Moderators - dictators of taste?

[T_richard]

Ahh NM its only treason if you are British, , put the wine bottle down, you've had enough, I'm on the other side of the pond. If I saw one more knight fighting with one arm cut off I was going to fall asleep myself. God, for a country with such great literature to have created the sleeping pill of 20th century humor, Je ne comprend pas.


Now don't go calling anyone else dull, when you spend three pages of a thread explaining why you have a god-given right to call some woman ugly. Who needs a life more than you

[northernmonkey]

I am aware, and am extremely thankful that you are on the other side of the pond. In your land with so little literature and history.

I wasn't explaining, I was taunting them for being such horrors, it was you bunch of wet pants that bit and made the thread drag on.

Ill be the judge of whether I've had enough, although you are probably right, as I'm beginning to like you

And SASless is witless, and very very dull

[Vizsla]

Handbags at dawn or it will end in tears !

[T_richard]

Oh and another thing, over here we learn to shoot before we go into the military. Most of the military types who win trophies at Camp Perry are like me, born with a rifle in their hand. The military is just there to let us play with the really cool toys like SAWs and MP-5s

The limits on our history mean we didn't have some inbred king killing off his wife every time he changed his socks. And if the truth be know, except for the Bard; Shakespere to the uninformed, most of your best literatury heroes are Irish.

Thank you for the kind word

[northernmonkey]

And when you look back through your history books and geography books where was Ireland?

Forgive me but was it not once Part of the British Isles.

Now then you silly American go away or I will Taunt you a second time.

Oh and shooting....when did the USA last win an olympic medal for precision shooting?

[T_richard]

I think when we set the world record for a recorded kill by sniper rifle, one Carlos Hathcock, G Sgt. USMC single shot ,in Vietnam, . And there is Nancy Johnson Gold medal, 10M air rifle, 2000. Laura Meili Gold, 50 M standard rifle 3 position, 1992, Kim Rhode, Dble trap, gold, 1996, Josh Lakatos, trap, silver, 1996, Lance Bade, treap, bronze, 1996 finally as near as I can tell William Demarest of the USA holds the World record in 50 M pistol established in Milano, ITA on 4/06/00. Not much evidence of Brits except for Mr. Cooper in the 80's, lots of Eastern Euros though

On another note, I thought the Irish didn't care to be lumped in with the Brits

[CaptainFillosan]

Oh dear! An own goal. Been a fair few of those in the past week or so! Ah well nobody's perfect.

[tony draper]

I think the record for long distance kill with sniper rifle was shattered by a Canadian team in Afghanistan recently.
Can't remember the distance involved offhand, but it was pretty spectacular.

[northernmonkey]

No own goal, note I said precision and not trap, narrows it down a little, can't really expect GB to perform on the pistol side considering it is illegal to own one here. I will have to give you the airgun medal by default, suppose youll be claiming the BB gun challenge medal next.

The 50m free pistol record has been beaten, in Feb of this Year by a New zealander at the Scandacup in Finland

Out of interest what sort of Free Pistol was Demarest Using?

The point I was making was for a nation of gun owners they don't seem to excell at the game.

[T_richard]

Narro Smarrow, still no British names there.

Now now NM don't laugh at the air rifle medals, I bet you wouldn't talk so tough if Ms johnson were stand in the neighborhood with a 30.06 in her hands. The skills are easily transferable you know. God I'd pay to see that show, NM jumping around while Nancy shoots the heels off his shoes.

Don't know anything about Mr. Demarest's pistol. You wouldn't believe the places I had to look to find that info.

I think Mr. Draper is right about the Canadians in Afghanistan though.

[northernmonkey]

His pistol was a British made Alan Westlake Engineering Brittarms

And his rapid fire pistol was a Pardini Fiocchi, Italian .22

You are right about the marksmanship principle being easily transferred to cater for a lager calibre weapon, but she would miss, she is a woman and a yank

[T_richard]

I think its time to kill this thread and start a new one.

............Title The USMC rifleman is the finest marksman in the world. Debate

NM you snuck that last part in, a true butthead

I have passed on your cv to Nancy, all she had to say was "click". Good luck brother

[northernmonkey]

Mm yes the world s shortest thread along with great Italian War heroes and Great welsh recipes

Never snuck anything in

Ref you marksmen woman, the reason her message was click was because the dumb broad forgot to chamber a round

[ORAC]

Olympic Medalists in Shooting

[T_richard]

Thanks ORAC,

I visited multiple sights just to get the little I had, Google failed me or more likely, garbage in, garbage out.

NM
Brother, you live dangerously, the click was Nancy dry fireing a Remmington 700 before she packs it up for a trip to your house, I have to admit I laughed even though I knew it was coming.

[Jackonicko]

For someone from Rhode Island to seriously criticise British cuisine, culture or comedy is the height of absurdity. There is great US cuisine (from the Southwest, where Mexican influence is strongest). There is great US art, and great US comedy, too, and in such subjective areas it's simply silly to get into an inane pissing or penis-measuring contest.

Is your obsession with guns an indicator that you wouldn't do too well in the latter, TR?

[T_richard]

Ouch Jacko

Get up on the wrong side of the mattress today? Apparently you haven't visited the smallest state in the Union. We are home to Johnson and Wales University, arguably one of the finest culinary schools in the country, we probably have more top flight restaurants per capita than any state in the union. having immediate access to Italian;Nothern and Southern, Portugese, (largest concentration of Portugese population in N. America), Thai and of course traditional American cuisine, I think it is fair to say I have a firm foundation upon which to disparage English food; if you want to call it food.

As for comedy, I was directing my remarks at NM's brand of comedy, I freely admit I don't get MP et all, obviously someone does cuz they are very popular. The rest was all handgrenades lobbed at NM for fun and sport. Try not to take yourself any more seriously than you already do, you'll live longer

I obsess about my children, I just like guns

[tony draper]

Hey you chaps seem to know about these things, how much is a Feinwerkbau 300s in mint condition and fitted leather case worth?.

Had one hanging on me wall for the last fifteen years or so.

[northernmonkey]

a very good Air rifle in its day, world class.

Used to be about £350 back 20 yrs ago............. stick it in loot for £180 it should go

[Jackonicko]

Thanks for the health tip, TR.

Learn to accept your inadequacies, don't resent the fact that you weren't lucky enough to be born a Brit, and lay off the 'traditional American McCuisine' and you might live longer, too.

If you don't suffer an unfortunate shooting accident.....