I think the nail was hit on the head when someone earlier said that the service man is taught enough ballistics and terminal performance to be effective with the weapon they are issued. I live near an army base, a lot of my friends are military, My dad served.....But, the average GI knows how to shoot, disasemble, clean, and reassemble a M16. Thats the extent of their knowledge of guns. I in no way intend that as criticism, its just a fact.

Lets not kid ourselves, the majority of so called hunters have less knowledge than that. I've been around hunting and hunters my whole live and most of their knowledge is based on supersition and hearsay: "old jim down at the coffe shop said that the 270 wasn't worth a darn. He said to stick with a 30-06." How many folks do we know that would say something like that. I once had a "hunter" explain to me that a 308 was BIGGER than a 300 because the number was bigger. How many of us know of someone who has went hunting with their gun only "bore sighted".