Is a great way to relieve stress lbvs. Does anyone else on here ever go? I'm friends with the owner of the one in town. You can post pics of you gun too i always enjoy seeing what other people have.
The Shooting Range
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I belong to a fish and game association that has two ranges (firearm and bow), but only allows handguns and 22 long rifles. So I have my own on our 25 acre property for everything else. But I usually just go for target practice with the 22's because ammo is so darn expensive anymore.
I enjoyed my time out on the range in the Marines. Shot very well, too, but it wasn't from stress relief. More like competition with myself. Haven't been on a range since then. Just really haven't had any occasion to hold a firearm.
Define pics of my "gun". And what does "lbvs" mean, please?
Oh, post pics. Warning: bragfest coming up.
I fired the M-16 in the Marines. Scored 238 out of possible 250 at 200, 300, and 500 yards. The weapon had a very efficient recoil absorber in the stock. See the handle-looking thing on top, above the trigger? And then the little knobbish thing between that handle and the stock? That's the charging handle. It would rest lightly against my face, just beside and below my nose, while I fired. It's not something you can do with a firearm that doesn't have the recoil buffer. At the end of range time, I would have a callus raised where it had kept bumping.
I also fam-fired (familiarization-fired) the .45 that the Marines used at the time, I guess figuring that if it was good enough for the Philippines insurrection, it was good enough for us. I shot average-fine with it. Not superbly. It wasn't a superb weapon.
One very fun afternoon, I was told to go fam-fire the M-60 machine gun (and we could only use the word "gun" in the context of machine guns and cannon). I think it had much the same recoil mechanism as the M-16, so the kick was absorbed. Enjoyed it and ripped apart the jeep across the valley. Instructor asked me if I wanted to be a machine gunner. I politely declined. But oh, my, it was fun.
And then a friend who didn't go to the rifle range with me took my talk of the range with a grain of salt, which is fine. He took me out to one of his favorite hobbies, skeet shooting. He told me how to aim, and I missed one or two out of the 18 shots I fired, and completely waxed him. He complained about having a bad day and never took me back.
Firearms. They're both my superpower and my curse. I do quite well with them, but they don't interest me at all. It's a talent that's wasted.
that M-60 machine gun Nice Grandpa i would like to shoot one of those lol.
My favorite. Pristine Type I Italian made Arisaka for the Imperial Japanese Navy in WWII. Only about 60,000 were ever made. But at $42 for a box of 25 6.5mm ammo that is approved for the WWII Arisaka, it's more a wall hanger than anything else. And it's sooooo long. I don't know how the Japanese ever used them.
(I have the exact Remmington shotgun show in Grandpa’s pic, and also a 16 gauge bolt action Ted Williams Sears shotgun that Ted gave my uncle. Ted was my uncles arch nemesis on the field, but they were good friends off.)
(I have the exact Remmington shotgun show in Grandpa’s pic, and also a 16 gauge bolt action Ted Williams Sears shotgun that Ted gave my uncle. Ted was my uncles arch nemesis on the field, but they were good friends off.)
Uh-oh. To be fair, I'm not a firearms guy, and I just plucked out a random picture. I know it was a shotgun. It looked at least vaguely like what I posted. And that's about all I know.
Summer some...winter not so much although I do not include November/December in winter though it is definitely winter here then. Have a wide variety of guns, have carried concealed (& licensed to do so), plus I hunt. Largest caliber I have is .50 smallest is .22...I hunt with a .270 or .30-06 (deer) (or muzzle-loader or bow). The .50 is an incredibly powerful cartridge...the empty shells could be used to target practice. I have a number of .45 ACP...many like the pic posted above...reload, too. A variety of calibers...I hunt with my reloads.
Have a gun also known as a Calico...a .22-caliber rifle, 100-shot magazine, rotary-type deal. A blast. Have an incredibly accurate Smith and Wesson .22, red-dot scope, 2-pound pull on the trigger...fun target shooting paper with. I like thumping the sand at hundred yards with the .45 pistols, shooting at coffee cans. Shot my self with a ricochet, this once, small Ultra-Lite .38 with...forget what I had it loaded with...round came back and hit me in the temple...glasses, knocked them off, I fell to the ground, but no blood good thing hey? Live and learn.
