21 Chapter 21: Shooting Range (2/2)
”Now do you see the difference between the two?” the group nodded quickly at Razlov's question.
Razlov looks at the crowd then explain further. ”This gun is called Beretta M9 handgun or Beretta M9 pistol but I prefer to call it a pistol. Beretta is the name of the pistol and the M9 is the model of the pistol. Like the bow that has the arrow the pistol here also has a bullet.”
He then took out the magazine out of the pistol then he shows it to them what in it.
”What I just took out of the pistol is called the magazine and in it is the cartridge. You can see the cartridge has two different colors one is gold and the other is brown. The gold color one is the case while the brown one is the bullet. The bullet is the one that shoots out of the gun when being fired and if you look at the ground you will see the cases which remained here.”
When the crowd looks at the ground they saw the gold colored cases but the brown bullet was nowhere to be seen.
Razlov then gave a further explanation ”When you fired a pistol the bullet will shoot out of the pistol through the muzzle then the pistol will automatically eject the case loading the next cartridge ready for you to fire again. A pistol can shoot 2-3 bullets in just a second, just like what happened when I fired the pistol, it only took me 2 seconds to shoot the 5 apples with a distance of 10 meters that means, I can kill 5 persons in just a few seconds in a distance of 10 meters. That is the firing speed of a pistol.”
The crowd just silently listen to Razlov's explanation making them astonished at what they heard. They believe everything they heard from him since they just saw the truth just now. A person would take 5 or more seconds of running before they reach a distance of 10 meters and they would have already been dead before even reaching that distance.
”Now let's proceed to the next one.” Razlov then approaches the second longest case then opened it and retrieve the gun. ”This gun is an assault rifle, the AK-47 assault rifle. The difference between the Beretta M9 pistol and this AK-47 assault rifle is, the AK-47 assault rifle has a much longer shooting distance than the Beretta M9 pistol. The Beretta M9 pistol has only 20-30 meters stable shooting distance before it loses its momentum and started to curve. While the AK-47 assault rifle has 70-80 meters of stable shooting distance. The AK-47 also has a selective fire mode, which are semi-automatic just like the pistol, burst mode that fire 2-3 rounds of bullets, and the fully automatic.”
Seeing their confused look, not understanding what he just said, he started to load the magazine to the AK-47 then pull the charging handle.
”Now I will show you what is selective fire mode. I will use the apples again as a target but those in a much farther distance than the last. First is the semi-automatic.” Razlov then started shooting the apples. Then just like before, a series of explosions and apples bursting.
Razlov then explains after shooting ”As you have seen, the firing speed is just like the pistol it fires only a single bullet but has a greater range of 30 meters. Semi-automatic mode is used if your shooting a long distance target.”
”Next is burst-mode” Razlov started shooting again. Three continues explosions could be heard again and again.
He then explains again. ”Burst-mode fires a predetermined number of rounds of bullets, usually two or three rounds of bullets. When in burst-mode your accuracy will drop but this mode is mostly used when there are multiple enemies.”
”Then the last is fully-automatic” Razlov smiled at the crowd when he said that. He then holds the AK-47 in a different position, unlike before where he places the stock on his shoulder, this time he holds it beside his waist and his hand above the grip then pointed it at the ground. Razlov squeeze the trigger then countless explosions could be heard. He continued firing the AK-47 until it was out of ammo.
When Razlov started firing, the crowd could saw dirt bursting up of the ground and before the dirt even land on the ground another one will burst up. The crowd was staring wide-eyed at scene happening in front of them, they only recovered when they heard the 'tck' sound of the empty rifle. Then they look at their commander who is smiling at them.
”Fully automatic mode is used when there are too many enemies that are closing or to suppress the enemies offense making them unable to fight back.” Razlov explain
”Last but not the least the Dragunov sniper rifle” Razlov took out the gun from the case.
”Dragunov is different from AK-47, this gun has much longer range than AK-47. This is used in killing the enemy from a great distance. Dragunov has a stable shooting range of 150-200 meters.”