Captain Nemo
Regular Member
Many on this forum have heard me say before that I am of the opinion that accuracy is more of a factor than caliber. The shooting at Aldi's exemplifies that. I will be first in line to praise the shooter for his actions but the results could have been more disastrous. He fired as many as 7 rounds at 20 feet at a man sized target and only made one significant body shot(to the leg). The shot to the forhead I understand was superficia.l Had the robber's shotgun been loaded or had he been high on drugs the outcome could have been much more grievous. Five rounds were unaccounted for. Five unaccounted rounds in a crowded location. If we are going to carry deadly force on our hips we have a moral obligation to be proficient enough to know where our bullets go. The only way we can be assured of that is with practice, practice and more practice. I know it isn't cheap and under these economic times money for bullets may be hard to find but there are other alrternatives. Alternative like Airsoft guns, or BB guns, or pellet guns. Pyramid Air Co. www.Pyramydair.com has more of those in their catalog than you can shake a stick at. Decent guns can be bought for less than a box of some ammo. The cost of CO2 cartridges, BB's and pellets less than a pack of cigarettes. Up to 20 - 25 feet the accuarcy of the better quality guns rival firearms. A simple "bullet trap" can be made from a cardboard box and a bunch of crumpled newspaper and can be used in a basement or large room. Attached to this post I have a picture of some shooting I have done in the past couple of days. I don't post the picture to brag. I post it to illustrate the theme of this post. In my 63 years of shooting guns I have shot in excess of 200,000 bullets and countless BB's and pellets. The shooting was done using a Crosman model AA11 .177 caliber CO2 BB pistol and a Daisy model 1700 CO2 .177 caliber pistol. Shooting was done indoors at a measured 12 feet. All events were witnessed. The picture is only posted to show that pracice, practice and more practice can make you an acceptable shooter and it doesn't need to break the bank
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