Reply #33: Even the most accurate marksmen prefer semis.

[sir pball]

"Peter Senich's book, The German Sniper (Paladin Press, 1982), recounts several intriguing interviews with the most successful German snipers in WWII. Their discussions of range, armament and tactics led to some interesting conclusions. Most riflemen would have preferred a semiautomatic weapon if the rifle's precision were comparable and the weapon virtually jam-proof. Body movement while operating the bolt increased the probability of detection, and greater time between shots made it difficult to address multiple targets rapidly." link

I own an "assault weapon", or what some people would call it. An "Evil Black Rifle". A "bullet hose" "designed to kill as many as possible" by "spray firing from the hip".



It has a 24 inch barrel and is almost four feet long overall, weighing sixteen pounds - firing from anything but a bench or prone is an exercise in futility. Concealability? Nil. As it sits with all accoutrements, scope, bipod, sling, case, spare mags and other trivialities, it's worth around $3,000. If I handload, the amortized cost per round is about 50 cents, three or four times for boxed bullets - that's at LEAST $10 for a magazine, $36.49 per if you buy ready made.

At 100 yards, it will put 5 rounds into a 1/2" circle, and that's just with my marginally skilled ass on the trigger. No faster than a bolt-action "hunting" rifle though; the time it takes to cycle a bolt is nothing compared to reacquiring the target and settling the crosshairs - with a 308 bolt action, there's enough "jump" that with muscle memory you can have another round cycled in by the time your eye is focused through the scope again. The only difference between my rifle and this one is that mine reloads itself. If you are pro-AWB...why SHOULDN'T I own mine?