Guy Code at the rifle range

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Joe, I know exactly what you guys are talking about. I am an old gunpowder guy that used to shoot a lot of long range stuff, so guys will always want me to shoot their loooooong range cannons when they get to the range. Can you get a disability from the NRA? I have shot .50 BMG"s (rifle and pistols), 416's, .460's, .378's, Lapua's, Rigby's, Sako's Weatherby's , you name it...it really hurts, but I still act really impressed at their canyon cannons flat trajectory that just curdled my milk wayyy past the due date. Oh, but I shot an inch to the left, you must shoot this artillery again ! And then I go back to my bench and shoot my little LV rifle with a moderator that I am trying to tune for the Nationals and a tear is quickly wiped away while trying to regain my composure from the firing of the Saratoga. Oh, another pickup just showed up and these guys have laptops and headsets, another long range bunch and I think I recognize a couple of them, time for me to pack up and go.

And then I discovered air rifles. whoa. I have shot many disciplines, and air rifle benchrest is the most demanding I have shot to date. The people at ALL of the events are the nicest, helpful, polite people I have ever met. And it is quiet with no recoil. With accuracy better than anything that man has created to date including gunpowder anything, at our distances. period. So, a good shooter can see what they can really do against the wind. I thought I was a good shooter but these guys are awesome and I believe a few of them at the top tier are actually in the Matrix. Lol.

​Today, I am finished with dirt work on my backyard to place a "target shed" which I can shoot 25 meters into a small window from my gunroom in my house. I ordered the $4000.00 shed today. It will be delivered while I am at Extreme Benchrest this upcoming week. I can't take the idiots at the local ranges anymore. Which are not real ranges here anyways, they are just nice places here in Montana that the local shooters have turned into a dumps. I have hauled many truck loads of broken stuff people shoot at but don't clean up after themselves. I have hauled a lot of broken toilets, TV's, washers, dryers, toys, etc. 
 
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You guys can also print that picture from the browser's print function (in Win10) from that 3 dot thing in the upper right corner. Or " save as" to pic file...
​And I'm already discovering what a great bunch of folks air gunner's are. I've had e-mail conversations with Ron Robinson hisself about his Weaver V22 scope to Crosman 160 mounts he used to sell. He had one set left in his spare parts & he sold'em to me! Should be here next week. Besides all the help I've gotten with resto parts, seal kits, etc from fellow air gunner's. Ron liked how well the restoration went on my Crosman 160, & the pic of the Weaver V22-A I shot a pic of eyeballin' it. So the gun is from 1955-56 & the scope is from the 70's...same set-up he won championships with! I didn't know that. So yeah, air gunner's are great people...
 
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Joe, this same type of behavior is exactly what drove me to look for an alternative to target shooting with something other than a powder burner. I like hand loading and shooting my powder burning rifles and pistols, but I live in town and can't target shoot in my yard. That's the whole reason I found myself here and with a HW95!

​I have witnessed way too many close calls at the local public shooting range, and I didn't want to take my daughter there. This past summer, I watched a woman shooting a Taurus 9mm. They were shooting Blazer aluminum cased ammo and it jammed. The male that was accompanying her took the pistol with failure to fully chamber the round, and looked down the freaking barrel!. I cringed, and was about to walk over when he cycled the slide and chambered the round again. Five rounds later the same the weapon failed to fully chamber the round and he tilted the pistol back and looked down the barrel. I yelled at him to stop, walked over and said, "You NEVER look down the barrel of a loaded weapon unless you want to blow your head off!" He told me he was just making sure there wasn't a bullet in the casing. I asked to see the pistol, he handed it over, and I lightly bumped the slide putting the round fully into battery, and fired the weapon. His face turned white. In as pleasant terms as possible, I told him that he needed to get trained before he got killed or killed someone.

​There are so many bad stories from my own experiences at the public range. There are a few good people there, but for the majority, if dumb were dirt, they'd each cover an acre! I learned not to offer to let people shoot my weapon. When they ask, I tell them that I was shooting hand-loads and it wouldn't be safe. I haven't taken my HW95 to the public range and doubt I will!

​Chr
 
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"robinsoncr"Joe, this same type of behavior is exactly what drove me to look for an alternative to target shooting with something other than a powder burner. I like hand loading and shooting my powder burning rifles and pistols, but I live in town and can't target shoot in my yard. That's the whole reason I found myself here and with a HW95!

​I have witnessed way too many close calls at the local public shooting range, and I didn't want to take my daughter there. This past summer, I watched a woman shooting a Taurus 9mm. They were shooting Blazer aluminum cased ammo and it jammed. The male that was accompanying her took the pistol with failure to fully chamber the round, and looked down the freaking barrel!. I cringed, and was about to walk over when he cycled the slide and chambered the round again. Five rounds later the same the weapon failed to fully chamber the round and he tilted the pistol back and looked down the barrel. I yelled at him to stop, walked over and said, "You NEVER look down the barrel of a loaded weapon unless you want to blow your head off!" He told me he was just making sure there wasn't a bullet in the casing. I asked to see the pistol, he handed it over, and I lightly bumped the slide putting the round fully into battery, and fired the weapon. His face turned white. In as pleasant terms as possible, I told him that he needed to get trained before he got killed or killed someone.

​There are so many bad stories from my own experiences at the public range. There are a few good people there, but for the majority, if dumb were dirt, they'd each cover an acre! I learned not to offer to let people shoot my weapon. When they ask, I tell them that I was shooting hand-loads and it wouldn't be safe. I haven't taken my HW95 to the public range and doubt I will!

​Chr
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