Sorry, here’s that target.

Here’s a couple of links.

http://1njla.com/batteryb.htm

http://www.nwtskirmisher.com/index.shtml

And a picture of a target. Look at the berm damage behind the picture.

There are a fair number of people doing this competitively. I have a friend that is a member of a team that competes in smoothbore, with a 12 pound Napoleon.

Not trying to say anything about the fellow you are writing about, he may be completely in the wrong, but I’d like to hear the full story, the press is going to make this look as bad as possible. Where was he on his property, was this something he did regularly, was there a reason that this ball went off course, etc.

Rifles were always my best tool, and I DO look at them as tools, I never fired a pistol until I was 17 years old… The funny part of that?? 2 years later I was shooting competition pistol, turns out I was a natural with one… But again, I was trained from as early as I can remember on the use, responsibilities and capabilities of guns, ALL guns…

I had my Son shooting from a young age, one of his sisters is the most natural shooter I have ever seen, if she lived closer and had the desire, she could be an awesome competitor.

Just one of those things that runs in the family, and I have actually been accused of touting MORE gun laws, simply because I called for gun owner responsibility… Well, if being responsible makes being a gun owner a more restrictive endeavor, so be it… I don’t advocate any more prohibitive laws on full autos, but I am a staunch believer in the fact that you can NEVER be too well trained in their use..

As for fully auto rifles—-in qualified hands I have no problem—laws on this should remain strict, but not prohibitive.

http://texasfred.net/archives/2655
http://texasfred.net/archives/2666
http://texasfred.net/archives/2991
http://texasfred.net/archives/3132

Some folks probably aren’t aware of my feelings on Class III weapons for the general public, but I am NOT in favor of Joe Blow being able to buy a Full-Auto just because he has a lot of $$$ to spend.

I have NO PROBLEM with Class III weapons in the right hands, as in, well trained, qualified, certified even, a person that has been fully schooled in their use, their drawbacks and their full capabilities… Case in point, U.S. Citizen, a blog buddy and all around damn good gun hand, HE is a qualified person, as is Patrick, myself and many others, but just like the folks that had the Auto-Loader show and the little kid was allowed to blast away with an Uzi, and ended up killing himself when the rate of climb got away from him and the gun spun, some folks just don’t NEED a Class III, BUT, if they have received that proper training, cool, go for it…

Personally, I was never into burning ammo, my son LOVES full auto-loaders, accuracy through volume is his motto..

Me, one shot, one kill, words to LIVE by, and that brings me to the WHY of carrying a .45 ACP, shooting something twice is a waste of ammo..

P.S. Patrick has often referred to folks such as us as *Trained gun fighters*, and that IS true, that said, if you can hit a BARN at 2K yards, it was a blind luck shot, play the lottery, you’ll hit it more often…

And Patrick KNOWS how I feel about SO many of these so-called GUN BLOGS and all of their *expert* commentary… I have been asked to not come back to more than a few after I asked the owner, “Just how many targets have you shot at that were shooting back there Ace??”

Paper punching is great if you’re getting a *feel* for your weapon, but until you’ve faced an ARMED adversary that is actively trying to kill YOU as hard as you’re trying to kill him, you have NO idea what the hell you’ll do in a REAL gunfight, I don’t care WHAT the *paper punchers* tell you…