hitmanNo2 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Is there enough rubber on the front of the shoulder for it to be for weapon retention? As for elbows, maybe for prone. Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore1-6 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Because Mad Max is a thing?Leather and rubber in a garmant sounds perfect. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 As above, the pad on the shoulder is for weapon retention, and also to absorb recoil. The elbow pads are to make it more comfortable while crawling/stalking prey. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Is there enough rubber on the front of the shoulder for it to be for weapon retention? As for elbows, maybe for prone. Yes, now that you say it it makes sense. Because Mad Max is a thing? Leather and rubber in a garmant sounds perfect. And that's why I want it. Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Leather and rubber in a garmant sounds perfect. That's what I told the missus Link to post Share on other sites
paranoiddroid Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Got to work at 7:20, in order to get out early and grab a couple of particularly ugly and heavy, yet very postnuclear-feeling rags at the thrift shop. It's clearance day and I'll be ###### off if I find out that some people are willing to buy the oddest, most useless *suitcase* as long as it's 20 pence a kilo. Also, does anyone have any idea what would a shooter or a hunter need a heavy leather jacket with real heavy duty rubber reinforcements on the elbows and one shoulder? Sounds like a shooting jacket for High power shooting did it look like this? Designed for recoil, weapons retention and setting up so you have the perfect position every shot at 800 yards. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 That is one dumb looking jacket. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I'd rather wear that jacket than those glasses. Seriously, is nobody else seeing them? Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 hahaha! I bet he has a clamp for his rifle too. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 He looks like a villain from Beverly Hills Cop 2. Do rifle clubs not have mirrors? Maybe they should. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 He just needs a few pairs of scissors taped to his hands and he's sorted. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 As paranoid said, it's all about long range shooting. The jackets help hold the body in position, glasses help stop visual distraction etc. It's a specialist thing, same as say a skier in Lycra or similar. It's not fashion, it's to do a job... Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I know... it's still stupid. Being able to circumcise a bluebottle with a rifle and a silly jacket is one thing, but if you can't hit *suitcase* without the use of the jacket then your skill is non-transferable and therefore useless in my book. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 There's me in my gucci leather jacket and shades, shooting at a thousand yards. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I just see it as another niche sport. Take ski jumping for example (why all the skiing references from me tonight?) same thing, not really transferable. Darkchild, nice pic. Never knew that rifle would push out to 1000 yards Link to post Share on other sites
paranoiddroid Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Thing is they still call that guys event 'service rifle' and shoot semi auto m16 clones in the us.... though they are about as close to a rack grade m16 as a nascar corvette is to the one on the dealer floor. Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Officially it can only fire out to 800 metres, but in trials I was getting sub 225mm groups at 1000 yards (the warminster sniper range is still in yards) on a man sized target. We could not record beyond 800m as that would have required completely rewriting the trial requirements. Bureaucracy means the official capabilities of the L129A1 rifle are first hit capability at 600m, harassing fire out to 800 metres. The truth is it is far more capable, all on a measly 16 inch barrel. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Ski jumping is also bloody stupid. Golf is the stupidest though. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Thanks, interesting to know Scorch, golf is indeed stupid! Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Sounds like a shooting jacket for High power shooting did it look like this? Designed for recoil, weapons retention and setting up so you have the perfect position every shot at 800 yards. Give or take, yes. Also, some dumb *fruitcage* bought it before I got there. In this sick sad country, people would buy a live grenade if it was 20 pence. Also, Azubi is selling Canon photo gear and I'm flat *fruitcage* broke. AAAARRRRGH. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunmane Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 As I live right next to a golf course, I can give full assurances that golf is primarily a way for folks to get drunk without having to go to the local bar or be accused of drinking too heavily. "I wasn't out drinking, I was out golfing with my league!" To think I almost agreed to work cleaning carts again, 5 work seasons of that is far too much. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 If ever there's a type of staff you can get from an agency at the drop of a hat on a casual basis, its drivers and warehouse staff. My sister is a manager at Pertemps, so I know just how easy it is. My manager, decided to send the workshop engineer out driving a delivery van because the driver called in sick. For three days. So that's three days worth of repairs that haven't been done, all during our busy period. I swear our management couldn't manage to blow their *fruitcage* nose. Link to post Share on other sites
paranoiddroid Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Golf is a waste of a nice rifle range imo!. Dark child so what? Because the trials are asking for a certain set of requirements from the rifle you can't record that a rifle exceeds the requirements? Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Exactly that, otherwise the KUR (key user requirements) would have to be changed to reflect the new data, a process that would put back the kit procurement for months. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
Counting Count Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 That's never stopped the beauracracy before, as an aside old golfcourses make good sites, though the ground generally looks a bit flat on overheads... Confuses players something chronic... Link to post Share on other sites
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