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Justin · December 2, 2002, 01:34 AM

A couple of months ago at a rifle match, I was speaking with another competitor there who had helped to supervise a rifle sight-in day open to the public. The idea was that hunters could come in and get their rifles zeroed before the start of hunting season.
To put it mildly, he was absolutely underwhelmed with the lack of not only preparedness (people forgetting to bring things like hearing protection and adequate quantities of ammo) but also the lack of marksmanship.

I hate to say it, but I think that a large number of hunters really have no understanding about even the basics of riflery or marksmanship.

That is not to say that all hunters are drunken redneck idjits, but I think that many of them are hunters first, and are gunowners a very distant second.

Asbestos undies are now ON.

December 2, 2002, 01:34 AM	#12
Justin Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2000 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 1,641	A couple of months ago at a rifle match, I was speaking with another competitor there who had helped to supervise a rifle sight-in day open to the public. The idea was that hunters could come in and get their rifles zeroed before the start of hunting season. To put it mildly, he was absolutely underwhelmed with the lack of not only preparedness (people forgetting to bring things like hearing protection and adequate quantities of ammo) but also the lack of marksmanship. I hate to say it, but I think that a large number of hunters really have no understanding about even the basics of riflery or marksmanship. That is not to say that all hunters are drunken redneck idjits, but I think that many of them are hunters first, and are gunowners a very distant second. Asbestos undies are now ON.