I want one of those biathlon rifles!

by pokynojoe, Sunday, February 23, 2014, 07:37 (3869 days ago) @ Brian A

I came in from chores late yesterday afternoon and switched on the TV for a few minutes, and what comes on is this biathlon relay race.

I've never seen anything like this! There are fellas skiing as fast as they can go, and then they have to stop and shoot five targets from different shooting positions, and then they have to tear off again and ski as fast as they can, and then they have to stop again and shoot five targets, why, I'm exhausted just typing it!

I was fascinated by this, could you imagine the shape these guys must be in!

Evidently, Americans suck at this, because the only fellas I saw were from Russia, Norway, Germany, and some other place like that. They were all tied coming into the last shooting place and the Russian, and German didn't miss any targets(apparently if you do, there is some kind of penalty, I missed that part)and the Russian outskied the German fella at the end. I don't live in a land of snow and ice, so I wouldn't know, but do any of you live were they do these kind of shoots? When that Russian fella stopped to shoot his last time, his rifle didn't move, I couldn't believe it! Anyway, pretty neat rifles, I like to examine one up close.

Joe