I saw squirrels running around the rocks on the peak of San Gorgonio. Do they just live up there? Living off food left from hikers? Seemed crazy to me.
Also, would Fight On consider them performance-enhanced squirrels due to their high red blood cell count?
Squirrels on peaks
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See what you guys have created? LOOK, UP IN THE SKY, IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S RED BULLWINKLE SQUIRREL!!!
Supposedly they're quite aggressive based on posts I've seen from people who have overnighted there.JMunaretto wrote:I saw squirrels running around the rocks on the peak of San Gorgonio. Do they just live up there? Living off food left from hikers? Seemed crazy to me.
TacoDelRio wrote:One could bring a tennis racket. Those work wonders on aggressive squirrels.
Or a firearm, but apparently some squirrels are prepared to deal with that too.
From what I know, the Soviets used standard 7.62x54Rmm ammo with the SVD, same as the PK/PKM's used. I don't see how they didn't have any match ammo, despite what I've read.
To my knowledge at one time, M24's were used with M118 173gr. I assume M21's would be the same, instead of standard 147gr (can't remember the name).
To my knowledge at one time, M24's were used with M118 173gr. I assume M21's would be the same, instead of standard 147gr (can't remember the name).
Interesting that for sniping purposes, a heavier round is almost always used. I know that the movement to ~5mm type rifles was in part to get flat ballastics which require little training to use accurately (the also allow for more ammo to be carried, cause more non-lethal wounds, and have less recoil). Interesting that the guys who really know what they're doing do the opposite: heavier rounds. I suppose in the hands of the trained and skilled the heavier round is less susceptible to wind and heat variations in the atmophere?
Interesting "top ten" list of military rifles of the last 100 years or so: http://military.discovery.com/convergen ... eshow.html. A little bogus perhaps since all four of the main US rifles issued over the last 100 years are on the list (M1903, M1, M14, & M16). Our stuff's good, but I don't know that we deserve 4 out of the 10 slots worldwide. The Kalishnikov is of course #1, and rightfully so.
Interesting "top ten" list of military rifles of the last 100 years or so: http://military.discovery.com/convergen ... eshow.html. A little bogus perhaps since all four of the main US rifles issued over the last 100 years are on the list (M1903, M1, M14, & M16). Our stuff's good, but I don't know that we deserve 4 out of the 10 slots worldwide. The Kalishnikov is of course #1, and rightfully so.
Still, some interesting picks. 4 American, 2 German, 1 Brit, 1 Austrian, 1 Russian, and one Belgian. One can hardly quibble with the Kalishnikov as number one. Out of curiousity, what would you have included that they didn't?TacoDelRio wrote:That top ten show is complete crap, all the time.
Figured it was something like that. I remember years ago when the M16 was still relatively brand new that there was discussion of the need to keep around M14's for desert warefare because all the heat distorting the atmosphere would cause the little M16 round to go veering off aimlessly. Of course, at the time, they were probably thinking "Rommel vs. Patton" type fighting. I'm not sure an M14 would be the ticket in the current MOUT environment. Something more like an M4 would be about right.TacoDelRio wrote:Heavier rounds generally exhibit better stability, and can "buck" wind better than light rounds, not to mention being able to deliver more power with more mass, etc.
I just find the whole "best" of anything to be rather absurd. I mean, what's better, a hammer or a torque wrench? They do different things, just like a FAL would be better over longer ranges than an AK, and I'd rather have a light AR15 on a multi-day LRS deal in the mountains than an AK. To me, the show tries to compare apples with oranges.Hikin_Jim wrote:Still, some interesting picks. 4 American, 2 German, 1 Brit, 1 Austrian, 1 Russian, and one Belgian. One can hardly quibble with the Kalishnikov as number one. Out of curiousity, what would you have included that they didn't?
M14's in MOUT/FIBUA are typically DMR's. Some DM's carry SR25's instead of M14's, I reckon it's unit-dependant.
Yeah, good point. I kind of laugh when I read that the M14 was intended to replace the M3 submachine gun, M1 carbine, M1 rifle, and BAR. Hard to visualize an M14 inside a tank.TacoDelRio wrote:I just find the whole "best" of anything to be rather absurd. I mean, what's better, a hammer or a torque wrench? They do different things, just like a FAL would be better over longer ranges than an AK, and I'd rather have a light AR15 on a multi-day LRS deal in the mountains than an AK. To me, the show tries to compare apples with oranges.
Still, there are some weapons that have made their mark out there, having some how impressed themselves on the minds of the men who fought with them. Stimulates conversation anyway.
Interesting just how many DMR/sniper type weapons are in active use in the US military right now. Bolt action and semi-auto in calibers 5.56, 7.62, .50, and heaven knows what else. Probably cross-bows. Interesting to see the variety and to think about the specific application.TacoDelRio wrote:M14's in MOUT/FIBUA are typically DMR's. Some DM's carry SR25's instead of M14's, I reckon it's unit-dependant.
Mk12 Semi 5.56
SAM-R/SDM-R Semi 5.56
M14/M21/M25 Semi 7.62
M24 Bolt 7.62
M40 Bolt 7.62
Mk11/M110 Semi 7.62
M82/M107 Semi 12.7 (.50 BMG)
