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saturday was quite the treat... as i was able to shoot testosterone straight into my vein by shooting several pretty sweet weapons. one of my friends/soldiers that i deployed with, invited me out to blast away with some of his many guns. from pistols to assault rifles, it was just what the doctor ordered after getting through the holidays.

one of the first weapons i fired was his ar "pistol." in his words the weapon is a:
"...rock river lower receiver with an olympic arms 10.5 inch upper on it, and an eo-tech cco."
it's very similar to the m4 i had when in iraq. we didn't have the eo-tech cco and so that was quite the treat to play around with after clocking so many hours on ghost recon using the sight "virtually." nonetheless, inanimate targets shook in their clay pigeon boots as i walked up to fire.

next up was something i've been dying to shoot for quite some time.

the infamous ak47. i saw tons of these in iraq and every male from the age of 14 up is legally allowed to carry one. it's supposed to be one of the more reliable weapons ever made - (you can drop it in a lake and come back days later to shoot it reliable) and it feels a bit more like a real gun than the m4... probably due to the wood stock and weight difference and the caliber. it was fun to shoot even if it was legal so there wasn't an auto on the fire select.

then we moved on to ridiculous weapons.

this was a rifle supplied by the other guy who came along. not sure what it was... but it seemed a bit overkill for what we were doing so of course i had to try it out. the scope made our 50-75 meter targets look absolutely huge and it was zeroed so you had to aim 2 inches high and 2 inches to the right of whatever you were shooting at. i think i missed everything i pointed it at.

the creme de la creme though had to be the m1a socom rifle.
there aren't any pictures of me shooting one... but here's a web image of what they look like.

by far one of the best rifles i've ever fired. it's meaty and pretty darn accurate. again in the words of the expert who took me out there and owns this beautiful piece of death:
"...used by the military during late korea and early vietnam as the m-14. It has been in rotation since then in about every special forces type outfit, including currently by a lot of snipery guys on straight infantry units in iraq and afghanistan. it fires the .308 or 7.62x51 nato round."
if they weren't so darn expensive and if we weren't trying to save our money... i'd probably try to go out and get one. oh well there's always Christmas 2020 to look forward to. for a look at all the types of m1as made today click here.
now for an "awesome" video of some really "cool" guy firing an m1a.
enjoy: