Thread: Target Shooting

at first i thought those were darts.

Some of you might like this,its a marksmanship training video for the M1 garand put out by the US army for WW2. Part one is missing, it dealt with sight picture, but the remaining information is pretty good.

Rifle Marksmanship with the M1 Rifle : U.S. War Department : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Why is it, I wonder, that every country has the opinion that their riflemen are the best in the world?!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Why is it, I wonder, that every country has the opinion that their riflemen are the best in the world?!


Mick

It would be a hella'va thing to tell them they were the worst, and then sent them off to combat...

Well, I wouldn't tell them that either, as it probably wouldn't be true (although it'd be interesting to know the answer to that, except of course if you were the worst riflemen in the world, in which case every man and his dog with a gun would be having a go at taking over your country) , but you could say something like, "Ya keep shootin' like that 'n' ya might as well just put the gun to yer own 'ead, save the enemy the waste of ammo!" That might inspire those riflemen that are lagging behind to smarten up. That or allocate them a desk and papers, or issue them with a dish-cloth, peeler and a sack of potatoes. I think Breaker Morant stated it well, just before the British murdered him via firing squad, he said, "Shoot straight you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!" Be a good creed for riflemen to follow I reckon, certainly a great slogan for a Range Instructor to shout at you on the firing range.


Mick

Or middle of the road...

"You are known as some of the most mediocre riflemen in the world. You hit your target some of the time, but miss it often, too. Everyone is kind of afraid of you, and they get more afraid if there are alot of you and not many of them. We will train you to keep up this proud tradition of occasionally making people nervous"

Originally Posted by nessmuck

must be getting boring shooting groups like that, now pick up a longbow and impress us ;-);-)

This post gave me the push into buying a new bow. Two days ago I bought a longbow. This is at 20 yds. As you can see my groups opened up a bit! I scored my first game today for a baseline and got a 137 out of a possible 300. Lots of room for improvement. I am going to use this bow for spring league.

Originally Posted by 32t

This post gave me the push into buying a new bow. Two days ago I bought a longbow. This is at 20 yds. As you can see my groups opened up a bit! I scored my first game today for a baseline and got a 137 out of a possible 300. Lots of room for improvement. I am going to use this bow for spring league.

Now were talking!!!! I am glad you took the challenge!!! Now the degree of difficulty is kicked up a notch. Glad you came to the otherside ;-)

what did you get for a longbow? Maker and weight? Cedar Arrows?

Originally Posted by nessmuck

what did you get for a longbow? Maker and weight? Cedar Arrows?

Nothing fancy! Manchester Solo, 40/68. Easton 1816 arrows with at the moment 90 grain tips. I gotta play with the arrows more. 1916's? Tip weight? LOL

Knock 9/16's up and 7 1/2" brace. Just learning this one!

Tim