ORIGINAL: msmforever69
I'll appreciate the caliber I have by taking advantage of what it is capable off. I never said my main purpose was to falsely impress friends and recoil, main purpose is to target shoot, and maybe shooting phonebooks, milk jugs etc. Also the rifle will be a decorative piece in the house as well. I have been shooting targets since middle school (although never with a centerfire rifle), and I think it won't get old anytime soon. Asides from that, nothing wrong with letting your friend try a .308/.30-06 and videotaping it and then laughing about it
. I know how to responsibly handle firearms but hey I'm 21, let me have my fun now. I'm sure a lot of you have seen the video of people trying to shoot the .577 t-rex on youtube, this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD-KaUl_olo&fmt=18
Now don't tell me if you had a video of that happening to your unsuspecting buddy, you wouldn't get a good laugh out of it
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althought i doubt the .308 would have that much, but still.
Well I can tell you right now, safe gun practices are more than just how you handle your own gun at home or in the field.Its also about how you interact with fellow gun handlers as well..
I don't care what age you are this should have been taught to you at the beginning of your hunting and shooting days.
Intentionally handing over a dangerous weapon to an inexperienced shooter just so you can tape video tape and laugh at at his exspense(the way he unexpectedly handles the recoil) is just down right retarded..
That shooter is responsible for everything that bullet does until it stops.
I've see videos where bullets ricochet straight back at the after the shooter missed his intended target and hit a rock..
Thatnot funny its reality..It happens, damage is done,
and all gun owners pay the price..
It doesn't take much a blade or grass, a branch, a rock for that bullet to deflect and do some damage..
The first thing that shoulddoneis proper and safe firearm handling and once that is mastered than, and only than is a firearm handed to him..
I personally have never ever,ever, seen anyteacher or mentor purposely give his pupil a caliber of gun he knowsthe pupilmay or will a difficulttime handling.
ONLY ON YOU TUBE WOULD YOU GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT..[:-]
I don't live in the U.S. but if I did I'd do everything in my power to prevent you from getting your hands on one.
Your the very reason resposible gun owners are having to fight tooth and nail from having their gun rights taken..
Anti's and Democrats, are looking for those very videos
your thinking of taping..
And theywon't hesitate usingthose videos, against all the responsible gun owners in America..
I hope you think twice about it because you are affecting the outcome to the right to bare arms.