[Panther Al]

*hrms* As far as the Afghans go, I'd say about 50-50 on the whole myth vs. fact thing on how they was scary good with the long rifle. Historically, they never had a lot of firearms, and even less ammo. Hence, the older generations was very very good at taking those single shots and making sure that they hit: they couldn't afford (literally) a missed shot. Now, that changed in 70's and 80's, and as it was said, the younger generations took to the AK like addicts to a free lifetime supply of crack. And Spray and Pray became a favoured method of shooting. After all, they now had ammo coming out of their ears. However, enter NATO: And the standing up of a new Afghan army. Various countries Spec-ops units are helping stand up Afghan versions of the same, and part of that is the art of the long range shot. And from what I have heard first hand from some of the trainers, is that give one a modern state of the art rifle, solid training in how to use it, some sort of racial memory kicks in, and they become scary good - scary fast. One person I talked to says he knows of two that he thinks if they showed up at Camp Perry would make the Marines look like boyscouts learning out to shoot, and the Army team look like they are playing with airsoft.