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Originally Posted by longrange1947
Gene - Yeah I rank them along side the cosin indicator for doping slope. That is always fun to explain to a guy.
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He, he, he.
Had a fellow ask us for some eight to ten foot platforms for use on a 300 yard long range yesterday. I called the sergeant and after informing him that we had no such platforms -- I then asked him why he wanted them.
You know the response. Learning how to shoot from roof tops.
OK -- you deal with 18s. I deal with "others" and most of the "others" aren't combat arms. Roof tops to me means a guy is on a four story roof and is shooting someone who is directly below him or perhaps across a very narrow street.
I explained it to this fellow but he couldn't comprehend that eight or twelve feet above the ground means absolutely nothing in terms of zeros. I just told him that unless they were on a tower about fifty feet above the ground and were shooting damn near straight down, a center hold with their battlesight zero would be just fine.
Remember -- you work with 18s. I don't. This fellow knew no more what a '300 meter battlesight' and 'center hold' was, than he did quantum physics. However, he accepted that we didn't have any 'towers' from which to shoot so his problems were solved.
You may say "WTF"? I say you wouldn't want anyone but this particular fellow to get your vehicle up and running again, or pehaps your ammo dropped, or your pay fixed, if you needed any of these things fixed, so I kind of put ignorance into perspective. I will hand it to the guy, he damn sure wasn't scared to ask.
Gene -- Mentor of Problem Solving