"What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!" -- Gen. John Sedgwick, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 9,1864.
The weapon is unimportant. The position is unimportant. The ammo is unimportant. What is important is the ability of the shooter to make a shot like the one that made the above quote the last words of the highest ranking Union casualty of The War Between the States. American's have been making shots like those and using them to change the course of history at least since the days of Rogers Rangers. Ultimately what is important is the ability of the rifleman to use best position available to put a round on target with the rifle and ammo he has at the range where the target presents itself.
In certain circumstances it would be a valuable skill to be able to put 20 rounds into a man sized target at 500 meters in under a minute. That's not spray and pray, but an aimed shot every three seconds. A "Rifleman's cadence" at a "Rifleman's Quarter Mile. The days may be coming when you will find yourself in such circumstances. Whether you think you could pull it off or not, an Appleseed could prove it to you one way or the other and show you what you need to know to make it happen every time you might need it to happen.
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where can i get a 3' x 5' of that poster?..Better yet, where can I order 100 of them to paste around town like billboards?
We could go prone as well...
"What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance!" -- Gen. John Sedgwick, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, May 9,1864.
The weapon is unimportant. The position is unimportant. The ammo is unimportant. What is important is the ability of the shooter to make a shot like the one that made the above quote the last words of the highest ranking Union casualty of The War Between the States. American's have been making shots like those and using them to change the course of history at least since the days of Rogers Rangers. Ultimately what is important is the ability of the rifleman to use best position available to put a round on target with the rifle and ammo he has at the range where the target presents itself.
In certain circumstances it would be a valuable skill to be able to put 20 rounds into a man sized target at 500 meters in under a minute. That's not spray and pray, but an aimed shot every three seconds. A "Rifleman's cadence" at a "Rifleman's Quarter Mile. The days may be coming when you will find yourself in such circumstances. Whether you think you could pull it off or not, an Appleseed could prove it to you one way or the other and show you what you need to know to make it happen every time you might need it to happen.
But if I were you I wouldn't dawdle
Winter is coming.
I like the idea of going prostrate myself....so much easier to use bags and steady up.
From the way that guy is wearing his gear, looks like going Prone isn't much of an option. Just sayin'...
Bill and Domino
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Anon ...
I'm guessing that's an Oleg Volk photo.
He's a good guy..m. Email him and ask permission.
Don't rip him off.
"But if I were you I wouldn't dawdle
Winter is coming."
Amen.
There's another for prone position:
http://olegvolk.net/blog/2014/11/13/roll-over-and-submit-sure/
Oleg is a great guy, with excellent taste too, if you look at his blog...
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