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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (22302)	4/18/1999 2:54:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

I would also be interested in shooting for the same reasons. I don't equate it with hunting or aggression either. What is HCI? That is amazing accuracy. Really. My nerves or muscles or coordination wouldn't, well ~ I could "draw" let's say. Like Picasso. MJ knows I get annoyed when "trained markspeople" shoot "people" in the movies and miss all the time. Yah, right. So the sharpshooter in Private Ryan was realistic? Down the scope? And, by your omission, I take it it's hoo-wee doggies expensive. (But you're worth it. Honest.)

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (22302)	4/18/1999 3:22:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Accurate long range target shooting requires excellent physical conditioning and great physical control. At 500 and 600 years with iron sights, a perfect score (and almost all X's) is required to win. The heart rate must be controlled (some guys take beta-blockers now -- don't know if that's illegal), the blood pressure must be kept down. One must be prepared to wait for gusts of wind to pass. I remember a rifle I had that crept as it heated up so I would have to adjust my windage while I was shooting. Being on a Marine rifle team was the nearest thing to heaven I remember. They really valued us and treated us quite well. Even champions had to work their shift in the butts. Pulling targets up and down. The pro's brought cans of grease to make the work easier. A captain and a private might pull targets in perfect equality. You could hear the bullet crack the cloth on the target hypersonically. You knew where to look for the hole -- in the X ring usually. No Maggie's drawers for those guys -- ever.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (22302)	4/18/1999 7:09:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<Rifle is my current obsession. 100 yards to the target, and if the bullet holes are inside a one-inch circle you done good. I have a "benchrest" gun that should give me groups in the "twos and threes" (tenths of an inch, center to center, five shots) if I do my thing right. >> I built one of those puppies. Not a bench gun but a varmit gun. Mauser action, Douglas barrel. I made the stock. All free floating. 22-250, would make touching holes at 100 yards. I should get it out again.