doesn't do the greatest job ventilating humans or animals, but it flies right through a piece of paper. Througha 26" barrel bolt action, I think the super-cheapo military surplus loads (I think those days are gone for awhile) were giving up about 3150FPS... which is plenty on a non-windy day.

[Loganfan]

RACK the Garand!!!! One of the finest rifles ever produced

[Rack Fu]

I have a Colt AR-15 (one of their 16" competition HBAR rifles) that was tricked up for tactical purposes by adding a collapsible VLTOR modstock, Rock River Dominator 2 mount, EOTech 552 holosight, and a Streamlight tactical flashlight.

[socal]

I have a Colt AR-15 (one of their 16" competition HBAR rifles) that was tricked up for tactical purposes by adding a collapsible VLTOR modstock, Rock River Dominator 2 mount, EOTech 552 holosight, and a Streamlight tactical flashlight.

How does it stand up to grass clippings?

[Grass Clippings]

$54K SUVs, Colt AR-15s...you can't fade me.

[Dinsdale]

Most people do not understand target shooting. No doubt. I enjoy the challenge and the competition. If you are a non-shooter, I'll tell you what it is like. If you've ever stood over a putt that you had to make in order to break 80 for the first time, then you know what it feels like every time you take a shot in a rifle match.

Never competed, just went to many practice sessions, myself.

But damn... one cup of coffee too many... you're done. Eat too much breakfast... you're done. You really get in tune with your body rifle shotting... which you, 88, obviously understand, but it's very difficult to explain.


Shoot-N-C... that's it.

Now I'm getting a jones on to go shooting... it's been a while.

One of my buddies, who has one hell of an impressive arsenal, has mentioned this tactical shooting he does. The gun club apparantly has one of the better setups going. He does a couple of events, one of them being Three Gun. Blast steel targets with a handgun, then whip out an AR for some more, then walk through the woods and blast some more with a shotgun... sounds pretty awesome. I'll have to check that out soon... sounds awfully Ramboish. Only drawback being there's too many dweeb cops doing it.

[Wolfman]

Sweet piece. I fired Expert with it. Nice picking off targets at 500 meters "off hand" ! Was able to field strip one in the dark. Being left-handed the plink-plink-plink-plink-plink-plink-plink-plink- KLUNK off my helmet was a bit annoying.
Always could tell a phony when they talked about a "clip" in say a .45 grease gun. The M-1 Garand used a real CLIP.
Heavy MoFo is right. And never--ever fire an anti-tank grenade from one off your shoulder. Someone told me about that.

[War Wagon]

Fort Benning, proudly served by Colombus, GA and Phenix City, AL

More payday loan stores and tattoo parlors per capita than any military shithole in the country, and humidity that makes you want to go commando.

Waay down yonder on the Chattahoochee...

The only place I've ever visted for any length of time that almost makes Beaumont, TX. seem livable.

[War Wagon]

You haven't seen very many military shitholes, have you?

Seen a bunch, actually, and Fort Benning trumps them all in spades.

Fort Leavenworth is a close 2nd, at least from what I've seen.

Honorable mention Wichita Falls, TX.

[Rack Fu]

Fort Benning, proudly served by Colombus, GA and Phenix City, AL

More payday loan stores and tattoo parlors per capita than any military shithole in the country, and humidity that makes you want to go commando.

Waay down yonder on the Chattahoochee...

The only place I've ever visted for any length of time that almost makes Beaumont, TX. seem livable.

Ever been to Fayetteville, NC?

[War Wagon]

No, I haven't. Am I missing anything? Do tell.

[Rack Fu]

No, I haven't. Am I missing anything? Do tell.

I don't think you're missing anything seeing as it's a complete shithole of a place, especially the surrounding area near Ft. Bragg.

I can't say that I've been to Benning but my brother did basic and jump at Benning, then later spent many years at Bragg and he said Fayettville was much worse. I respect his opinion.

Of course, there are real nice places to live that are near Bragg... like Southern Pines (where he lived).

[Goober McTuber]

Beautiful day on the range. Must also have been a beautiful day on Lake Erie because we had to stand down about 5 times due to morons in the impact zone. They must find all that splashing interesting.

The backstop to the range is....Lake Erie?!? City, county and state law enforcement share a range here and they built a giant berm around it.

[PSUFAN]

Just drove down 90 yesterday, the Lake looks fine - looks great, actually.

Grass clippings is one tough mofo.

[smackaholic]

Just got back from Camp Perry. Another "close, but no cigar" year. I now own another silver medal to go with the two other silver medals and one bronze medal I already owned. I got two 6's offhand, which killed me. They needed to be 9's. Damn.

Beautiful day on the range. Must also have been a beautiful day on Lake Erie because we had to stand down about 5 times due to morons in the impact zone. They must find all that splashing interesting.

I bumped into Gunnery Sgt. R. Lee Ermey on the range today. A lot of Hooah and Semper Fi. Also met the legend, Gary Anderson. Did not see Wayne LaPierre or anyone else from NRA. They are only interested in money and being involved in policy. They could give a rat's ass about competitive shooting.

how many watermelons suffered the wrath of the gunney?