Disgraceful verdict' in pier shooting - Page 3

Gargamel · 12-05-17, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by August

You mean the one who used a pistol? That whole story stinks to high heaven. Nobody in their right mind attempts a 200 yard shot with a handgun. There is more to this than we know.

I'd be curious to know what the accuracy rate for Olympic level shooters would be on a hand gun at that range.

MaDef · 12-06-17, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

I'd be curious to know what the accuracy rate for Olympic level shooters would be on a hand gun at that range.

Elmer Kieth once killed a deer at 600 yds using a 6" S&W model 29.

Olympians use specially built .22 pistols at 50m. most over the counter calibers drop about a foot over 100 yds. (estimation only, and fluctuates depending on specific ammo and pistol). a competent shooter should be able to hit a silhouette target at 100 yds about 50% of the time with open sights.

Steiger · 12-06-17, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by em2nought

For now. https://www.charismanews.com/opinion...y-the-millions

That's not news, that's an opinion piece. Come on out to California and see what all the fuss is about. Surf, ski, hike in the mountains (and not those little hills that they have on the east coast, but honest-to-god mountains that rise above the treeline), hunt bear, live where it's hot, live where it's cold, live in the burbs or a big city or a farm, we've got it all. And when people cry "but it's full of liberals!" all that means is people are going to accept you for who you are. It's a great place.

August · 12-06-17, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Steiger

(and not those little hills that they have on the east coast, but honest-to-god mountains that rise above the treeline

You mean like Mt. Washington in New Hampshire?

Steiger · 12-06-17, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by August

You mean like Mt. Washington in New Hampshire?

Aww it's so cute. Look at that lil' feller!

August · 12-06-17, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Steiger

Aww it's so cute. Look at that lil' feller!

Yeah note the greenery and lack of destructive forest fires.

vienna · 12-06-17, 06:15 PM

Give it time; it happens to all forested areas eventually...

In the meantime Mt. Washington does have a reputation:

Mount Washington, New Hampshire: The Most Extreme Weather Observatory on Earth --

https://weather.com/science/weather-...xtreme-weather

Kind of reminds me of a guy I used to work with who moved his entire family back east to NY after having gone through the 1971 Sylmar Quake (about 6.6 on the scale); about a year or so after he moved I ran into him in Downtown LA; I asked if he was visiting and he said, no, he and his family had moved back to LA; I asked what happened and he said there had been one of the worst blizzards in East Coast history during the winter he was there; I said "But, you were frightened by earthquakes." He replied "Yeah, but big quakes are pretty rare and blizzards are almost every year; besides, here in LA, I don't have to shovel away an earthquake every winter day"...

BTW, the current temperature here in LA, in December, is 74 Degrees F...

You guys enjoying your 40 Degree F. temps in Boston?...

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Steiger · 12-06-17, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Yeah note the greenery and lack of destructive forest fires.

This guy lol.

August · 12-06-17, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Steiger

This guy lol.

Alaskans are laughing at us both.

vienna · 12-06-17, 06:41 PM

...and they can see Russia from their house...

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Gargamel · 12-06-17, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by August

You mean like Mt. Washington in New Hampshire?

Bah.... you can drive up there. Go to the 'daks for real East coast mountains. All the fun you could want in an alpine style situation, but without the lack of air.

August · 12-06-17, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

Bah.... you can drive up there. Go to the 'daks for real East coast mountains. All the fun you could want in an alpine style situation, but without the lack of air.

Well that may be but the claim was that the east didn't have anything above the treeline. Our mountains may be short but we do have our pride.

Aktungbby · 12-06-17, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by August

... but we do have our pride.

Wha!!!!??? R U lion 2 us again!

Steiger · 12-06-17, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Well that may be but the claim was that the east didn't have anything above the treeline. Our mountains may be short but we do have our pride.

Yeah, I'm actually shocked your treeline is so low. 6,000 (that peak you showed) is just over half way to our treeline in PNW. Is that because your trees are mostly deciduous vs conifer we have in the west?

vienna · 12-06-17, 09:30 PM

Reminds me of the movie, "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain"...

Maybe, with all the remakes nowadays, there can be a US version, "The Bostonian Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Slightly Taller Hill"...

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12-06-17, 06:15 PM	#37
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,498 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Give it time; it happens to all forested areas eventually... In the meantime Mt. Washington does have a reputation: Mount Washington, New Hampshire: The Most Extreme Weather Observatory on Earth -- https://weather.com/science/weather-...xtreme-weather Kind of reminds me of a guy I used to work with who moved his entire family back east to NY after having gone through the 1971 Sylmar Quake (about 6.6 on the scale); about a year or so after he moved I ran into him in Downtown LA; I asked if he was visiting and he said, no, he and his family had moved back to LA; I asked what happened and he said there had been one of the worst blizzards in East Coast history during the winter he was there; I said "But, you were frightened by earthquakes." He replied "Yeah, but big quakes are pretty rare and blizzards are almost every year; besides, here in LA, I don't have to shovel away an earthquake every winter day"... BTW, the current temperature here in LA, in December, is 74 Degrees F... You guys enjoying your 40 Degree F. temps in Boston?... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __ Last edited by vienna; 12-06-17 at 06:30 PM.

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12-06-17, 09:30 PM	#45
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,498 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Reminds me of the movie, "The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain"... Maybe, with all the remakes nowadays, there can be a US version, "The Bostonian Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Slightly Taller Hill"... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __