Tactical posers........

[modifiedbrowning]

Paleface, you and I know that there have been changes to the 5.56, but this guy certainly did not. He is only 21 if that, I actually doubt that he was
ever in the navy or has ever fired a gun in 5.56mm. His claim was that the 5.56 was an Uber round and big, too. Not some wimpy little .22.

 

[Stickman]

Hello everyone. First post here, but I couldn't resist.
I used to work for a city police department. One day the local news was going to film a Crimestoppers segment about a shooting, and a friend and I were going to portray the suspects. We arrived at the victim's residence. He had been shot in the hand/arm, allegedly by two punks who drove up out of the blue. When he walked out of his garage, I turned to the detective and said "this is your victim?" He responds "Yeah, why?" I told him I had been in line behind the guy at the local police supply store a few days earlier, and the guy was telling me and the clerk that he had received the wound recently in Columbia South America. He informed us he was a DEA agent and had been involved in a shoot out with Columbian drug lords while on assignment. Further digging revealed he had several other "interesting" occupations. Needless to say, we didn't film the segment. The detective told me he had wondered about this case, since none of the "facts" of the shooting as relayed by the victim seemed to add up. Last I heard, the detective was going to talk to the Feds about this idiot passing himself off as a federal agent. I've met 1 or 2 others who were just as bad.

 

[Nightcrawler]

See, that's why I say if you're going to fictionalize yourself, do it tounge and cheek, write it down, and let others enjoy it. Oh, and poke fun at yourself, too, so people laugh. If you can't laugh at yourself, you take yourself too seriously, that's all there is to it.

You're a whole lot less obnoxious that way.

I don't understand people who feel the need to lie about how great they are to others. Young guys, like 18-19, that's one thing. Young guys often feel the need to tell stories in order to gain respect of elders who think of them as kids.

But people in their 30s? 40s? 50s? Yikes.

 

[Beetle Bailey]

Stickman Welcome to THR .

Crazy Irishman

"I really didn't do much except sail on a couple ships.

In my book that's plenty 'nuff. He still put himself in harm's way for his country. Even if he had never had to use the AAA, he did a job. 'Course, I 've never been in combat at all, but that's my humble opinion . BTW, my cousin also later became a Lt. in charge of supplies/logistics before he got out. He said "When I was in the Gulf, I used to hate the supply guys. They're in the back where it's safe 'cuz they're weak. We're in the front doing all the work. But when I got promoted and put in charge of supplies (this happened a few years after the war) I learned how important the job was. Before, if I screwed up, the stakes weren't as high. Now, if I screw up, you could have a whole army stuck in the desert with no fuel/ammo/food/etc."

Going back to the original post, people who own one gun and have never fired it worry me. A guy with ten (or whatever) guns who has never fired any of them is down right scary! He's obviously intrigued by guns but doesn't really know how to use them! IMHO it's dangerous to have something so powerful in your home and not have the skills to properly wield it

 

[clubsoda22]

Is it even legal to use an electronic device to pull the trigger of a semi auto for you? I would think if it was someone would have come out with a battery operated trigger crank by now.

 

[Preacherman]

battery operated trigger crank

Robocop?

 

[artherd]

I want to mount a Browning M2HB to my vehicle. It's a legal CA semi-auto rifle (while the AR-15 is 'banned' lol). I like black guns and black clothing.

But the difference between your friend and me:

I really enjoy shooting, and confess freely I'm not the best shot by a long margin. Maybe not even 'very good.' I shoot a lot, sometimes aparently 'too much' with my rifles for some people

I actually want to do my stupid crazy ideas, in a responsible way where nobody gets hurt. 12 miles off the coast is international waters is all I am saying (your friend needs to watch his ass, that cam driven M60 would be considered a machinegun by the BATF.)

OK, I do have a rifle that hasen't been fired yet. I even have all the accessories mounted on it. Just haven't made it to the range yet. Armalite AR-30. Hoping for good things.

In my defense, I did put over 1,000 rounds through my G34 *before* my waiting period was up! (FFL has a range, I got 'visitation rights'

 

[Viking6]

I would say for the most part posers are harmless and have minor problems not psychotic episodes. I sometimes get amused by some folks' get ups but have to remind myself that God didn't put people on earth to please me. The only real irritation is and I think somebody already mentioned it is that the poser thinks I'm stupid enough to believe the outrageous stuff. But then there's a little poser in us all.

 

[sturmruger]

Abominable if I were you I would call the guy up and tell him that you think, he is a liar and a weenie. Call a spade a spade if this guy can't even take 1 of his 10 guns and go shooting then he is a sorry exscuse for a man.

 

[killermarmot]

artherd don't worry about it you can crank as many rounds through that new beast of yours just as long as I'm not standing next to muzzlebreak.

side note on "tactical gear" I think it's funny that..who is ..doug koneg (sp) wears a motorcycle helmet while shooting some events to reduce squeezing off shots.

 

[bogie]

Guys, I'd like to confirm that creating an electronic triggering device that results in multiple shots being fired from one push of a button is essentially the same thing as manufacturing a machinegun. I'd distance yourself from this clown, or you'll be likely to have F-Troop kicking on your door...

 

[Kestrel]

Well, maybe that guy with the helicopter aspirations needs to start with mounting a potato gun on the top of his car...

Maybe duct-tape a squirt gun on the side of his outside rear-view mirror, too...

 

[JShirley]

Being in the military is not glamorous...at least, being in the infantry isn't. It's about how much you can suck. About keeping going despite the blisters on your feet, and the pain in your belly, and the sweat pouring down your forehead, and over your face like salty water from the tap. About running with gear on, when your chest and legs and arms are burning. About crawling with dust and dirt in your mouth and eyes and barely literate noncoms yelling profanities at you. About getting up twice in your six hour night's rest to pull guard duty in the cold rain.

I reckon I wasn't a great infantryman, and I'm glad to be gone. Peter, the only scars I got from the Army are on my back, from that damned ruck. Finally realized- too late- that the frame on my personal ALICE wouldn't do that to my back. Oh, well.

I figured out that being a good killer is probably easier than being a good soldier. Being a good killer probably just means you know when to pull the trigger, but a good soldier may go an entire career without firing rounds "for real". Too bad about that Vulcan crewman. Always wanted my own Vulcan.

John

 

[Mr. Mysterious]

http://www.authentiseal.org/wos.htm

I hate posers...I've never had someone that I thought was a poser show me their DD214.

I have a couple stories...I'll post them later...

 

[horge]

originally posted by JShirley
Too bad about that Vulcan crewman.
Always wanted my own Vulcan.

Okay, it's from a horrible show,
but if I could have my own Vulcan...

Just having fun, and certainly no disrespect to the brave men and women
who've served their countries honourably

 

[riverdog]

All this talk about posers makes me want to have my Colt 1991A1 hard-chromed; I'd hate to be mistaken for a poser. That said, I have worn Royal Robbins 5.11 pants for years. They're comfortable practical and tough. I never realized khaki pants were tactical, but that probably won't stop me from wearing them.

Is it okay to tell sea stories if they're true? There I was ...

 

[HBK]

All this talk of posers is...well...weird. Posers are just weird I guess, but I would liek to have my own Vulcan...if it looked like that one. We'd have to do something with the ears, though. Maybe longer hair...

 

[Jeff Timm]

"There I was..." Army talk for "Once upon a time..."

Geoff
Who was a very boring Sergeant in the US Army Ordnance Corps, long ago when the earth was young.

 

[Hutch]

Every once in a while...

You run into the real deal. In '89, I was working for a s/w company in No Va, and a coworker found out I "like guns" and should meet his friend Dan, who had BTDT, considerable. Ran into co-worker and Dan at a bar, and Dan proceeds to let me know he he likes to shoot, learned how at USMC sniper school, and had been LAPD SWAT as well. (yeah, right....)

