Even though I'm not a member of any organized religion, I had something like a religious experience today.
I took my Enfield to the range.
I was expecting a sharp smack in the shoulder, much like a 12-ga pump. Nope. Smooooth. That is, when the milsurp ammo I picked up at Long's would fire.
That was weird in itself. *click*-pause-BLAM! Super-hard primers, I spoze, or just freaky ammo (dated Sep 1966). A couple of carts took 3 hits before they'd fire. Berdan primed, too. Feh.
The Remington 180-gr that I fed my baby went through perfectly. Hoo-yeah, that .303 is some seriously good stuff.
The best part, besides the mild recoil and the accuracy (2" groups at 50 yards standing unsupported), was the report. Oh my. I heard it echoing off the berms, even through earplugs. I'd never heard a rifle report quite like that: not overwhelmingly loud, but very... authoritative. Like the topic title says, it sounded like G*d slamming the gates.
The range owner said he could hear it even over the shotguns on the trap range, when he was right next to them. Apparently I scared the hell out of the folks on the pistol range next to the rifle area; they wanted to know what kind of elephant gun I was firing.
So now I know why the Enfield has been so successful on the battlefield: whoever is being shot at hears it and says, "F*** this! I surrender!"
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"The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property,
or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called into question.."
Article 11, Section 13, CO state constitution.
I took my Enfield to the range.
I was expecting a sharp smack in the shoulder, much like a 12-ga pump. Nope. Smooooth. That is, when the milsurp ammo I picked up at Long's would fire.
That was weird in itself. *click*-pause-BLAM! Super-hard primers, I spoze, or just freaky ammo (dated Sep 1966). A couple of carts took 3 hits before they'd fire. Berdan primed, too. Feh.
The Remington 180-gr that I fed my baby went through perfectly. Hoo-yeah, that .303 is some seriously good stuff.
The best part, besides the mild recoil and the accuracy (2" groups at 50 yards standing unsupported), was the report. Oh my. I heard it echoing off the berms, even through earplugs. I'd never heard a rifle report quite like that: not overwhelmingly loud, but very... authoritative. Like the topic title says, it sounded like G*d slamming the gates.
The range owner said he could hear it even over the shotguns on the trap range, when he was right next to them. Apparently I scared the hell out of the folks on the pistol range next to the rifle area; they wanted to know what kind of elephant gun I was firing.
So now I know why the Enfield has been so successful on the battlefield: whoever is being shot at hears it and says, "F*** this! I surrender!"
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"The right of no person to keep and bear arms in defense of his home, person and property,
or in aid of the civil power when thereto legally summoned, shall be called into question.."
Article 11, Section 13, CO state constitution.