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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 435863" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>Gonna have to diverge from the topic to address this:</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>brianwy77, </p><p>Before you start basically calling somebody an idiot, why don't you reread his post so you don't look like the idiot yourself. He wounded (maybe a kill shot???) an elk at 574 yards with the first shot and they decided to shoot it till it went down for good. Sounds like not just the humane sportsman thing to do but the right thing to do, as well as what I and everybody else I know would do. Now mind you that 9 of 16 shots(only 5 kill shots) at 574 yards is not the best shooting I've seen. But do you know how many of those or which of those he made? You only know of one and not even which one it was. Sounds like what would happen if me and most of my friends were to take those shots...but at 574 yards mine would have been the 5 kill shots with my buddies just making a lot of noise<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. I would rather take an elk into town with 9 holes in it and tell them how tough it was then tell them I wounded one and let it walk off and suffer because I suck!</p><p> </p><p>Now back on topic:</p><p>RDM,</p><p>I know what you are getting at about growing some balls, and after leading soldiers for several years I have learned that size has nothing to do with toughness. At the present time I am 5'7" and 210lbs and BY FAR the largest guy in my Sniper Section. I have two guys that are 5'6" and about 135lbs and carry a 60lb+ pack along with a 14lb+ weapon plus ammo(our weapons are between 14.25lbs-28.5lbs) for miles and miles on end at a very fast pace. </p><p>I can just see you carrying that beast of a .50cal of yours around those mountains!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have a saying: Carry light - Freeze at night! </p><p>And that means carry what is needed to accomplish the mission, everything else is for comfort.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 435863, member: 8873"] Gonna have to diverge from the topic to address this: brianwy77, Before you start basically calling somebody an idiot, why don't you reread his post so you don't look like the idiot yourself. He wounded (maybe a kill shot???) an elk at 574 yards with the first shot and they decided to shoot it till it went down for good. Sounds like not just the humane sportsman thing to do but the right thing to do, as well as what I and everybody else I know would do. Now mind you that 9 of 16 shots(only 5 kill shots) at 574 yards is not the best shooting I've seen. But do you know how many of those or which of those he made? You only know of one and not even which one it was. Sounds like what would happen if me and most of my friends were to take those shots...but at 574 yards mine would have been the 5 kill shots with my buddies just making a lot of noise:D. I would rather take an elk into town with 9 holes in it and tell them how tough it was then tell them I wounded one and let it walk off and suffer because I suck! Now back on topic: RDM, I know what you are getting at about growing some balls, and after leading soldiers for several years I have learned that size has nothing to do with toughness. At the present time I am 5'7" and 210lbs and BY FAR the largest guy in my Sniper Section. I have two guys that are 5'6" and about 135lbs and carry a 60lb+ pack along with a 14lb+ weapon plus ammo(our weapons are between 14.25lbs-28.5lbs) for miles and miles on end at a very fast pace. I can just see you carrying that beast of a .50cal of yours around those mountains! We have a saying: Carry light - Freeze at night! And that means carry what is needed to accomplish the mission, everything else is for comfort. [/QUOTE]
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