Have some Sigs I like, P226, P228 in 9 mm. An old Winchester .32 Special...got my first two deer with it. A Model 721 Remington in .30-06 that was Dad's...the Winchester was, too. Many of the guns were my brothers and when he left this world I gave them shelter. They're an investment. Have a number of "battle" rifles...foreign and domestic. There are a number of unofficial shooting ranges here, as well as established shooting ranges. The unofficial range provides the range/distance I need and it is also great for shooting the bow...compound and cross...as it is a kind of crater and you can stand on the edge and shoot down, simulating hunting from a tree, what I do when I bow hunt.
Have a gun also known as a Calico...a .22-caliber rifle, 100-shot magazine, rotary-type deal. A blast. Have an incredibly accurate Smith and Wesson .22, red-dot scope, 2-pound pull on the trigger...fun target shooting paper with. I like thumping the sand at hundred yards with the .45 pistols, shooting at coffee cans. Shot my self with a ricochet, this once, small Ultra-Lite .38 with...forget what I had it loaded with...round came back and hit me in the temple...glasses, knocked them off, I fell to the ground, but no blood good thing hey? Live and learn.
Have some Sigs I like, P226, P228 in 9 mm. An old Winchester .32 Special...got my first two deer with it. A Model 721 Remington in .30-06 that was Dad's...the Winchester was, too. Many of the guns were my brothers and when he left this world I gave them shelter. They're an investment. Have a number of "battle" rifles...foreign and domestic. There are a number of unofficial shooting ranges here, as well as established shooting ranges. The unofficial range provides the range/distance I need and it is also great for shooting the bow...compound and cross...as it is a kind of crater and you can stand on the edge and shoot down, simulating hunting from a tree, what I do when I bow hunt.
...my folks have acreage outside town-so I shoot there....I have several things that go bang, but this is my favorite...
I enjoy hitting the range once in a while. Haven't gone in a while as ammo has been scarce.
I used to go with my Dad every week the last couple years of his life. It got him out of the house and his mind off the dialysis and his other various ailments that he was dealing with, at least for a little while each week.
Anyhow, here is a list of what is currently in my collection:
Stainless Berretta 92FS (love that thing
)
Walther PPKS (It's one of the S&W licensed ones)
Ruger Mark I
Stainless Ruger snub-nosed .357 (I inherited it from my Dad when he passed)
Another Walther PPK (Para-arms licensed version I inherited from my Dad when he passed)
Mongrel compact .45 (I inherited this from my Dad as well. It's made up of parts from several different weapons.)
I also inherited a Ruger 10/.22 and M1 Carbine from my Dad. I gave those to his best friend as I'm not into long-guns.
I think I will be transferring ownership of the .357 to my sister. She's licensed to carry and I think she's better off with a revolver rather than the .380 automatic. I took her to the range with me a little while back and within 20 minutes she was shooting almost as well as me. I was proud and kinda scared............
I used to go with my Dad every week the last couple years of his life. It got him out of the house and his mind off the dialysis and his other various ailments that he was dealing with, at least for a little while each week.
Anyhow, here is a list of what is currently in my collection:
Stainless Berretta 92FS (love that thing
)Walther PPKS (It's one of the S&W licensed ones)
Ruger Mark I
Stainless Ruger snub-nosed .357 (I inherited it from my Dad when he passed)
Another Walther PPK (Para-arms licensed version I inherited from my Dad when he passed)
Mongrel compact .45 (I inherited this from my Dad as well. It's made up of parts from several different weapons.)
I also inherited a Ruger 10/.22 and M1 Carbine from my Dad. I gave those to his best friend as I'm not into long-guns.
I think I will be transferring ownership of the .357 to my sister. She's licensed to carry and I think she's better off with a revolver rather than the .380 automatic. I took her to the range with me a little while back and within 20 minutes she was shooting almost as well as me. I was proud and kinda scared............
I haven't been a shooter, just a collector, but I've got a couple of neighbors who are interested in actually using their guns, as am I, so we're talking about visiting a local range.
I want a working one of these...
Don't forget the splattering zombie targets when you go the range! Lots of fun
Although, the old-timers that hang out at my local range give me the strangest looks when I send my zombies down range......
Although, the old-timers that hang out at my local range give me the strangest looks when I send my zombies down range......