Do you find your shooting ranges for the most part allow women or are they given such a hard time that they do not come back....
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Do you find your shooting ranges for the most part allow women or are they given such a hard time that they do not come back....
A friend of mine bought one last year that is compensated (G23C). Fun to rapid fire!My favorite..
also own the model 42,you just can't go wrong with these for personal defense and range shooting.Accurate,highly dependable,well machined,they are not built for beauty but for functionality..and considering their purpose,quite apt..
Here in the US, I can't imagine anyone giving women a hard time at the range. We are genuinely happy to see them take an interest.
Definitely, especially when a couple of the ladies I used to work with score as high or higher than me on pistol quals.
Yeah, my observation is that guys who love guns love girls who love guns.
I'll try to take a pic and upload it to this thread of my most valued rifle. It's a custom built .308 caliber long range rifle. It has a 24" floated Remington barrel, a synthetic polymer thumb hole stock, a Mauser 98 bolt action with a 2.5 pound pull match trigger. I saved up for a long time to buy the optics, a Leupold Mark 4 LR/T 3.5-10x40mm (30mm) M3 Mil Dot tactical scope. The scope is amazingly clear at long range. My eyesight ain't what it used to be, but the rifle is zeroed to 500 yards and it will still hold a very tight pattern at that range. I started calling it "Honeybadger" a few years ago when my son told me the rifle looked like one of the rifles from his Call of Duty video game. He said that in the game, the rifle was called "Honeybadger" and the name stuck...lol
LOL, yes sir, if only the operator's eyesight was as good as the rifle is...As I've gotten older, my hands tend to shake a bit now for some reason, and it's harder to time the shot between heartbeats...because my older heart beats a little faster than what it used to seems like...lol. My father-in-law is a gunsmith so I got a break on the parts and labor. He did an absolutely beautiful job on the rifle, this was about 13 years ago I guess now. I used to go out quite a bit on the weekends and on my days off and practice and eventually got to where, barring a high cross wind or other factors, I could pretty well keep it on target at 500-750 yards for the most part. A friend of mine who has several years training in the USMC as a long range shooter was able to score a few hits at 1,000 yards with my rifle out on his farm, but shooting at that distance is just pure training and talent. He has a spotting scope that I used to check his shots. I could sit out there and do that all day long and be perfectly content, but it's an expensive hobby...lolGeez, ghostmeister, I thought I was reading a Tom Clancy novel for a moment there.
LOL, it does sir, a manual lever safety right just under the right rear side of the scope. I can activate or deactivate the safety without ever taking eyes off the scope. Awesome avatar, btw, "LUDICROUS SPEED, GO!!!!!"..lolDoes it have a safety...........?
LMAO, "Shouldn't you buckle your seatbelt sir? EH, BUCKLE THIS!"..lol"Because Good,is Dumb.."
thought I was going to laugh myself silly when Dark Helmet had the princess vespa doll and his kissing..funny movie..
Now I'm going to have watch that movie again, seen it so man times, still funny every time I watch it.thought I was going to laugh myself silly when Dark Helmet had the princess vespa doll and his kissing..funny movie..
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Just wondering about your gun laws in the U.S. Does each State have their own or are they Federal
mandated. And what about licensing firearms; do all weapons have to registered and do you have fees
for each as well. Also, (last question) about a person's firearms license. Are there different levels of licensing
according to what you are allowed to own and what courses/exams must you take and how often. I would think
that would be at your expense as well as the testing (written and range) and the license renewal as well (every
2 - 5 years depending on your capabilities).
"Because Good,is Dumb.."
Just wondering about your gun laws in the U.S. Does each State have their own or are they Federal
mandated. And what about licensing firearms; do all weapons have to registered and do you have fees
for each as well. Also, (last question) about a person's firearms license. Are there different levels of licensing
according to what you are allowed to own and what courses/exams must you take and how often. I would think
that would be at your expense as well as the testing (written and range) and the license renewal as well (every
2 - 5 years depending on your capabilities).
Several firearms laws are federally regulated, most in fact. Firearms do have to be registered as far as serial numbers, make, model, caliber, etc. but firearms registered to an individual are not tracked. Think of your driver's license as an example. You don't have to have a license to own a firearm, unless it's fully automatic or suppressed, which in that case you have to have a Class 3 Federal Firearms License unless you're in the military of course. You can actually buy a federal tax stamp and purchase a suppressed weapon if you're willing to pay the $200-$250 (can't remember which) license fee and wait a year and a half or so for your stamp to come in. You can track a firearm thru an exhaustive type of search but you're at the mercy of the first person who sells the firearm on a handshake to another individual. Say I buy a handgun from a gun store, that handgun purchase is entered into the store's database with my name with all my information, but, a year from then say I sell said handgun to my neighbor for $300 cash. I can legally do that and not technically have to have any paperwork. I would get a receipt if it were me but according to the laws, there is nothing illegal about an individual selling a firearm to another individual in the US. Except for handguns, of which you have to be 21 years of age to own, shotguns and rifles can be sold to 18 year olds here in the US. The only actual gun REGISTRATION in the U.S. is with guns that are suppressed (equipped with silencers), fully automatic weapons, or SBRs(short barreled rifles). These weapons all fall under the NFA(National Firearms Act) and are tracked thoroughly.
States are able to dictate some firearms laws at the state level and it varies from state to state on how restrictive these laws are. State laws usually deal with if a person can carry a concealed weapon or not, what types of establishments said weapons can be carried into, or whether to have open or concealed carry firearms laws.
If you're talking about CCL (concealed carry licenses) they vary greatly from state to state. Here in Arkansas, when you first go for your CCL, you have to take a class from a certified instructor, then qualify on a range, pay the instructor fees and the licensing fees to your respective state. The license takes about 6 months the first time to process and it looks pretty much like a driver's license (at least in Arkansas it does). The initial license will cost you around $150.00 or so. The Arkansas State Police handles all CCL licensing in my state. The CCL is good for five years and will stipulate "allowed to carry any legal handgun" on the license once you receive it. Every five years you are required to qualify on a certified firing range but you don't have to ake the course over again. The firearms course is a one time deal. Here in Arkansas, the actual shooting exam is pretty much a joke. You fire 25 rounds from soup to nuts. Five shots one handed from your strong hand, five shots one handed from your weak hand, ten shots two handed, and then a final five shots one handed from your strong hand again. You don't have to get the shots in the ten ring or anything, just put them on the paper. If I remember correctly, it costs around $65.00 for the renewal fees plus range fees for wherever you go to re-qualify(has to be a certified CCL renewal firing range).
Hope that helps. Have a good week.
EDIT: Ghost explained it pretty well. Alaska, Arizona, Kansas, Vermont and Wyoming allow concealed carry without any licensing. I thought Arkansas did as well, but Ghost would know better about that than I would
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