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270Win · November 22, 2006, 02:31 PM

I remove my previous post - this thread is extremely vague. I'm going to post a few dictionary meanings so that maybe there is a common starting point.

Webster
rifleman
1 : a soldier armed with a rifle
2 : one skilled in shooting with a rifle

Webster, again
riflery
: the practice of shooting at targets with a rifle

Wikipedia's entry - purely military.

American Heritage
Rifleman
n.
1. A soldier equipped with a rifle.
2. One who shoots a rifle skillfully.

Dictionary.com
Riflery
–noun
the art, practice, or sport of shooting at targets with rifles.

So...vague terms to begin with. My best guess is that there is a complaint that too few people are learning to be skilled in a disciplined, martial sense with their rifles?

November 22, 2006, 02:31 PM	#19
270Win Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2005 Location: Damascus, Maryland Posts: 921	I remove my previous post - this thread is extremely vague. I'm going to post a few dictionary meanings so that maybe there is a common starting point. Webster rifleman 1 : a soldier armed with a rifle 2 : one skilled in shooting with a rifle Webster, again riflery : the practice of shooting at targets with a rifle Wikipedia's entry - purely military. American Heritage Rifleman n. 1. A soldier equipped with a rifle. 2. One who shoots a rifle skillfully. Dictionary.com Riflery –noun the art, practice, or sport of shooting at targets with rifles. So...vague terms to begin with. My best guess is that there is a complaint that too few people are learning to be skilled in a disciplined, martial sense with their rifles? Last edited by 270Win; November 22, 2006 at 10:11 PM.