From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry chaps, I've had real difficulty formating it this time - Seems AOL 6 doesn't act like AOL 5 and won't handle longer e-mails in the same way. Part Two ???? I continue to object to the expansion of the color code to place "Black" beyond "Red." In Red you have made the deci- sion to take the irrevocable step. You have no place further to go than that and there is no need to clutter up the scene. ???? The following from family member David Kahn from Morrison, Colorado. "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." ???? Family member and master instructor Tom Russell points out to us that we have been teaching the wrong things here in the rifle program. It turns out that Kenney Jarrett, of Jarrett Rifles Incorporated, claims that his rifles are so good that they breed such confidence that the shooter does not have to know how to shoot—the rifle takes care of that for him. To quote: "They don't hesitate pulling the trigger because they know they're going to hit what they shoot at." Well, doggone! Forget about sights, forget about trigger control, forget about solid position, just buy a Jarrett rifle and you will hit whatever you shoot at, under any conditions. Contrary to what I have always felt and taught, it is the rifle, not the shooter that hits the target. (Now sure-as-shootin', somebody is going to believe that I said that seriously.) ???? "The only people I know who are trusted by their government are the Swiss." — Derek Heale ???? I have never been much interested in air guns, but I have run across an air pistol from Germany recently that really caught my fancy. On this piece the primary tube is the gas chamber, and around it, like a snake, is wrapped the barrel, starting top dead center aft and winding up top dead center forward, describing a 360 degree circle. Now why is this? It appears that if you start the projectile at the breech and rotate it one full turn by the time it reaches the muzzle you can employ a smooth-bore and spin the projectile without rifling. This is a truly exotic idea, and the pistol itself is a truly bi- zarre artifact. I am not sure what is gained by this system, since I cannot read the German that well, but I must certainly grant these people first prize for ingenuity . ???? Since we now have computers to do our thinking for us, here are few questions for your machine: Was American Negro chattel slavery an institution extensible into the American West? What should be the qualifications for the franchise? What was the effect of the institution of chivalry upon the Age of Exploration? Is there such a thing as natural law? Can a moral government exist without religion? Go ahead and punch the keys! ???? The Horiuchi case is still open—to the public, if not to the courts. Horiuchi was defended by Solicitor General Seth Waxman who told the court that it did not matter whether Vicki Weaver's death was the result of excessive force. "These federal law enforcement officials are privileged to do what would otherwise be unlawful if done by a private citizen. It is a fundamental function of our government." It is not clear to me that the deliberate murder of an unarmed woman by a fed- eral agent who was himself in no danger "is a fundamental function of our government." The proper adjective for this act is atrocious. One wonders why that is not clear to Waxman. ???? In cruising the great hall at the SHOT Show, we noticed that fully two out of three people on the floor had cellular phones permanently screwed into their ears. Modern medicine being what it is, it is possible that there will be a next step. Before long we should be able to have a cellular phone implanted into the mastoid bone and never have to think for our- selves again. ???? The relationship between the client and the guide remains as mystifying as ever. By choice, the guide should show the client the animal at a reasonable range and then drop the subject. This assumes that the hunter knows what he is doing, which is sometimes a dangerous assumption. The hunter, however, should by all means control the shot and not be told when or when not to shoot. The guide not infrequently finds that his hunter has become procedurally paralyzed and incapable of making the vital decision. If this is the case, urging him to shoot may not help matters since he may press trigger without proper concentration on his shooting. Cases are different, of course, but it is certainly a splendid experience for the guide to discover that his hunter knows exactly what he is doing, and is doing it right. This is usually the case when the hunter has been exposed to a proper course of instruction with the rifle, but there are not many of those available. Sometimes a sportsman will do well on this first trial without any trace of buck fever. This is to be hoped for, but not necessarily expected. ???? I have been taken to task by one correspondent for pushing the Steyr Scout too much—at the expense of other rifles now on the market. The Steyr Scout was conceived and designed to do everything, and it does. The other two interest- ing rifles on the market, as I have pointed out, are the Blaser 93 and Jim West's "Co-pilot." If you are going for elephants or buffalo, you should use a heavy. But elephant and buffalo are specialties. The general-purpose rifle is the Steyr Scout, though the factory is apparently trying to keep that a secret. ???? So here we go again in extolling the Steyr Scout. What follows is an extract from a letter from John Papanicolaou. I simply could not resist reprinting it. "Thank you for helping me fall in love again. I am speaking, of course, of the Steyr Scout rifle. I took your pistol class in August and, although I had considered buying the rifle but dismissed the idea as too costly, I was swayed by your high praise for it. Then, when I got the opportunity to handle it at the reception at your house, I was sold. I was not prepared, however, for the joy that overcame me when I actually un- packed, handled and fired my own Scout. It was love at first sight, and I believe I walked around with a stupid grin on my face that day." ???? "Hollywood Gore Supporters Need Your Help George W. Bush is established as our next President. This will have catastrophic results in our vital—no, indispensable—entertainment industry. Barbra Streisand, Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon, Whoopie Goldberg, Alec Baldwin—among many others—have sworn to leave the country if George W. Bush was elected President. And this is where YOU can help. We need volunteers to help pack and to load mov- ing vans. We also need airfare for these irreplaceable national treasures so they can relocate before they change their minds. For the cost of a small SUV, you can sponsor one of these celebrities and their un- fortunate relocation. You will know that your efforts are helping when you receive postcards, letters and pictures from your chosen "refugees" as they learn to become useful citizens in the Third World country of their choosing. You will help, won't you? It costs so little but it means so much. Call 1-800-DEPART-A- CELEB now. Operators are standing by. Major credit cards are accepted." — Hawaii Rifle Association Newsletter, Dec. 2000 ???? Many of the best things in life are unappreciated until you begin to lose them. Consider good health, good brakes— and political liberty. ???? This from Bruce Snyder, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: "As further testimony to this [Bausch & Lomb] scope system, I need to share one final comment. I was in Victoria, Australia about to hunt for hogs. Because a group of us had flown down from Sydney we wanted to insure the airlines hadn't mistreated our rifles and were checking zero on a 44-gallon oil drum about 100 yards down range. A city slicker from Sydney asked if he could take a shot. We gave him the basic hold and squeeze instructions. On his first shot, he allowed the recoil and the scope to bite him above the right eye. This guy stood up, looked at the rifle a second and then threw it flat down in the dirt.* My heart sank and I just knew the scope was a gonner. While others attended this guy's eyebrow cut, I attended to the rifle. There was absolutely no harm done. An hour and a half later, this scope and rifle dropped a running boar at about 125 yards with one shot. The scope and its cross hairs had not moved!!!! Maybe this scope and rifle are some exception to some experience others have had. But, forty years of shooting to the same spot with no adjustment says something for a fixed-reticle design." * And this was an Aussie! ???? "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoidance of danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring ad- venture, or nothing." — Helen Keller, The Open Door, 1902 Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01