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Re: Ever shot a firearm while riding a unicycle??

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  1. Lets start off by saying that I am NOT expressing any political views
    here.
    I am just stating the situation in a factual way in order to contribute
    to the post.

    I participated in the Lebanon war two summers ago. Let me tel you that
    in a war you can get away with a lot of stuff. Rockets were landing all
    over the place and tanks and artillery were constantly firing off
    rounds. Therefore no one even noticed M-16 firing which is what I shot
    from a unicycle. (I was not shooting at anyone.) Also no one has to
    account for ammunition. There is to much going on to count bullets.

    I am a mortar operator and sniper and when I was not on duty I would
    take my unicycle on rides through the fruit orchards in the area. The
    area of Northern Israel and southern Lebanon is very mountainous with
    terraced fruit orchards all over the place. It was great riding. I had
    to have my personal weapon (An M-16.) on me at all times. Soldiers are
    brought up on charges who leave thier weapons unatended, therefore I
    rode with my gun. On one of my rides in a valley during an artillery
    firing barrage I just pulled the bolt back and started firing the gun
    in single shot mode. No problem. However when I tried it on fully
    automatic I was knocked off the unicycle on to my ass. I am a good
    marksman but let me tell you that your accuracy is not great and it is
    not easy. I am sure that with practice you could probably get quite
    good.

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  2. john_childs said:

    It would be interesting to see someone shooting a shotgun (at zombies)
    while on a unicycle. I suspect the recoil could be tricky to deal with.

    The trick here--as The Duke showed us in "True Grit"--is to put the
    reigns in your teeth, then pedal your unicycle straight toward the
    zombies as fast as you can, shooting, then twirling the shotgun to
    re-[censored] it, then shooting again. Every three shots, yell "Hai!" and
    give the zombies the evil eye. Mr. Wayne proved you can take out a lot
    of zombies with that strategy.

    Unicorn said:

    Lets start off by saying that I am NOT expressing any political views
    here. I am just stating the situation in a factual way in order to
    contribute to the post. On one of my rides in a valley during an
    artillery firing barrage I just pulled the bolt back and started firing
    the gun in single shot mode. No problem. However when I tried it on
    fully automatic I was knocked off the unicycle on to my ass.

    I'm not taking a stance either way on the background situation, but do
    need to say this: Way to further the research...

    TB

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