03-08-2004, 11:20 PM
An M-60. Wonder if the missus will find one in a garage sale one of these days . . . I'll put it on my list. ;)
I'm not big enough to handle one of those without a bipod or tripod, so there would always be those nice accessory gifts for following years. Custom Ammo Boxes. Verniers. All that neato stuff. Extra barrels. A nice change from the golf balls I get some years . . .
NATO 7.62 ammo, for an M-60, is not exactly cheap, particularly if you have to buy it at Sports Store prices as ".308" dear rifle rounds.
Some years ago, a buddy of mine and I shot about 100 rounds of 7.62mm through his .308 deer rifle over the course of a rather drunken evening. A 7.62 hitting a full beer can makes a rather magnificent explosion of spray. The tracer rounds you could just see. He got this pile of rounds from a buddy in the Texas National Guard whose unit could not shoot up all their training ammo, and they were "getting rid of it for end of year reporting!" (Yes, dumb!) He gave Tom a box of 200 rounds. While I'd love to get some in a similar fashion, I think enforcement of the rules has tightened up a bit, (gawd, I hope so) and in any case, I don't think my local ATF Office would care too much for that nonsense. :P
Disclaimer: Yes, kids, don't try what we did in your own home, your hometown, or much of anywhere else. We were highly trained idiots who were lucky to have not shot our own selves to death. Beer and firearms are a dangerous mixture, help stamp it out in our lifetime.
PS: Life is more fun when we aren't all bubble wrapped against danger. :D
I'm not big enough to handle one of those without a bipod or tripod, so there would always be those nice accessory gifts for following years. Custom Ammo Boxes. Verniers. All that neato stuff. Extra barrels. A nice change from the golf balls I get some years . . .
NATO 7.62 ammo, for an M-60, is not exactly cheap, particularly if you have to buy it at Sports Store prices as ".308" dear rifle rounds.
Some years ago, a buddy of mine and I shot about 100 rounds of 7.62mm through his .308 deer rifle over the course of a rather drunken evening. A 7.62 hitting a full beer can makes a rather magnificent explosion of spray. The tracer rounds you could just see. He got this pile of rounds from a buddy in the Texas National Guard whose unit could not shoot up all their training ammo, and they were "getting rid of it for end of year reporting!" (Yes, dumb!) He gave Tom a box of 200 rounds. While I'd love to get some in a similar fashion, I think enforcement of the rules has tightened up a bit, (gawd, I hope so) and in any case, I don't think my local ATF Office would care too much for that nonsense. :P
Disclaimer: Yes, kids, don't try what we did in your own home, your hometown, or much of anywhere else. We were highly trained idiots who were lucky to have not shot our own selves to death. Beer and firearms are a dangerous mixture, help stamp it out in our lifetime.
PS: Life is more fun when we aren't all bubble wrapped against danger. :D
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete