Don't get the wrong idea from the title of this thread. I'm not a troll spoiling for a cyber brawl. Rather, I'm a true fan of vintage rifles, and I wanted to create a place for others to tell why they are fans too.
In an age where we are drawing ever near to a firearm that will shoot by itself. One that will possess intrinsic accuracy at extreme ranges, and will be fired not by the stroke of a trigger, but the stroke of a key. Here rifles like my 1903A4, hell my 700P's for that matter, look like aging if not obsolete warriors on the modern digital battlefield. In this day and age, why would anyone want to bother with the tedious intricacies of an ancient rifle and optic. Here's why.
The older systems required RIFLEMEN; not computer whiz kids, or video game champions. To really master the vintage rifles (and master them one must to employ them effectively), a rifleman had to not only posses a through understanding of the rifle itself, but the cartridge it fired AND that cartridge's trajectory. He had to have sense of nature, and a feel for things like wind, and temperature. He had to actually shoot in his operational environment, and closely observe any deviation in his point of impact so it could be taken into consideration during future shots. In short, it took effort to shoot well at long distances. And when one had put forth such effort, and gained the requisite knowledge to accurately employ his rifle, he could rightfully take pride in his accomplishment.
That sense of accomplishment as well as a feeling of fraternity with those great riflemen of the past is why I shoot a vintage Sniper rifle. How about you?
HRF
In an age where we are drawing ever near to a firearm that will shoot by itself. One that will possess intrinsic accuracy at extreme ranges, and will be fired not by the stroke of a trigger, but the stroke of a key. Here rifles like my 1903A4, hell my 700P's for that matter, look like aging if not obsolete warriors on the modern digital battlefield. In this day and age, why would anyone want to bother with the tedious intricacies of an ancient rifle and optic. Here's why.
The older systems required RIFLEMEN; not computer whiz kids, or video game champions. To really master the vintage rifles (and master them one must to employ them effectively), a rifleman had to not only posses a through understanding of the rifle itself, but the cartridge it fired AND that cartridge's trajectory. He had to have sense of nature, and a feel for things like wind, and temperature. He had to actually shoot in his operational environment, and closely observe any deviation in his point of impact so it could be taken into consideration during future shots. In short, it took effort to shoot well at long distances. And when one had put forth such effort, and gained the requisite knowledge to accurately employ his rifle, he could rightfully take pride in his accomplishment.
That sense of accomplishment as well as a feeling of fraternity with those great riflemen of the past is why I shoot a vintage Sniper rifle. How about you?
HRF
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