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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Lorgar » 25 Sep 2014, 4:56 pm

brett1868 wrote:...shoot on the St Mary's indoor range out to a massive 50m with the scope wound up to 32x. Why....because its fun and I don't give a rats a$$ what anyone thinks.


I get comments for having a 32x on my BR .22lr at the 50m range.

All I know is I'm shooting better than everyone who's bitching about my scope and talking up their 12x so they can keep 'em as far as I'm concerned :lol:
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by veep » 25 Sep 2014, 4:58 pm

handofcod wrote:1. Put on a bloody high vis if you are walking out to 200m. How many times do they tell you, honestly?


I'm surprised the RO's let that fly?

How many chances do they get for that?
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by MeccaOz » 25 Sep 2014, 6:04 pm

I know some people can get a bit "Wanky" about things, but I'm all for new shooters and them enjoying themselves. In the end they will help us real shooters with there numbers :)
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Baronvonrort » 25 Sep 2014, 6:32 pm

I don't really care what type of gun people shoot or what range they shoot from, if they are having fun and keeping within the rules i am happy for them.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Westy » 25 Sep 2014, 8:50 pm

Chronos wrote:Mentor, they need a nature responsible mentor.....hope they find one :lol:

Brute, it's not just young bloke and not just at short ranges. I sat at a bench once at 300m shooting my 7-08 with an untested load. The load didn't impress me but was holding 4" at 300m in gusty side winds.

Two blokes nearby shooting semi custom tacticool .308's with $2k scopes and couldn't keep them on paper.

Some purple appreciate help and guidance. Others can figure it out for them selves, eventually

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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Chronos » 25 Sep 2014, 9:44 pm

3 square meals a day, comfy bed and all the sex you could ask for......

thanks mate, :D

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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by MeccaOz » 25 Sep 2014, 9:48 pm

Hey Chronos, been wondering where you been old mate, welcome back :D
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Noisydad » 26 Sep 2014, 7:34 am

Funny you don't see any of this stuff at a black powder club - just a bunch of big kids pretending to be Daniel Boone and grinning from ear to ear all day! :-D
There's still a few of Wile. E Coyote's ideas that I haven't tried yet.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by SendIt » 26 Sep 2014, 10:12 am

Maybe you can start the trend Noisy.

Stick a few rails on one of your BP rifles and turn up with a forward pistol grip, torch, laser, offset irons...

Will go down great I'm sure.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by ChicagoTed » 02 Oct 2014, 10:22 pm

only complaint i have of my 2 local gun ranges

on those lazy(or hot) days where i dont feel like standing

ill sit at the bench and some old hunter will sit next to me shooting hunting loads with a muzzle break on
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by MeccaOz » 03 Oct 2014, 1:40 am

ChicagoTed wrote:ill sit at the bench and some old hunter will sit next to me shooting hunting loads with a muzzle break on


LOL, I think that guy is at everyone range mate :lol:
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Seconds » 03 Oct 2014, 1:07 pm

Stick a note in the suggestion box saying put all the guys with brakes down one end?

That's what some here do.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by gazza » 02 Oct 2016, 9:02 pm

Glad I don't have to go to a range.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Mr.Seacucumber » 03 Oct 2016, 9:22 am

Man if there was a decent range near me I would stand up and mag dump my pump action all day long, because it's fun as anything haha
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by gazza » 03 Oct 2016, 9:38 am

Roll up at the range with a bag of cheap ammo, 30 round mags and a boot full of cheap soft drink cans.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Sam45 » 03 Oct 2016, 10:14 am

Blu333 wrote:** More useless whinging Ahead**

OHHH the frustration I feel at Belmont, Madden Range (Brisbane) when you're only allowed to shoot at the 300-500m silhouettes from certain benches and knob heads(uninformed or just general knob heads) are sitting at BENCHES firing away at 25-50 yard targets with there clapped out Lee enfield 303's and not even hitting the paper. (not that they are a bad gun, they have there place)

Also don't you dare try and set up a bench down in the COMPLETELY EMPTY standing area (which has access to shoot to the aforementioned silhouettes :roll: ) otherwise you'll hear about it big time. :roll: That's why 95% of my shooting, even target is done off ranges and out at property's at Gatton. Probably wont be renewing my membership there and just pay full fee every time I've got to do a quick sight in close to home before heading out.

