The .303 rifle

Weapons training became a reality and most of us from rural areas had experience with firearms. We’d all, everyone of us, had used a firearm, from the outback portions of the province. The guys from the cities that were in training, that was another story, they hadn’t. But the weapons that we used of course were .22 s and an old .30 I used to use. We knew how to shoot with those things. But it was a total different shooting experience and what we were being taught to do. Our experience in the back country of our province was when you saw something, you pulled the trigger and you hit or you missed. But with this weapon, you had two pressures. You took up the first pressure, held your breath and [inaudible] pulled for the second. The second pressure triggered your round. We had to learn that and we had no problem with it, not really. I was never a good shot but was never primarily because of eyesight, but I was okay.