Utah college kids get armed

[SteveBailey]

Originally posted by lazs2
  We also want to take care of ourselves without their help.. this is the individualism I spoke of.  


lazs

When Stacy was pregnant w/ our sextuplets, many people we encountered asked us about what free stuff we were getting, govt assistance, etc.    

Many of them were surprised that my answer was always something like: "No, we haven't received a dime.  These kids are our responsiblity and we will take care of them ourselves."

some people said I was foolish or an  "idiot" for not having my hand out.

*shrug*

[SIG220]

Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Why do you need a scope just to spray into a crowd?... Or are you contimplating a tower sniper spree?

You have totally misunderstood my post.   I would never personally own a Mini-14 rifle myself.   They are a piece of junk in my opinion.   I was simply pointing out the utter hypocrisy of the California gun ban law, which bans sales of the AR-15, yet allows the Mini-14 to still be sold in the state.

I mainly use my AR-15 assault rifles to make small furry animals explode.   When dealing with a large number of targets running around a field, having a semiautomatic weapon is a big advantage over a bolt action rifle.  I usually use a 20 round magazine when hunting, which holds 4 times the amount of shells that my bolt action varmint rifle can be loaded with.  The varmints are such small targets and are often shot at very long range.   So I have very extremely powerful telescopic sights on all my Varmint killers, as you can see here in this photo of my Colt AR-15:





That is way more scope power than what you saw on that Mini-14.  However, such high magnification is crucial to shooting accurately, especially once your eyes get older like mine now are.   I now need such magnification in order to shoot small groups.

Here is a 5 shot group done with the rifle, at 100 yards:





Sadly, I missed hitting the dime.  

[Elfie]

Sadly, I missed hitting the dime.

I once hit a thumbtack at 100 yards with a Ruger M77 chambered for the Remington 7MM Magnum cartridge. I admit there was some luck involved but the fact remains that I did hit it.

[SIG220]

Originally posted by Elfie
I once hit a thumbtack at 100 yards with a Ruger M77 chambered for the Remington 7MM Magnum cartridge. I admit there was some luck involved but the fact remains that I did hit it.

That is truly great shooting, especially with any type of hunting rifle like your Ruger.   You definitely should never sell that gun.

3 years ago I killed a real tiny fly that was landing on my target at the rifle range.   It was annoying the heck out of me, bothering me while I sighted in the rifle, a Stainless Savage Model 93 heavy barrel Varmint model in 17 HMR.  

Here is the target after the 17 caliber bullet hit the fly.   Note the splatter of fly guts, and the gooey remains at the top of the photo.





And here is a photo of the rifle, which I have since upgraded with a nice new custom stock from Savage Shooters Supply:

[SteveBailey]

Originally posted by Elfie
I once hit a thumbtack at 100 yards with a Ruger M77 chambered for the Remington 7MM Magnum cartridge. I admit there was some luck involved but the fact remains that I did hit it.

nice shot.  
My uncle did that to me when I was a kid.  He had a .22 pistol and we set up some targets for me to shoot about 30 feet away. He wanted to show me how it shot so he fired one round, dead center bullseye. He handed me the gun, said: "That's how you do it.", then went into the house.    I had a hard time  even hitting the  target that far off.


It was only years later he admitted it was total luck.  Of course I spent those years in total awe of his shooting prowess.