Well... a few weeks later, a different coworker and I wound up at Dan's place, and Madre di Dios! it's all there. Scrapbooks and clippings, pictures of him w/ his LAPD squaddies, him w/ his pals in the USMC, and best of all, about a half-dozen or so custom Remington target rifles, along w/ notebooks w/ load data and test results, including chrono data and clippings from the target themselves!!! He still had a ghillie suit. Sure was glad I never called him on any of his assertions.

Doesn't happen often, but it happens.

 

[Joshua Hutchison]

At least no one has come up and said something about a guy who supposedly has had command of a

"Crack team of magical-uber-sniper-sea-leperchauns with mini-guns attached to there backs during world war IIV"

And at the rate of these stories happening,I am waiting for it

But really these people are scary...And I'm only 17.

 

[killermarmot]

I don't usually tell people this but since I trust all you guys I'll tell you I'm with the CIA, NSA, DFG, FBI, DEA, ATF, OPP, NSC, MI6, and the very secretive B????ERS that's Balistic Special Helpers & Interogaters That Explosivley Rock Stuff for you that are not in the world of special ops. oh and I forgot to mention I control a crack team of magical-uber-sniper-sea-leperchauns with mini-guns attached to there backs that I trained at the school of the ozarks.



sorry couldn't resist

 

[JamisJockey]

Typically how it goes for me...

Me "I was in the Marines"
Typical person, who's met many posers
"Oh, Recon" (Musta seen Heartbreak ridge, eh?)
Me "Um, no...Airwing"
Them "Air..what?"
Me "Airwing...I was support..Air Traffic Controller"
Them "Oh, the dude with the thingies (proceeds to make motion with hands)"
Me "No"
Them "So, you must have been a crack shot, right?"
Me "Uh..yea...sure...Marksman, you know..." (wanna see my 'pizza box'?)
Them "So, you went overseas alot?"
Me "No...spent most of my time in Yuma, some in 29 Palms"
Them "Where is that?"

Needless to say, I never pose

 

[Joshua Hutchison]

I don't usually tell people this but since I trust all you guys I'll tell you I'm with the CIA, NSA, DFG, FBI, DEA, ATF, OPP, NSC, MI6, and the very secretive B????ERS that's Balistic Special Helpers & Interogaters That Explosivley Rock Stuff for you that are not in the world of special ops. oh and I forgot to mention I control a crack team of magical-uber-sniper-sea-leperchauns with mini-guns attached to there backs that I trained at the school of the ozarks.

I'm happy now.

 

[Smoke]

I was "recruited" to serve in "Nam. Yeah I was underage but the big dogs heard about some of my "skills" and brought me on board. Did a couple of tours there. Saw some shi....err stuff, nobody knows about and will never see the light of day. Had to do some of it too.

When I came of legal age I was "enlisted" (didn't have to do boot camp) I'd already been there and done that. Served with Recon and crossed over alot with the SEELS. During peace time the Rangers wanted me to train them.

I put my time in doing a lot of Secret Squirrell stuff...yeah, I got the coin....must have left it at home....adn now work with an agency thats not part of the public record. I spend time in South America and Europe.

Guns? Oh yeah, I've handled everything. When you get to the level I was in you learn how to make any gun fully auto, all it takes is two pop tops from a beer can, a 3/16 drill bit and some baling wire. Its really easy to do, but if I told you howm I'd have to kill you.

Llamas are the best you know, but I prefer a Jennigns or Lorcin for covert work. The great guns and disposable.

I have a full arsenal at the house. No, I can't show it to you, its classified. The Feds know its there though. I even have GPRs.

Don't mess with me. I can kill you before you blink with two hairs from my head. Leaves no marks, and I'll never be caught.

Ninjas are pansies.
Airborne are wimps.
I've trained them all, no body can touch me. What? GO to the range, uh, can't today, old war wound is acting up. Next week? No, no, ummmm.....got a top secret meeting.

Poser? What's that?

Secret Smoke

 

[Sven]

Gunsmith John Jardine recounted to Gary H and I recently how he meets these people at the SHOT Show... after 20 minutes of their detailed recounting of all their gear, Jardine asks:

"so which disciplines do you shoot? Cross the course? Highpower?"

poseur responds:

"Oh I haven't shot it yet"