While i'm here, are any of the other ranges at the Belmont complex any better?? :D


I don't mind Ripley... Lot more relaxed :thumbsup:
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by bigfellascott » 03 Oct 2016, 10:25 am

gazza wrote:Glad I don't have to go to a range.


Bloody oath, I avoid them like the plague these days and canned my membership a few years back as I didn't have a need for it anymore. :thumbsup:
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by sandgroperbill » 03 Oct 2016, 11:30 am

I reckon I'd be the old guy putting hunting rounds down range.

What's wrong with using a range to sight in and test loads? And if you use a brake to hunt, you want to use it when sighting and testing loads.

But agree you should be down the end if doing so
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by juststarting » 03 Oct 2016, 1:16 pm

Just sitting here, testing about bunch of old farts reminiscing about walking to school for 10km, in the snow! Bare foot! In QLD.

Guns are fun, let people have fun, as long as it's safe it's all good. Last time, I dropped 50 clay targets from 25m to 50m, and one of those flipping steel targets and just unloaded 400+ rounds from bunch of rifles just because I like to see them explode :P and hear there ding sound.

Dude next to me was shooting 338lap with a muzzle break, I thought that was fun. And good for your skin :friends: Dude on the other side was carefully printing holes on paper with his hand loads, I thought that was fun too. :drinks:
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by juststarting » 03 Oct 2016, 1:18 pm

Oh... And someone further down was blasting a 25m target for like an hour, from an Adler as fast as he could, that looked like fun too, might do that the next time I am there. :)
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by TheDude » 03 Oct 2016, 2:20 pm

I don't really pay attention to what others are shooting at the range. I'm just there enjoying myself. if someone's happy to sit there and shoot at 25m all day then good on them. I usually take along 4 different rifles each week and throw up targets between 25 and 300 depending on what I take.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by happyhunter » 03 Oct 2016, 3:57 pm

juststarting wrote:Oh... And someone further down was blasting a 25m target for like an hour, from an Adler as fast as he could, that looked like fun too, might do that the next time I am there. :)


That's it. If they ain't hurting anybody who cares.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by POD89 » 03 Oct 2016, 6:08 pm

my perfect sunday....
i like to dress up in all my suburban camouflage.
put an ACOG red dot style optic on my verytakticool .338 while using handloads
and shoot holes in " better homes and gardens" magazines at 20m.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by juststarting » 03 Oct 2016, 6:15 pm

POD89 wrote:my perfect sunday....
i like to dress up in all my suburban camouflage.
put an ACOG red dot style optic on my verytakticool .338 while using handloads
and shoot holes in " better homes and gardens" magazines at 20m.
....


...interesting choice of publication. I word have opted for the In the Night Garden DVD box set. Those with small children will understand.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Heckler303 » 03 Oct 2016, 8:05 pm

juststarting wrote:
POD89 wrote:my perfect sunday....
i like to dress up in all my suburban camouflage.
put an ACOG red dot style optic on my verytakticool .338 while using handloads
and shoot holes in " better homes and gardens" magazines at 20m.
....


...interesting choice of publication. I word have opted for the In the Night Garden DVD box set. Those with small children will understand.


Oh, you mean this terrifying blue b@stard?

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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by Supaduke » 03 Oct 2016, 9:02 pm

I wouldn't mind putting hooty and giggle in a clay thrower.....
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by brett1868 » 03 Oct 2016, 9:21 pm

juststarting wrote:
POD89 wrote:my perfect sunday....
i like to dress up in all my suburban camouflage.
put an ACOG red dot style optic on my verytakticool .338 while using handloads
and shoot holes in " better homes and gardens" magazines at 20m.
....


...interesting choice of publication. I word have opted for the In the Night Garden DVD box set. Those with small children will understand.



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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by GLS_1956 » 12 Oct 2016, 12:01 pm

I they are happy, I'm happy. At least they're out shooting.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by duncan61 » 15 Oct 2016, 12:13 pm

At the Coolilup range one day a bloke who ran a winery was letting random visitors shoot his .338 Win Mag at nearly $4 a pop.I quizzed him on it an he said he likes the grin on their face and at $4 its worth it.
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Re: I'll never understand some shooters

Post by juststarting » 15 Oct 2016, 8:22 pm

I'd love to get a stock like that for my tikka. Soooooon
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