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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
June 7, 2023 at 3:24 pm
(June 7, 2023 at 2:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (June 7, 2023 at 1:43 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Never felt the need or want to be able kill someone at a distance, but then I don't live in the USA where there seems to be several mass shootings every month... you guys must like them!
I think if I was going to kill someone at a distance, I wouldn't use a firearm. I feel that a flamethrower would do the job and give me more satisfaction.
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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
June 7, 2023 at 4:05 pm
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You sure about wanting to own nukes? Because even a relatively small nuke is enough to destroy a reasonably large city (and I know this because we did it TWICE in August 1945.) Even the Davy Crockett (the smallest nuke ever) has a blast radius so big that it doesn’t even seem practical for any sane civilian use. Unless, of course, you think it’s a good idea to give any living thing within a quarter mile of ground zero a fatal dose of radiation poisoning, which seems to be a bit overkill to me.
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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
June 7, 2023 at 4:08 pm
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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
June 7, 2023 at 4:10 pm
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(June 7, 2023 at 3:14 pm)Scary Guy Wrote: (June 7, 2023 at 11:14 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: 270 or 30 06 for ridge to ridge shots? Careful, you're going to be judged as a person based on your response.
Okay I'll admit I'm not that into long guns (though I'm obviously not against them.) Also there really is no bad round as there's a good use case for most of them. Most of my family who hunts likes 30 06 though so I'm going with that.
Boooo!...the 270 has been demonstratively and conclusively shown to cut through wind resistance at ridge to ridge range and deliver a more accurate shot and cleaner kill than the 30 06. O6 lovers are just wedded to their affinity for antique firearms and the subsequent torture any animal they accidentally manage to hit might cause.
I'm just fucking with you bro. Obviously, the 06 hits like a truck so if I wanted to kill an animal point blank execution style I'd pick that. The 270 is a scalpel. Im with you on the nukes though. If uncle sam can have a nuke, where the fuck is mine...? In case I need it to stop uncle sam from tyrannies and suchlike. Can't say I agree on rape. If more women were armed exactly as many rapes would occur, just more gun deaths.
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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
June 7, 2023 at 4:14 pm
(June 7, 2023 at 2:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I think if I was going to kill someone at a distance, I wouldn't use a firearm. I feel that a flamethrower would do the job and give me more satisfaction.
Boru Browning M2 .5 cal HMG can kill at four miles.
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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
June 7, 2023 at 4:22 pm
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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
June 7, 2023 at 4:24 pm
(June 7, 2023 at 4:14 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (June 7, 2023 at 2:44 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I think if I was going to kill someone at a distance, I wouldn't use a firearm. I feel that a flamethrower would do the job and give me more satisfaction.
Boru Browning M2 .5 cal HMG can kill at four miles.
That seems a little impersonal. Plus, you miss out on seeing a person you hate enough to kill being set on fire. Lagniappe.
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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
June 7, 2023 at 4:35 pm
That's a sacrifice the 50 cal operator is willing to make.
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RE: Ask a firearms enthusiast
June 7, 2023 at 4:37 pm
(June 7, 2023 at 4:35 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: That's a sacrifice the 50 cal operator is willing to make.
I’d like to think if I was going to end someone, I’d want it to be for highly personal reasons.
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