03-15-2011, 12:41 PM
pappy42 Wrote:LR,
You could shoot an airsoft rifle and beat most of us. You know you could take that "service grade barrel", ect. and outshoot a lot of folks with the best rifle made.
When you find that rifle that controls it's own trigger, reads wind and mirage, and instinctively knows when to hold'em and when to run'em; please buy it for me because I sure could use one.
Pappy:
No, not that good and not getting much better.
Have seen way too many Soldiers blame themselves when the culprit is primarily a service grade (and normally trashed) carbine or A-2 firing 855 ball using dot sights or ACOGs that just don't work real well for the task.
No, they should'nt be issued a match grade carbine and ammo because that is the other extreme where they probably won't have the time, motivation, or ability to meet the mechanical potential of their gear. Would be a waste of money.
I guess it is a fine line between equipment and skill. Just that in more cases than otherwise, Joe could shoot his carbine or A-2 better than its mechanical potential (which is pretty poor by civilian standards) but they didn't know it. When that happens, not much you can do to convince him he is good. He has to see good and won't if his blaster / ammo combination shoots four or five minutes.
Got to go. If / when John and Bill set up a Training forum I can go into more detail. Right now I need to do some work with guys who are much better than their trashed A-2's.
LR1955