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In article <cbnl3e$7mh$1@grapevine.wam.umd.edu>,
Dennis  Moore <dmoore@bham.rr.com> wrote:
#I think I disagree with the basic premise.  You need a battle
#rifle to engage multiple targets out to 500 yards.
#
#In conflicts with superior forces, when you don't have any
#backup to call on, engaging from long range with rifles hasn't
#been the successful technique.  Guerilla warfare has.  This
#means unexpected fire up close ambush style.  At long range
#you will get artillery, or air dropped ordanance on your
#position if you fire more than a shot or two.  In up close
#guerilla warfare, you are too close for the enemy to use its
#capabilities that way.  Only for sniper work will long range
#stuff work.

  Perhaps we have a problem with understanding the language.  "battle
rifle" is an *idiom* - referring to a particular type of rifle - not to
"the only rifle that is used in fighting battles".

# ...
#It seems an assault rifle would be just as useful as a battle
#rifle if not more so.

  "assault rifle" is another idiom - it refers to a particular type of
rifle (something along the lines of a compact, robust and reliable
automatic rifle firing a relatively small rifle cartridge.)  (The antis
want to claim that the "assault" word literally defines the purpose of
the rifle and so only people intending criminal assault would get such a
rifle.)

  I think that the use of assault rifles as the primary indiviual arm by
all of the major military forces means that everyone agrees with you
about the usefullness of assault rifles.

#Bolt actions in .308 for sniper work
#make more sense than semi-auto's in the larger calibers.

  If you mean "30 caliber" (vs. .308 Winchester) so the .300 Win. Mag
can be included, then that appears to be in the general "sweet spot" for
sniper rifles - but the 338 Lapua has quite a following and IMHO
shouldn't be overlooked.

  I like bolt actions myself - but I'm not sure that all semi-autos are
ineligible for sniper work.

#RPG's if you could get them would be more useful  ...

  I agree - choose the right tool for the job.
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--henry schaffer
hes _AT_ ncsu _DOT_ edu


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