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.
Neither the sights nor the rifle are the alumni, the users of such are, so no, your Latin grammar lesson is wrong, and the plural form referring to the larger mixed-sex group of students/graduates of the iron-sight school is correct. Nice try.
And alumnae would refer to an all-female group of graduates. Possible, but generally implausible.
I can still see in my "old Age"so I still use them!!! Scopes are OK for "Picky Targets" or just shooting for fun!! but ya gotta' take the time to "Fine tune them" and one bump and back to the sight in bench!!!!!! Know what I mean??? For those who in "Dot.Mil" that have to "Reach out and touch someone!!!" Keep up the good work Troops!!!! skybill
Have a few optics some are really nice but at 52 years old I just started using them since I was almost 50. Still want to be able to co-witness. Scopes break or batteries die
Remember to control your breathing...
ReplyDelete-----front and rear sights shown (one rifle)--therefore should be alumnus (or alumna). we hope for alumni.
ReplyDeleteor alumnae....
DeleteNeither the sights nor the rifle are the alumni, the users of such are, so no, your Latin grammar lesson is wrong, and the plural form referring to the larger mixed-sex group of students/graduates of the iron-sight school is correct.
DeleteNice try.
And alumnae would refer to an all-female group of graduates.
Possible, but generally implausible.
M1a
ReplyDeleteM-14 thank you very much…
ReplyDeleteActually, the M-1 Garand pre-dates both, so...
ReplyDeleteI can still see in my "old Age"so I still use them!!!
ReplyDeleteScopes are OK for "Picky Targets" or just shooting for fun!! but ya gotta' take the time to "Fine tune them" and one bump and back to the sight in bench!!!!!! Know what I mean???
For those who in "Dot.Mil" that have to "Reach out and touch someone!!!" Keep up the good work Troops!!!!
skybill
My favorite sight picture!
ReplyDeleteM1 and M14 sights, the best open sight ever made.
ReplyDeleteTom762
Have a few optics some are really nice but at 52 years old I just started using them since I was almost 50. Still want to be able to co-witness. Scopes break or batteries die
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