Here's another chapter in "All AK-47 All the Time" book...

[SteveW]

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20110621/ARTICLES/110629913


This article describes some idiot shooting a deer and alligator (out of season), and the subsequent charges he faces. Fine.

But had the clod shot the animals with a walnut and blue steel hunting rifle -- even an autoloader like the hoary Remington 742 --would the article's headline include the weapon type and name? (For the benefit of those new to the forum, a Remington 742 is chambered for rounds significantly more powerful than an AK-47.)

I guess the lurid appeal of the old Remington is a little lacking.

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BTW, I am SteveM from another time and place. SteveW is the same bright and shining face, now operating a (somewhat) de-bugged old laptop. And I really do have over l,000 postings!

[shadowrider]

1. If the Remington doesn't have the "shoulder thing that goes up"

It's obviously not that dangerous a weapon.

[krispos42]

2. You might want to talk to the Admins about getting your old handle back.

If you got nuked and you're back, then you're a zombie and they'll re-nuke you.

If your old account is still active, then you're a sockpuppet now, and they'll nuke one or both of you.

I'd send an email to Skinner or EarlG, and/or post in the ATA forum about this if I was you.

[TheWraith]

3. His old profile is still active, so he wasn't banned.

I'm guessing this is a case of a forgotten password for an account with a now-lost email address.

[TheWraith]

4. He shot an alligator with a 7.62x39mm bullet?

That makes one of three things true:

1. It was a very small alligator.

2. He's a very good shot with a rifle known for it's inaccuracy.

3. He's a moron. Because shooting a large alligator, non-fatally, with a relatively low-powered bullet like that is an invitation to just piss it off.

[PavePusher]

7. Average AK accuracy is just fine, with a decent gun.

They aren't 500-meter rifles. They were never intended to be. But at short ranges they are more than adequate. We really need to put that myth into the ground.

[TheWraith]

8. The better ones are, but a lot of the cheap ones are still marginal.

I don't define 3-6 minute-of-angle as acceptable accuracy when you're shooting at something that can and will bite back. You have to be far too close to make an accurate kill shot.

[Tejas]

5. Misdemeanor?

Lucky he didn't catch felonies over this, he better kiss the ground those animals walked on.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. "posted photos of his kills on Facebook."

idjit.