OT RE: BLAM, BLAM, BLAM! ;]

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Aug 26 15:54:59 1998

On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Jack Peacock wrote:

> > Oboyoboy! Do these folks have any Barrett Light Fifties?
> I always wanted to try out a rifle that could remove a shooter's
> shoes
> for him! kaBLAMMMMM! ;]
>
> Nope, out of luck, all they have are pistol and submachine guns, after
> all, it's an indoor range, a .50 BMG would go right thru the wall and
> the building next door too. Indoor ranges don't have the backstop for
> any rifle rounds, so no AKs, FALs, Galils, any of the good stuff either.

They'd also have to add some depth and padding behind the firing line. I
recall seeing a series of pictures depicting Elmer Keith firing a one-off
.50 caliber bolt action(?) single shot out in the back country. The
first frame showed Elmer taking aim over the top of a car parked along
the edge of a dirt road. The next had him more or less erect and the
barrel pointing upwards a bit. In the final frame he was pretty much
across the dirt road and the muzzle was aimed at the clouds. Pretty
awesome! I think that he still had his boots on though.

                                                 - don
Received on Wed Aug 26 1998 - 15:54:59 BST