Originally Posted by
Neal Chaves
I'm reminded of a story about Sgt. Alvin York (brilliantly played by Gary Cooper in the film "Sgt. York". Alvin was a good old mountain boy and moonshiner who found himself in the Army in WW1. On the rifle range, the instructors laughed at the way he shouldered his weapon, and the idiots in the butts gave him "Maggie's Drawers" when they looked up at his target. However, when the target was pulled down, Alvin's five shots were found closely grouped in the X-ring. He was pretty good with an empty rifle, too, capturing a whole lot of Germans and winning the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Then there was Carlos Hathcock, USMC who served in Vietnam at a time when it was costing US tax-payers one million dollars for each enemy kill. Sgt. Hathcock killed hundreds by himself, with a bolt action rifle and scope that could be purchased in any big sporting goods store, and on all but a few, he used only one shot.
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