By "next to", I mean within a 5 minute drive. Too bad ranges don't have personal storage lockers that could safely and legally be able to lock up guns while I'm at work. But, I realize that's not practical since few rangers are staffed all day - thieves would want to steal the guns if they knew guns were stored unattended at an empty range club house.
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By "next to", I mean within a 5 minute drive. Too bad ranges don't have personal storage lockers that could safely and legally be able to lock up guns while I'm at work. But, I realize that's not practical since few rangers are staffed all day - thieves would want to steal the guns if they knew guns were stored unattended at an empty range club house.
George D
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That's mine as well. That pisses me off beyond belief to see some doucherocket handling firearms pointed at me.
I've never had anyone ask me but a likely response would be "WTF do you care?!"
pet peeve of mine?
miculek aka "mile kick" muzzle breaks! seriously? its 5.56 / .223, not a eFFing .50 cal.
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yeah boooooy.
what up miculek buddy.
This is believable... whether or not I've got a gun in my hands.
People who shoot signs and gates.
Someone (or all members) spent the money/time to create the sign for the general good of the members and potential guests. Then, someone thought it would be funny to shoot at it. Every time I see that I picture the punks laughing and pointing at the dent "tee-heeing" to themselves.
Someone (or all members) spent the money/time to create the sign for the general good of the members and potential guests. Then, someone thought it would be funny to shoot at it. Every time I see that I picture the punks laughing and pointing at the dent "tee-heeing" to themselves.
People from Mass who are constantly complaining about how anybody who strikes up a conversation is wasting their time. Its a gun club, its supposed to be a community and a club, stop being a damn cold ma**h***.
Probably the same people who made up the Sportsmen for John Kerry club.
Probably the same people who made up the Sportsmen for John Kerry club.
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I've had several different comments/questions in the past related to the legality of what I brought. A couple were about the muzzle brake on the AR-15. One of them was fairly insistent about doubting its legality. I had to explain it is just your standard Bushmaster that I bought at Four Seasons. Four Seasons wouldn't sell anything illegal. I got a couple other comments about the GSG-5 barrel shroud (which ironically was declared to be a "silencer" a few months back by the ATF and I had to send it in to get a replacement.)
People who walk onto the range with no gun.
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The "experts" that like to play McGruff the crime dog, you know, the "I've been on the force for 10 years, and that (muzzle break, stock, magazine, gun in general) is not legal in mass". No I'm sorry, but not only is it legal mcgruff, but you're also officially retarded, and the streets are safer with you at the range than in a squad car, because my knowledge of firearms and laws concerning them is clearly far beyond the years of "expert training" you've accrued.
Oh, and then you have the McGruffs that don't even have a badge.
Then you have the "No double tap defensive shots at this range pal, the town doesn't like it". Guess what, tell the town I said to go f*** themselves.
Oh, and the "experts" than apparently couldn't shoot their way out of a wet paper bag no matter how many hours they spend at the range before you and after you.
I'm just getting started...
Oh, and then you have the McGruffs that don't even have a badge.
Then you have the "No double tap defensive shots at this range pal, the town doesn't like it". Guess what, tell the town I said to go f*** themselves.
Oh, and the "experts" than apparently couldn't shoot their way out of a wet paper bag no matter how many hours they spend at the range before you and after you.
I'm just getting started...
I would have dealt with that something like this...
"Is it against the club rules?"
Guy: "uhhh..... no... but the..."
"Fine, then just because you told me that, I'm going to do some mag dumps. I still have a lot of ammo left. "
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wolf223
i get this all the time from fudds. if we're interfering with your trap shoot then you need to man up and use your outside voice when calling.
i was only shooting a .308 and the guy next to me had a .300 win mag. we really weren't even that loud.
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How many of you beside Eddie Coyle are the chief range officers/govenors at your club? I've been this at the Westwood Gun Club for a year now and you do really learn to overlook a lot of stupid stuff except for sweeping someone. I try to conduct myself as Patrick Swayze's charactor in "Road House" - correct them but be nice until it's not time to be nice. Still, there are things that happen that just set me at a slow boil that I can't correct due to the nature of the club SOP ( no full-time RO's.)
1) .22 brass - key phrase is " brass. " This is the cigarette butt of the empty cases and people think that it will biodegrade. I don't ask you to get every piece of brass ( of all calibers ) but I DO expect you to try.
2) Target frame damage - Know your limitations. If you can't keep a group of .38/.357 in the center of a 8.5 x 11" piece of paper, don't put 2 targets up that the misses will kill the wood frame. Don't act butt hurt when I tell you don't put up 2 targets because I've seen you shoot and I don't want you destroying frames that everybody needs to use.
3) Metal targets - thin = .22 use, thick = .30 use. We have 2 .22 targets that are holed with 9mm pistol or .223 that someone thought is was neat tp shoot those with. Of couse it's never in my precesence...
Joe R.
1) .22 brass - key phrase is " brass. " This is the cigarette butt of the empty cases and people think that it will biodegrade. I don't ask you to get every piece of brass ( of all calibers ) but I DO expect you to try.
2) Target frame damage - Know your limitations. If you can't keep a group of .38/.357 in the center of a 8.5 x 11" piece of paper, don't put 2 targets up that the misses will kill the wood frame. Don't act butt hurt when I tell you don't put up 2 targets because I've seen you shoot and I don't want you destroying frames that everybody needs to use.
3) Metal targets - thin = .22 use, thick = .30 use. We have 2 .22 targets that are holed with 9mm pistol or .223 that someone thought is was neat tp shoot those with. Of couse it's never in my precesence...
Joe R.
I hate those dicks.
Ive had people use my barricades to hang their targets
That could be a critique of your carpentry skills.
KBCraig
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I rarely have to share the range with anyone, but when I do, it's invariably a Fudd trying to zero a scope, and he's terrified of wasting ammo by shooting groups. So, he tries to adjust after every shot, without knowing if the shot landed where it did because of bad zero, or just because he can't shoot.
And then he wants to endlessly pester me for advice, which he ignores.
And then he wants to endlessly pester me for advice, which he ignores.
I am. I don't really care about fudds and other assorted harmless idiots.
What I care about are whichever bonehead hit the overhead baffles. And his lame-ass cousin who can't figure out that the line labeled "targets below here" means his shots should go there as well, as opposed to three feet above it into the recently repaired header -- repaired from the last time he (or some other lame brain) shot up the header.
I don't overlook anything if I see it. I correct people. If they don't like it, they can take it up with the chief range safety officer, but I hear he's a real jerk
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3 or 4 hundred rounds of .308 and I should be all set for zeroing...
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