Heard at the blog shoot
Les: Oh, you got some Peltors.
Me: Yes.
Les: You know, they work better if you put the microphone toward the front. You have them on backwards.
Me: Well, you know, I don’t like people sneaking up behind me.
Les: I won’t blog this.
Bonus: Pic of a the Zel Custom going off, fired by one of the guys at LuckyGunner:
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Pics and more later.
October 16th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Having the mics pointing backwards is great for gun school, too, since the guy yelling UR DOIN IT RONG is likely to be behind you while you’re doing it wrong.
October 17th, 2010 at 9:28 am
That guy shoots like a law professor, just saying.
October 17th, 2010 at 11:34 am
Always wear mine backwards, ain’t no one in front of me on the line!
If I’m just watching, everyone is to the sides of behind, so they work just fine there, too.
October 17th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
While I would never tell anyone else not to buy or shoot one of those .50BMG rifles, I will say that shooting one regularly will damage one’s hearing, even with both plugs and muff. A proper cheekweld to the stock will bring enough of the BOOM through bone conductivity to cause the damage. A few shots would be safe, or even a few shots a month.
October 17th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Isn’t this the point where, someone, has to ask about how hard it kicks?
October 17th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
With those muzzlebrakes,about like a 12 gauge shooting slugs, or like a .50 Beowulf.
October 17th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
That’s amazing Bill. I have a 450 Bushmaster and I think that thing kicks like a mule. I figured the 50BMG would knock you right back a bit.
October 17th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Video of one being shot is here:
http://waitesandbalances.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-03-10T15%3A42%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=7
This is an even shorter barrel, and a 10 year shoots it too.
October 17th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
You’ll have to page down until you see a guy holding a rifle.
October 18th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
I always run mine with the mic to the back for range commands. There’s seldom anyone in front of the line, and if there is it must be a cease fire – or else you’d better be calling “Cease fire!”