Chapter 281 You Should Go to the Olympics
The Paris police were very busy, on the one hand because of investigating the case, and on the other hand because of Xiao Peng's security work.
Xiao Peng had nothing to do at home. Eating, drinking and playing games every day was a very boring thing. So Xiao Peng took a hunting license exam. It happened to be the hunting season in Provence, so he planned to experience the feeling of hunting.
Getting a hunting license in France is much easier than getting a driver's license.
It costs less than 50 euros. You take the theory test first and then the practical skills test. The theoretical test only has ten questions, but the scope is quite broad. You need to be able to identify wild animals and habitats, and also include knowledge of nature conservation laws and regulations and the use of weapons and ammunition. After passing the theoretical test, you will take the practical skills test, which is simpler. It does not test your shooting skills, but your safety awareness, such as the direction of the muzzle when climbing over an obstacle with a gun.
Anyway, Xiao Peng and others got their hunting licenses in two days: Fabian and Pascal already had them.
With a hunting license, you can buy a gun. This is much simpler. You can go directly to Decathlon and buy a hunting rifle with your hunting license. Here, hunting rifles are classified as "sporting equipment."
But Xiao Peng didn't buy any guns; Pascal simply delivered a bunch to him. After registering them at the police station, Xiao Peng could be considered a "gun owner"—although they were all short-range double-barreled shotguns.
A typical double-barreled hunting rifle with standard ammunition has a range of only thirty meters. However, there are exceptions, like the Saiga-12 used in the attack on Xiao Peng last time. This is the S12K from the game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Why can this gun be equipped with a scope in the game? Because its range is as far as one hundred meters! Installing slugs can extend that range by another fifteen meters!
Because the Saiga-12 is a strictly controlled shotgun, Will started to find Pavard from the source of the shotgun to search for clues.
The double-barreled shotgun that Pascal sent was not simple either, it was a 'Vanecaron' shotgun.
People who are not hunting enthusiasts may not know this brand, but in the eyes of French hunting enthusiasts, this gun is the 'Rolls-Royce' of hunting rifles.
This gun is so precious because it was manufactured very slowly, with all the processes being handmade. It is a representative work of French "refinement" in firearms.
Back then, car modification company OverFinch and Land Rover developed a limited-edition Land Rover OverFinch based on a 2010 Range Rover. This limited-edition Range Rover featured a drawer-filled cabinet in the trunk, more like a storage area, filled with hunting rifles, riding boots, ammunition, and other products from the hunting company. The gun inside was a Vanecaron hunting rifle.
The cheapest gun costs 15,000 yuan, and the expensive ones can reach hundreds of thousands of yuan, which is really high for a hunting rifle.
Xiao Peng had the license, the gun, and the time, but he couldn't go hunting!
All hunting groups refused to let him join and would not take him to play, so Xiao Peng could only go to the shooting range to practice target shooting and skeet shooting.
Xiao Peng wouldn't believe it if the French police weren't behind this! Even when he went to the shooting range, there were seven or eight police cars following him.
Who makes France have so many police officers?
Despite the high levels of stress, suicide rates, and daily criticism surrounding French police, there are actually quite a few of them. With 160,000 officers stationed across the country, that's a significant number considering the country has a population of just under 70 million.
Moreover, in France, plainclothes police, prison guards, civilian police, household police, and border guards are not included in the police establishment. If those people were included in the police establishment, the police force would be even larger. Therefore, the public security in France is still very good.
Of course: except Paris and Marseille.
This is also a common problem in immigrant countries.
In non-immigrant countries like China, the larger the city, the better the public security; in immigrant countries, it is just the opposite. The larger the city, the worse the public security because of the mixed crowd.
"Brother Xiao, have you really never played with a gun before?" Chen Zetao asked Xiao Peng who was at the shooting position while standing aside.
Xiao Peng loaded his gun and prepared to shoot, then shouted, "Fire!"
The UFO planes on both sides directly launched two flying saucers. Only two consecutive and compact gunshots of "bang" were heard, and the two flying saucers were shattered, leaving two colorful mists in the sky.
Xiao Peng ejected the empty shell from the gun, removed his earmuffs, and said to Chen Zetao, "Brother Chen, your question is strange. When I was poor, I couldn't afford this stuff. Now that I have some money, I'm at sea every day, so how could I have ever played with a gun?"
To put it bluntly, guns are a money-burning business. Xiao Peng's daily expenses for clay pigeon shooting at the range, including bullets, clay pigeon guns, and other expenses, run into the five figures. The old Xiao Peng wouldn't have been able to afford this.
"I finally figured it out!" Xiao Peng said, "No wonder so many wealthy people from the Middle East participate in the Olympic skeet shooting events. The skills in this thing are just built on money."
Chen Zetao said, "I think you can go to the Olympics and win a medal right now! No, not a medal, but a gold medal! Didn't you see the counter at the shooting range? You've already hit 514 targets in a row."
Xiao Peng took off his goggles, lit a cigarette, and said with a smile, "Shooting with a gun relies on two things: strength and eyesight. And I happen to be good at both."
Playing with a gun also requires strength. It's not just about pulling the trigger. The recoil of a gun is really different from what you see on TV.
For example, the famous "gangster style" is a way of holding the gun with one hand, with the back of the hand facing up and the pistol leveled and pointed at people. In Walter's words, "If you really use that method to shoot, it basically means you don't have to use your wrist."
In reality, few real soldiers wield a gun with one hand. The most common technique used by soldiers with pistols is the "isosceles triangle" shooting technique, which involves holding the gun with both hands, facing the chest. Another well-known shooting technique is "CARs," short for "Center Axis Relock." Anyone who's seen the "John Wick" movies starring Keanu Reeves will remember this technique vividly. It involves holding the gun with one hand and holding it with the other, keeping it close to the chest. This position prevents anyone from grabbing the gun, making it easier to kill enemies at close range.
These shooting techniques all involve holding the gun with both hands. The purpose is to increase the strength of holding the gun and reduce the impact of recoil on shooting accuracy.
As for strength and vision, Xiao Peng had both, so shooting flying saucers with a shotgun was a piece of cake for him.
Chen Zetao glanced at Xiao Peng and asked curiously, "Brother Xiao, what's wrong with you today? You don't seem to be in a good mood."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng turned to Chen Zetao and asked, "Brother Chen, don't you know why I'm not in a good mood? Let's be frank and not beat around the bush. Do you really not know what I'm talking about?"
"I don't know!" Chen Zetao was confused: "What happened?"
Xiao Peng said with a look of grief and indignation: "I can't even go home!"
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