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[Agentfunky]

most people in the UK shooting community, let alone the UK general public, think this is entirely unacceptable.

To be fair , Mike Yardley has a point & I certainly enjoyed reading his valid comments on African big game hunting ... But I can not help wondering which will offend and which one will amuse the UK shooting community & the UK general public ...

That



or him



?

The first would make people laugh. The second might not.... He's just a cretin.

You should never judge a book by it's cover.

The chap in the top photo is, I believe, Larry Vickers. He is the real deal.

He spent 23 years in the US Army with an entire career in Special Operations. The last 15 years of his career were spent in 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment – Delta, commonly referred to as Delta Force. Prior to that his time in the Army was in Special Forces, including 5th, 1st, 11th (reserve) and 10th Special Forces Groups. He retired as a Master Sergeant.

While it may not be a particularly flattering photo, the guy has earned the right to be as fat as he likes as far as I'm concerned, but it is probably worth recognising that the level of physical abuse his body has sustained in those 23 years has been far more than most of us will experience in a lifetime and his ability to keep the weight off has probably suffered considerably. He has survived 3 helicopter crashes (2 that could have easily been fatal), untold bad parachute landings, and 10 years as an assaulter in the most difficult and demanding Unit in the US military, Yes he has a gut- after all that and being nearly 50 years old I feel that maybe he has earned the right to carry a few extra pounds.

He is also a keen supporter of all shooting sports and a range of other shooting related activities.

I have a lot of respect for the man.

The guy is the second photo is Mike Yardley.

[insert bio as desired]

[Agentfunky]

Wow. Talk about doubling down on the stupidity.

Down the rabbit hole we go. How long until he says something stupid like ala the Charlie Hebdo thing again also?

I've only read snippets of his page. The guy really needs to get out and see what others do before drawing uneducated conclusions.

I did see that a number of responders had invited him along to Service Rifle shoots in an effort to help the man gain an education about the diversity within British shooting.

The ironic thing is that most of us would stand shoulder to shoulder with him if his chosen field of shooting sports was under attack, but he seems to want to drive a wedge between shooters without any good reason for doing so, and with a deeply flawed perspective of those discipline he clearly knows nothing about.

Not a very helpful position for him to have taken. Not the first time he has done it either.

[Sixshot6]

most people in the UK shooting community, let alone the UK general public, think this is entirely unacceptable.

To be fair , Mike Yardley has a point & I certainly enjoyed reading his valid comments on African big game hunting ... But I can not help wondering which will offend and which one will amuse the UK shooting community & the UK general public ...

That



or him



?

The first would make people laugh. The second might not.... He's just a cretin.

You should never judge a book by it's cover.

The chap in the top photo is, I believe, Larry Vickers. He is the real deal.

He spent 23 years in the US Army with an entire career in Special Operations. The last 15 years of his career were spent in 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment – Delta, commonly referred to as Delta Force. Prior to that his time in the Army was in Special Forces, including 5th, 1st, 11th (reserve) and 10th Special Forces Groups. He retired as a Master Sergeant.

While it may not be a particularly flattering photo, the guy has earned the right to be as fat as he likes as far as I'm concerned, but it probably worth recognising that the level of physical abuse his body has sustained in those 23 years has been far more than most of us will experience in a lifetime and his ability to keep the weight off has probably suffered considerably. He has survived 3 helicopter crashes (2 that could have easily been fatal), untold bad parachute landings, and 10 years as an assaulter in the most difficult and demanding Unit in the US military, Yes he has a gut- after all that and being nearly 50 years old I feel that maybe he has earned the right to carry a few extra pounds.

He is also a keen supporter of all shooting sports and a range of other shooting related activities.

I have a lot of respect for the man.

The guy is the second photo is Mike Yardley.

[insert bio as desired]

Didn't realize it was Vickers, in that case I take it back. Some might still laugh but he's the real deal when you tell me that. Mick Yardley is a poser, a cretin, a c***, an arsehole and a completely f*** knob head of the highest order of dickheaddom. Like I said earlier I tried to read his posts where he tries to shoe in terrorism as an issue we face, despite the average terrorist never thinking to get a cert or license. His talk of we need to work on image is marred by his image with a large game animal he killed. From people I know that don't shoot Larry Vickers is less off putting, especially when you tell them his history and the abuse he's taken. And then there is his complete misrepresentation of practical shooting. He was called out by Neil Smith who pointed out he did not recognize this world of military "training IPSC" (the same one LAPD officers got told to stop doing as it gave them bad habits that got them killed) and that they now wear multi coloured outfits instead of camo (to be fair Camo's not a good look post 1998). The best part is where he balls his eyes out when images from his page are used on the boycott page that he moans are copyrighted (ok Mike, why did you share them) to show what a hypocrite he is.

The arrogant tweed suited b****** is what is wrong with shooting in this country, always has and seems to always will be. And those that call for unity remember you need something that unifies you and he is not that thing or person.

[Sixshot6]

Wow. Talk about doubling down on the stupidity.

Down the rabbit hole we go. How long until he says something stupid like ala the Charlie Hebdo thing again also?

I've only read snippets of his page. The guy really needs to get out and see what others do before drawing uneducated conclusions.

I did see that a number of responders had invited him along to Service Rifle shoots in an effort to help the man gain an education about the diversity within British shooting.

The ironic thing is that most of us would stand shoulder to shoulder with him if his chosen field of shooting sports was under attack, but he seems to want to drive a wedge between shooters without any good reason for doing so, and with a deeply flawed perspective of those discipline he clearly knows nothing about.

Not a very helpful position for him to have taken. Not the first time he has done it either.

I've never seen any difference between service and any other fullbore. For me its just change it for a lee or whatever you fancy for classic and a straight pull/MARS/lever release for modern stuff. And I would stand to help too. We just need to know if he'll do likewise and not sacrifice us as despite what he think's he'd be next. I don't recognize the picture he paints of british shooting. He needs to get out and see that practical has changed (if he hasn't done it since the late 80's or early 90's he's in for a shock) and to come down off his high horse. The people defending him like Lemmings ought to know better and if he were a decent person he'd take up those offers to see modern service rifle (very rule intensive).

[Airbrush]

I'm not sure if that is a photo of Vickers, doesn't look like him to me, but happy to be proven wrong.

[Sixshot6]

I'm not sure if that is a photo of Vickers, doesn't look like him to me, but happy to be proven wrong.

No its him, I do believe taking all that punishment does mess with the body's metabolism. Plus he's earned it after all that.

[Airbrush]

I'm not sure if that is a photo of Vickers, doesn't look like him to me, but happy to be proven wrong.

No its him, I do believe taking all that punishment does mess with the body's metabolism. Plus he's earned it after all that.

Hmmm not so sure, that guy has a tat on his forearm, Vickers doesn't.

[Agentfunky]

I'm not sure if that is a photo of Vickers, doesn't look like him to me, but happy to be proven wrong.

Think you might be right Andy,

Just checked and the tattoo isn't on other pics of LV

Apologies if my post was misleading. Sentiment remains the same though.

[Airbrush]

Your sentiments about him were right though Phil.

[Sixshot6]

I still feel the same, Mike Yardley needs to get clued up and as I said some RFD's are aware of his jackassery and are not impressed. I can't understand how anyone defends him after what he said about the Paris attacks, sure some of the newspaper staff at CH were hypocritical Jackasses like he is but that does not mean they deserved to die. Strangely he and people who defend him try to make out he's just getting debate going. Well ok Mike, what were you doing saying that? He's listed on Amazon as being an experimental psychologist as well as a shooting instructor ?