Yet another sad thread in which i realise i can never own my own firearm....espcially a rifle....
Non the less it would seem, based on my shooting experience(mainly with military rifles, i have to admit), that small caliber semi auto is the way to go. as for semi auto causing you to shoot unaccuratley, well, that depends. When i go into the range thinking-"im gonna put them one inside the other", i usually do. When i say "scr** this lets have some fun", i usually shoot very avrage or below. Even with a shortend M16, which is a semi-auto, relativly(to small caliber) high kick, and very poor balistics(the IDF idiot who decided to chop off the barrels of long m16s and call it a carbine should be hung) you can still shoot very good and have alot of fun. Than again military shooting training is not exactly what you call a fun day at the range(mor like a traumatic day at bootcamp
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