Controlling firearms

[Adios]

well, having fired one on numerous with a great deal of accuracy, i will disagree.

So by disagreeing you are saying it's hard or easy?

With a knowledge of firearms it seemed to come very easy.

[Nawaxo]

well, having fired one on numerous with a great deal of accuracy, i will disagree.

So by disagreeing you are saying it's hard or easy?

With a knowledge of firearms it seemed to come very easy.

That would still not allow you to fight a coordinated group of soldier. Training goes beyond operating a firearm, and for how much experience of any kind a civilian may have I doubt there isn't someone in the military focused only on the improvement of its soldier's effectiveness in such conditions. It's just that military "technology" (and I don't mean just firearms) went much further away from what a common man with a weapon could do since the war of indipendence.

[the last yatto]

its really not the firing part that's hard, does an ak even have a safety?

Its keeping on target

[Adios]

its really not the firing part that's hard, does an ak even have a safety?

Its keeping on target

Yes it has a safety. And keeping it on target relies on the knowledge that in fully automatic mode the weapon is going to want to walk skyward. 3 round bursts make it much more easy to control.

[Adios]

well, having fired one on numerous with a great deal of accuracy, i will disagree.

So by disagreeing you are saying it's hard or easy?

With a knowledge of firearms it seemed to come very easy.

I may not be being totally honest here. When I was 17 I was in the army and our weapon was the M-16. But it was decades later that I shot an AK-47.

[Nawaxo]

well, having fired one on numerous with a great deal of accuracy, i will disagree.

So by disagreeing you are saying it's hard or easy?

With a knowledge of firearms it seemed to come very easy.

I may not be being totally honest here. When I was 17 I was in the army and our weapon was the M-16. But it was decades later that I shot an AK-47.

Well, that does make a difference!

[Doktor Howl]

its really not the firing part that's hard, does an ak even have a safety?

Its keeping on target

Yes, an AK47 has a safety.  And if you fire full auto, you aren't going to hit a damn thing.

[Doktor Howl]

well, having fired one on numerous with a great deal of accuracy, i will disagree.

So by disagreeing you are saying it's hard or easy?

With a knowledge of firearms it seemed to come very easy.

That would still not allow you to fight a coordinated group of soldier. Training goes beyond operating a firearm, and for how much experience of any kind a civilian may have I doubt there isn't someone in the military focused only on the improvement of its soldier's effectiveness in such conditions. It's just that military "technology" (and I don't mean just firearms) went much further away from what a common man with a weapon could do since the war of indipendence.

This is why we won Afghanistan, right?   

But what do I know?  I only served 10 years in the infantry, which must mean I have a HUGE Freudian complex, right?

You're a fucking joke.  Your earlier comment makes you no different than Bill O'Reilly or any of the other American right wing nutjob gasbags that try to tell Europeans how to live.

[Adios]

its really not the firing part that's hard, does an ak even have a safety?

Its keeping on target

Yes, an AK47 has a safety.  And if you fire full auto, you aren't going to hit a damn thing.

Puts an entire new spin on 'Controlling Firearms', doesn't it? 

[Doktor Howl]

its really not the firing part that's hard, does an ak even have a safety?

Its keeping on target

Yes, an AK47 has a safety.  And if you fire full auto, you aren't going to hit a damn thing.

Puts an entire new spin on 'Controlling Firearms', doesn't it? 

Funniest part:  Nowaxo is an Italian, trying to explain warfare. 

On the other hand, he's probably dropped a few rifles in his day.

[Adios]

its really not the firing part that's hard, does an ak even have a safety?

Its keeping on target

Yes, an AK47 has a safety.  And if you fire full auto, you aren't going to hit a damn thing.

Puts an entire new spin on 'Controlling Firearms', doesn't it? 

Funniest part:  Nowaxo is an Italian, trying to explain warfare. 

On the other hand, he's probably dropped a few rifles in his day.

Well, hell, you can't run correctly and carry a rifle at the same time!

[Aucoq]

its really not the firing part that's hard, does an ak even have a safety?

Its keeping on target

Yes, an AK47 has a safety.  And if you fire full auto, you aren't going to hit a damn thing.

Puts an entire new spin on 'Controlling Firearms', doesn't it? 

Funniest part:  Nowaxo is an Italian, trying to explain warfare. 

On the other hand, he's probably dropped a few rifles in his day.

Well, hell, you can't run correctly and carry a rifle at the same time!

[Don Coyote]

With a knowledge of firearms it seemed to come very easy.

That was my point. An m-16 is fairly user friendly. I've never fired an AK, but I have fired an SKS, and a my share of sporting rifles and shot guns. Not a good shot, but that's cuz I can't see much clearly past 250m for a point target.

Well, hell, you can't run correctly and carry a rifle at the same time!

Cuz it's so big and heavy.

[Elder Iptuous]

Yes, an AK47 has a safety.  And if you fire full auto, you aren't going to hit a damn thing.

well, to be fair, if you are firing automatically, you are presumably just laying down suppressive fire, and aren't really trying to do anything but come close, no?

[Adios]

Yes, an AK47 has a safety.  And if you fire full auto, you aren't going to hit a damn thing.

well, to be fair, if you are firing automatically, you are presumably just laying down suppressive fire, and aren't really trying to do anything but come close, no?

I still say 3 round bursts are the best.