Posted by jamesgibbon on
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James writes:

> The hits on the target looked more real to me than when
> they use squibs behind one because it blows the paper out
> rather than punching a hole. Like Chris, I was impressed by
> Straker's marksmanships which was in the Expert/Master class.
> How could they say Straker isn't good with weapons. I think
> he could equal that stunt that Mel Gibson's character Riggs
> did in the first Lethal Weapon film with shooting like that.
>

Straker is undoubtedly impossibly talented with that rifle in
Kill Straker, I must say. Who said he wasn't? Apologies if
I haven't been paying sufficient attention ..

I think you're right about Straker being able to equal the stunt
Riggs pulls off in Lethal Weapon - where he very accurately
draws a smiley on a target card at about 25 yards.

In fact I believe I read a fanfic story where Straker puts 8
rounds through the same hole on a target range with a pistol.
Not really possible in 'real life', any more than Riggs' trick,
even for an Olympic standard shooter with a target pistol and
matched ammunition, but that's why we have fiction :)

James