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CaptainCrunch · 11-13-2007, 01:38 PM

One thing that gets exagerated badly is the concept of marksmenship with a pistol, for the most part, they're designed around close in work and dumping as many bullets into the center mass as possible. If your nervous or have a shaky hand, more then likely your going to miss, and as you continue to shoot, the recoil is going to take your rounds high and to the right. Anything outside of lets say 10 meters is iffy territory.

I always laugh at the movies where the guy with a pistol takes aim and shoots at the guy on the third floor of a building two city blocks away and hits him.

11-13-2007, 01:38 PM	#19
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	One thing that gets exagerated badly is the concept of marksmenship with a pistol, for the most part, they're designed around close in work and dumping as many bullets into the center mass as possible. If your nervous or have a shaky hand, more then likely your going to miss, and as you continue to shoot, the recoil is going to take your rounds high and to the right. Anything outside of lets say 10 meters is iffy territory. I always laugh at the movies where the guy with a pistol takes aim and shoots at the guy on the third floor of a building two city blocks away and hits him. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!