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Snapping In
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Snapping In |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Snapping In It is pain that makes a marksman. Unhook the strap From the stock's lower end. Loop it, then, Around your bicep And cinch it down so that its length Is less than the measure of your arm From finger end to elbow. Next, Placing the palm of your right hand Against the butt plate, Push Until the relationship made By a line drawn from your left hand Forced up under the strap's connection To the upper stock, and running down Your arm, then up again, by extension, To the lower end of the piece Before reaching back to the start, Resembles a triangle. "PUSH!" he screams, Until thirty six inches of death, From flash suppressor to shoulder end, Snaps Into a space meted out by God At several inches less. Thus transformed, The explosion of the recoil Rocks you back Precisely to where it all began, Cradle fashion. It is pain that makes a marksman, Not vision. RMW |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Practice for about 1500 rounds live fire and 5000 dry fire ... and a good meld  [This message has been edited by Interloper (edited 05-21-2001).] |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Interloper...some kind of discomfort, yes, those first couple days of snapping in. Bob |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Not to mention learning your dope, ruining your boots in the dirt and rocks ... or the dirt adhering to the sweat ... or the DI who tightens the loop until the blood stops running, or being first on the line after a nice, short 3 mile double time ... breathe out and hold and squeeze when you can barely breathe at all! Never been there ... Live for love. Without love, you don't live. |
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Decaflame Senior Member
since 2001-05-11
Posts 1635 |
I've done some target practice....never thought to put all the tension down into words.... and still hit the bullseye.... |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Interloper....ah...."thanks for the memories.." Bob Decaflame....Smiling. Well, if your target is the size of a dinner plate...and 500 METERS down range...then...join the club. Just teasing. Thanks for reading. Bob |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
I can tell by the above responses, Bob, that you've done a succinct job of descriptiveness! |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
this is definitely new for me. . . I've never thought of it that way. . . thanks for sharing Bob. . . ------------------------------------------------------------ To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Another well done poem...great detail - and you've got the tension too..  K |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Virginia, Sven and Severn....Thanks folks. Thoughtful of you to comment on this one. It's different, I know. Bob |
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