Dr T
Member
When you have been shooting for over 50 years, a lot of things seem obvious that are not so obvious to the guy (or girl) that is in their early 20's and just discovering how much fun shooting is.
There have been a couple that I have had to keep a straight face while answering so that I did not upset the questioner.
I was recently in a Walmart to pick up some cartridges. While waiting for the clerk to arrive, I noticed a young (early 20's), well groomed guy looking at handgun cartridges. I asked him if there was something wrong and he said, "I just bought a new 9mm pistol and I can't find any cartriges for it."
Thinking that he might have picked up a 9x18 Mak (which is not carried at the local Wallyworld), I asked him how it was marked on the barrel. He said "9 x 19 mm Parabellum". I explained that this was the same as 9 mm Luger, and he became a lot happier. He then asked about the 9 mm Kurz that he had read about. I explained that this was the same as the 380 Auto and directed him to "Cartridges of the World."
I have a nephew-in-law, a Naval Reserve Chaplin that was attached for a while to a reserve group of Marine Snake Eaters (He came back in one piece from his all expense paid trip to Afghanistan, thank goodness). We were getting ready to take him hunting on the ranch, and we started to talk about siting in. He asked, "How should I adjust my scope if the deer is at 275 yards?" (he had been shooting with one of the team's snipers a week before). I explained that if you are hunting deer, you sight in the rifle to keep the bullet inside a tube stretching from the muzzle to the deer and if it was sighted in 3 inches high at 100 yards, he wouldn't have to worry about it. (But it was real hard not to laugh while I was explaining this.)
There have been a couple that I have had to keep a straight face while answering so that I did not upset the questioner.
I was recently in a Walmart to pick up some cartridges. While waiting for the clerk to arrive, I noticed a young (early 20's), well groomed guy looking at handgun cartridges. I asked him if there was something wrong and he said, "I just bought a new 9mm pistol and I can't find any cartriges for it."
Thinking that he might have picked up a 9x18 Mak (which is not carried at the local Wallyworld), I asked him how it was marked on the barrel. He said "9 x 19 mm Parabellum". I explained that this was the same as 9 mm Luger, and he became a lot happier. He then asked about the 9 mm Kurz that he had read about. I explained that this was the same as the 380 Auto and directed him to "Cartridges of the World."
I have a nephew-in-law, a Naval Reserve Chaplin that was attached for a while to a reserve group of Marine Snake Eaters (He came back in one piece from his all expense paid trip to Afghanistan, thank goodness). We were getting ready to take him hunting on the ranch, and we started to talk about siting in. He asked, "How should I adjust my scope if the deer is at 275 yards?" (he had been shooting with one of the team's snipers a week before). I explained that if you are hunting deer, you sight in the rifle to keep the bullet inside a tube stretching from the muzzle to the deer and if it was sighted in 3 inches high at 100 yards, he wouldn't have to worry about it. (But it was real hard not to laugh while I was explaining this.)
