The Range Part two!!!

[Chris Sykes]

While testing the easter egg for the range scenery i took the Hawk, as usual, for a bit o target practice and scored 8 out of 8!!! You can see there 4 smoke plumes and a splash. The splash shows the fact that theres water placement in the circle area... (Curse coast line scenery making)

[Chris Sykes]

Im getting good at this!!! 8 out of 8 again...

[Pringle]

Whatever

What you need to do is go on a live range in a Merlin with a GPMG and get 42 out of 400!

(Just to show i'm not that rubbish, I was second best out of 8. The worst was 11 :o )

[Trev Clark]

How much of a bribe did you give the range officer Tom!
That is a good score, I knew a chap who never hit a thing so they had to falsified his score to get hit his ´chitty´ on the quiet
BTW it was not me, I was an RAF marksman badge holder (who could not hit a barn door with an SMG, however), but did well with a nice old SLR...I guess the ATC was to be congratulated, even if they taught us on 1917 vintage Lee Enfields.

[DispatchDragon]

I guess the ATC was to be congratulated, even if they taught us on 1917 vintage Lee Enfields.

You qualified on the ATC 303's as well Trev?

40 years later I can still feel the bruises on my shoulder and 10Fs SWO Mick Poulton yelling at me to keep it tucked in tight




Leif OFFTOPIC

[Brian Franklin]

ATC?? I used to use them in the Air Force!

[Trev Clark]

You qualified on the ATC 303's as well Trev?

I did indeed, ATC marksman with .22's in the local range and RAF marksman at annual camp I think it might have been RAF Hereford of all places. It made up for having such a crap place to have a camp (trainee cooks and suppliers), Brize and Malta the following year more than made up for it though. Yes, they did 'kick you' a tad Not sure if I would have been any good with 'toy' they seem to use nowadays :roll:

[Pringle]

How much of a bribe did you give the range officer Tom!

It was in flight...on the move...on NVGs

None of this on the ground rubbish!

[airbee]

Cor! Marksman, that takes me back! .303 at Wattisham. Took me three rounds to 'get' the bruiser kick and its aiming effect - then onto the beautiful Bren - what a gun; so smoooth... ;-)

[Ben Hartmann]

Leif,

Gawd 10F!!!, we used to crucify them at literally every thing at "Wing" events . I was at 2465 (Icknield) Sqn.

Regards

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