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Chapter 21 - Chapter 21: Shooting Range

When Razlov and the group arrive at the area of the shooting range they seem to be confused at why did Razlov bring them here. They can only see a vast expanse of land and houses with no roof numbering a few tens. They keep looking around trying to see what's important about this place but nothing seems to special about this place.

Razlov could see the confusion in their face so he explains. "I know you are confused at why did I bring you here. But do you remember what I said before the tour started? Yes, it is about the weapon called 'gun'. Using guns was supposed to be included in your training but I drop that idea since you know nothing about it. So I can only show it to you right now."

"Inside this cases are 3 types of guns." He keeps tapping the gun case as he said it. Earlier when they went to the armory, Razlov went inside to retrieve a Dragunov and a Beretta M9, regarding AK-47 since he has his own AK-47 he just needs to take it out of his inventory window then put it in a gun case.

Razlov look at the group then explains "Guns are range weapons that launch projectiles just like the bow and arrow. There are many types of guns from small ones to big ones. What we have here right now are the small ones."

As he finished explaining, someone in the group raises a hand then ask: "Commander' if it's just like the bow and arrow why do we still need to use the gun since they are the same?"

"No, they are not exactly the same" he shook his head then continue " There is a big difference between the two and that is its firing speed."

He opens the smallest case and retrieves the gun."Let me ask you a question, how many seconds would it take for an archer to release the arrow from the bow and hits its target?"

The group started to picture of how many seconds would it take. Then someone in the group answers.

"At least 2-3 seconds, since the archer would still need to aim after pulling the string"

"That's right, now I'll show the difference between the two." He then instructed: "Bring out the apples that I ordered to be brought here and put 5 apples on top of each bar."

The people who were ordered started putting the apples on top of each bar. As Razlov was waiting for their work to be done, he started to load the magazine into the handgun then pull the slide. After their work was done, those people return back.

"Now watch and cover your ears" Razlov quickly took aim and started firing. Then a series of small explosions resounded in the area.

At first, the group was dubious about the gun, they just followed what did their commander told them which is to watch and cover their ears. Then an unbelievable sight happened, a small explosion was heard and then one of the apple burst, it all happened in just a blink of an eye. Then quickly after, a series of small explosions were heard again and the four other apples also bursts.

The group just stood there frozen in place, slack-jawed, and wide-eyed as they look at the unbelievable thing that happened. After a while, they burst into a commotion.

"What the f*ck was that!!?"

"Holy sh*t! What happened just now!!?"

"Unbelievable!"

As the group was making a commotion, Razlov slowly looks at the group. When they saw that Razlov turn to look at them they quieted down, as they are waiting for his explanation.

"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."