And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Well, not being a gun nut but having served in the USMC many decades ago, I have never seen one. I guess that girls and "snowflakes" have developed them for keeping their tender little cheeks from bruising.
The cheek rest is to allow a proper cheek weld, for the purpose of allowing the shooter to make consistent shots. And yeah, it prevents bruising, by putting the shooter’s face where it belongs: in contact with the rifle so the rifle doesn’t jump up and punch the shooter in the face.
I'm guessing John didn't serve in the combat arms.
Consistent cheek weld is one of the benchmarks of rifle accuracy, and it's even listed as such in every chapter on marksmanship since the 1947 1st edition of the Guidebook For Marines. You could look it up.
Perhaps he was sick the week in boot camp when they covered that...?
And this girl is anything but a snowflake. She looks to be shooting her own buck, and is prepared to field dress it on the spot with a solid Case knife.
Clearly, somebody taught her how to shoot right, and she paid attention. That, boys and girls, is what is known as a "keeper".
Aesop: I spent 12 months and 29 days as the tank commander of a US Marine M-48 Patton tank. I don't know who or what you think you are ... other than a "keyboard warrior" ... but you don't impress me and neither does the pussified cheek rest.
Military rifles went over 200 years without a "cheek rest." It is no different than the little darlings now have machines that duplicates the "pressure" of the recoil of a friggin .223 rifle on their shoulders so that they won't bruise when they finally get to the live firing range.
I have an old western brand knife with a similar pattern and shape on the handle. The rifle appears to be a Tikka with a 10 round magazine and possibly an aftermarket cheek rest.
Well. She brought a knife to a gunfight - and brought the gun too, for backup. I bet the pepper spray and Taser are in their sheaths on the other side. My kind of gal.
Buck, kabar or case fixed blade??
ReplyDeleteLooks like Kabar bowie
ReplyDeleteIt ain't a Ka Bar, unless they started making girly models.
ReplyDeleteThat isn't a "girly" knife
DeleteThat is an interesting cheek rest on the stock of the rifle.
ReplyDeletewhat's so interesting about an adjustable cheek rest?
DeleteWell, not being a gun nut but having served in the USMC many decades ago, I have never seen one. I guess that girls and "snowflakes" have developed them for keeping their tender little cheeks from bruising.
DeleteThe cheek rest is to allow a proper cheek weld, for the purpose of allowing the shooter to make consistent shots. And yeah, it prevents bruising, by putting the shooter’s face where it belongs: in contact with the rifle so the rifle doesn’t jump up and punch the shooter in the face.
DeleteCall it what you want. The "pussification" of this once-great nation is almost complete.
DeleteI'm guessing John didn't serve in the combat arms.
DeleteConsistent cheek weld is one of the benchmarks of rifle accuracy, and it's even listed as such in every chapter on marksmanship since the 1947 1st edition of the Guidebook For Marines. You could look it up.
Perhaps he was sick the week in boot camp when they covered that...?
And this girl is anything but a snowflake.
She looks to be shooting her own buck, and is prepared to field dress it on the spot with a solid Case knife.
Clearly, somebody taught her how to shoot right, and she paid attention.
That, boys and girls, is what is known as a "keeper".
Aesop: I spent 12 months and 29 days as the tank commander of a US Marine M-48 Patton tank. I don't know who or what you think you are ... other than a "keyboard warrior" ... but you don't impress me and neither does the pussified cheek rest.
DeleteMilitary rifles went over 200 years without a "cheek rest." It is no different than the little darlings now have machines that duplicates the "pressure" of the recoil of a friggin .223 rifle on their shoulders so that they won't bruise when they finally get to the live firing range.
ADD: My time in the US Marine tank was in northern I-Corps of Vietnam from Jan '6 8 - Feb '69.
DeleteIt might be a Randall blade.
ReplyDeleteKurtz
I was thinking the same thing. Either a Randall, or some other handmade knife.
Deletethere are a few jv comments on blades and cheek rests that are so everyday
ReplyDeleteThe sheath and hilt looks like a Marbles hunting knife I have.
ReplyDeleteI have an old western brand knife with a similar pattern and shape on the handle. The rifle appears to be a Tikka with a 10 round magazine and possibly an aftermarket cheek rest.
ReplyDeleteit's a marble
ReplyDeleteLooks like a Marbles knife , to me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like an Estwing in a custom sheath.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a vintage Buck knife and I have the exact same knife purchased in 1975.
ReplyDeleteAppears to be a Marbles knife. And a Tikka rifle. All fine kit.
ReplyDeleteWell. She brought a knife to a gunfight - and brought the gun too, for backup. I bet the pepper spray and Taser are in their sheaths on the other side. My kind of gal.
ReplyDeleteLove the trigger discipline but there's no eye protection.
ReplyDeleteLove a gal who shoots!
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