Re: Use Winchester 30-30s in Iraq

"> Morton Davis wrote:
> >
> > "Jeffrey C. Dege" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 14:00:52 GMT, BlackWater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeffrey C. Dege) wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>But as for the AKs, they have their advantages.  But "knockdown"
power
> > > >>isn't one of them.  Neither is actually hitting a target more than
200
> > > >>yards away.
> > > >
> > > >   You can barely SEE a target 200 yards away through
> > > >   iron sights - especially in a dusty and/or smokey
> > > >   environment. 200 yard accuracy is just fine ...
> > >
> > > Not in Afghanistan, it's not.
> > >
> >
> > 600 ft.?  Can the enemy regularly hit targets at 600 ft.?



"Fuller said studies showed that most of the combat in Iraq has been in
urban
environments and that 95 percent of all engagements have occurred at ranges
shorter than 100 yards"


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