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Originally Posted by Seahawk
I have learned more about guns and ammunition from Mr. Higgins than from any other source. My wording, "guns and ammunition", probably sent him to the fridge for another beer, however.
I have learned to shoot more deliberately, with more accountability, from his posts.
I wouldn't believe it either, but there it is: old dog, new tricks.
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Thank you Paul, that's very kind of you.
I think like most of us and our favorite pastimes, I thoroughly enjoy sharing what I have learned, and sharing my often very opinionated observations about this wonderful sport. It's all just good clean fun.
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Originally Posted by jyl
Wow. The idea of a firearm that you don't actually hold seems - like not really a firearm. There is the "fire" part but where is the "arm" part?. A big part of target shooting is the mastery over body movement, respiration, tremor. Without that, it seems more of an exercise in ultra precise mechanical accuracy.
As for the wind, they could install anemometers every 25 yd and program an Arduino plus stepper motors to automatically calculate windage, aim the "rifle", then either automatically fire it, or prompt the shooter to push the remote release. Images of Maverick shouting "I got tone" then "Fox One".
Heck, why not use liquid cooling, thermocouples, and another Arduino to control barrel temperature.
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Yeah, isn't that something? Not my cup of tea, but what the hell - they are having fun.
We actually owe an a great deal to this somewhat deranged (and I mean that in a good way) lot. Their pursuit is the ultimate in mechanical accuracy, removing the human element as much as possible. Their matches are won in the machine shop, not on the range. As such, the things they have discovered, then taught the rest of us about accuracy have improved the breed immeasurably. We now expect the most pedestrian off-the-shelf rifles to hold minute of angle accuracy with factory ammo; a generation ago, such accuracy in a dedicated match rifle shooting carefully tailored hand loads would have been winning benchrest matches.
Anyone remember Roy Weatherby's guarantee of 1 1/2" three shot groups at 100 yards? This was for his premium Mark V, a very spendy rifle then and now. Seems almost laughable today - most of us would return a rifle that shot that "poorly". We've come a long ways since then, with these crazy benchrest rifles leading the way.