18 Aug 03

More of Rifle Sights:

We did a Rifle Course here in Michigan last weekend. Here is a comment from on of our students:

"The reason I took so long shooting that course yesterday was because when I got to the line, I shouldered my AR normally but, but I had great difficulty finding the correct eye-relief. After what seemed like an eternity, it occurred to me that I hadn't extended my collapsible stock, and my face was thus too %$#@!~ close to the %$#@!~ scope! I thought, 'Geeee, if I unshoulde r and extend now, twenty people will see what a boob I am. Then, I remembered the words of my teacher, 'Don't whine about it. Just work through it' So I d id..."

Lesson: Telescoping stocks on ARs, combined with close-eye-relief scopes, ca n generate a potentially dangerous delay. Once again, when one gets away from iron sights, he tiptoes through a minefield!

/John