guns...lotsofguns...

Guns... Lots of Guns...

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My dear friend John had a friend James , who offered to take us out for some shootin'.  I had never shot a gun before with one exception of a .22 rifle at a pop can from 10 yards, and another of a shotgun at a few clay pigeons.  So I was eager for the expierience.  All we had to do was purchase some ammo.  I came to class prepared with my pencil and notbook, and was ready to learn about the various firearms that we were to be shootin' that day.  First up was a fully semi auto-magic AK47 assault rifle replica.  Complete with banana clip and an authentic terrorist autographed shoulder strap. 

Now I know why these terrorists are such  an easy target when we do find them.  There is no way your going to reload a clip in combat.  If you ever need an AK, make sure you have at least 10 clips ready to go.  Now don't get me wrong, I am sure that the AK is a deadly weapon for an altogether not so obvious reason.  Once the clip is in, it's so easy to shoot.  I know nothing about the guns range (or guns in general...), but shooting things with minimal kick was enhanced by being able to move from target to target a seamless and rapid sucession. 

Next we had a couple of shot guns.  One was a little baby thing, and the other was a 12 guage.  I had fired a shoty once before in what is a little substory all on it's own.  The lil' guy was cute, and could hit targets.  The 12 guage would leave little left of the targets.  It often went through them, or blew them to smitheriens. 

After the shotguns came a couple of hand guns.  A colt 45, and a DEAGLE.  They both about took my hand off with every pull.  The deagle pulled the barrel far away from the target upon firing, and it was difficult to take your nextshot without calming down a bit in between.  It was a powerful weapon. 

Next came my favorite.  If any of you ever played CS with me, you know that I was an AWP whore.  Mostly because my friend matt was good with them, a complete pain in the ass actually.  I wanted to be better so I used it as often as I could.  Well needless to say the next weapon was a rifle.  It was a 40/40 (sp?)  When it was handed to me, it just fell in place.  It fit perfectly, and unlike when I lost my virginity, I knew instinctivly what to do with it. 

The Target:

1 can o' beans  ( a cheap, and favorite amongst hicks who shoot at targets in the woods)

The setting:

35 paces or so upon a stump 3 ft high, with slowly sloped hill in the background on a common firing range in a place that doesn't really exist due to legal restrictions...  Birds were singing, and an angel steadied my hand.

What happend next really pissed off my friends who had allready taken their two shots (ammo is expensive for this thing).  I hit the target dead center, and it exploded like someone had implanted a half stick of dynomite in the center then sealed the can with a touch of wick hanging out and then thrown in a bonfire (another favorite hick pass time.)  James says that the top half of the can shot into the air about 40 feet or so, but I never saw it because I slid back the bolt, pushed it forward and lined up my second shot when the portion of can finally came down infront of me.  Almost at the same exact spot it launched from I saw it come into view and I pulled the trigger.  What was left of the can was vaporized by my second shot.  The only trace was a single bean lodged squarely into the center of James forehead. 

Somewhere right now a couple of guys sit in a bar.  One is telling the other a story about this guy that played so many video games that he was good with a rifle in REAL LIFE. 

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