My time at the range.

[dududf]

Well, today I went to the range and fired some rifles for the first time.

First thing I fired was a .22 rifle with a nice fold back stock. With my ears and eye protection on I wasn't able to use the iron sights that were under the scope. The ears would get in the way, then the stuff around the nose would get in the way of my eyes and the shot. Ultimately I used the scope. I was firing at 50 yards because it was my first time and I did alright. I was aiming at the upper chest, and couldn't do a check to see where the bullets were hitting as it was a black target on black foam so I couldn't see the holes (next time I'm bringing binoculars and a white target to fix this) so I couldn't see where I was firing until after the ceasefire was called.

Ultimately my shots all landed in the gut as opposed to the heart/lungs as I intended. I fired off a 2 clips of .22's (Up here in canada there are a lot of gun restrictions, one of which is a limit to how many bullets you can have the clip. They say that you can not have more then 5 bullets of center fire being used in a clip. Al though it doesn't mention Rim fire(?), so it's legal.. Because of this we used a large clip legally.) which is about 50 rounds total. Tons of fun, no kick what so ever I could have fired this with one hand until my arm got tired from holding up the rifle so I leaned against the pole and was fine. I was annoyed as all hell about how wobbly I was, and it showed in my grouping, but I never missed the target, so I figure I did alright.

My dad tried to take a couple of shots with his Norinco CQ 5.56mm (basically an M4 knock off, same gun just not as good of a finish on it.). Problem was that he couldn't fire any thing. He kept pulling the trigger to no avail, and removing the bullet in the chamber. Upon my inspection I noticed that there was a small dent in the back of the bullet. This meant to me that the pin hit it, but not hard enough. There was an armory expert at the range, from whom when I informed him of what I saw on the bullet quickly made the gun safe, then disassembled the parts around the firing pin.

apparently There was a piece of cleaning cloth left there in the part where the firing pin was. It was screwing with the firing process. We speculated that the guns were being worked on and the lunch bell went off and the person stopped working on it and ate and forgot about the cloth.

After it was removed and assembled and deemed safe and functioning, my dad fired a few shots (Fucking loud!). Nice gun, I fired it next. Nice set up on it, good foregrip made it comfy and workable.

I was firing it at the head, and the bullet only had a bit of drop, although I'm willing to wager that that is due to my eyes as they were blurring a bit. Good gun, not as much kick as I initially thought though, I've fired hand guns with a fuckload more recoil then that.

Basically the gun was fun, it was loud, and when I got the hang of it, it hit where I aimed, within reason.

Fun day, we were only shooting for an hour sadly, as it was hot as hell outside.

In the end, the Norinco CQ 5.56mm was tons of fun, but I still prefer the .22 over it, just because it had a scope and it had a 25 round clip and just felt right.

I'll probably start doing weights with my left arm because it got tired far too quickly for my tastes.


What was your first time at the range like Escapists?

 

[Blue Musician]

What is the real disscussion in this thread?
Sorry, I skipped the last part accidentally.

Anyways, I never have shot a gun, simply because I'm too young, and because I never wanted to fire a gun. Simple as that.

 

[dududf]

What was your first time at the range like Escapists?

What is the real disscussion in this thread?

That was the discussion.

*edit

I saw your edit so I edit this post with an edit.

So Yeah... [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoYeah]

 

[Blue Musician]

What was your first time at the range like Escapists?

What is the real disscussion in this thread?

That was the discussion.

Edited my post, thanks for pointing it out.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

God I hate the L89... you are supposed to cock it overarm. But I could do it perfectly underarm but whenever I did it overarm it freakin jammed on me...

The .22 was okay, never really jammed on me and I was pretty good at aiming.

Got myself a marksman badge too...

 

[Jark212]

I would always go to the range with my dad, we had a .45, .22 (Ruger semi-automatic, jams like it's going out of style), and a Brazilian M9 knockoff (Easily my favorite handgun) we would always fire a few score rounds collect our brass and what's left of our targets and head home where he taught me how to properly clean and maintain a weapon. My father taught me everything about gun safety from a relatively young age (around 11)...

Just last year I went to the range with my dad and his co-worker who is a avid hunter, he let me fire off 5 rounds from his R-700, all bulls-eyes...

 

[dududf]

Being British and not particularly interested in guns, I haven't fired anything more powerful than a paintball gun. Still, I'm glad you had fun.

Paintball is superior to actual shooting in one regard however. You can shoot people with that, I can't.

/me thinks paintball is tons of fun, and wishes he could play a game of it.

 

[Johnnyallstar]

My first time wasn't quite so easy. My dad broke me in on a buffalo rifle. .54 cal shoulder cannon that almost knocked me on my ass. Then went to 12 gauge shotgun for the rest of the time. My shoulder was rather bruised because I initially didn't have it set right, but I learned awfully quick how to keep it seated. The hard way is sometimes the best way.

Currently I mostly shoot my super heavy (18lb) .308 long distance target rifle, or my .45 ACP pistol. Though I do a lot of shotgun and BB gun, and my 7.62x39 SKS, my favorite is my honey of a target rifle.

 

[Blueruler182]

The place was empty, I was going to see if I could do this as a hobby to help with depression. The person there was very helpful. I now know how to shoot a bow and arrow enough to hit someone at a pretty far distance. It's less messy and less loud than a gun, and it can pierce Kevlar.

 

[hawkeye52]

i fired a 22. at a range in thailand at a target 50 yards from me. nailed the center of the target about 80-90% of the time

 

[crimson5pheonix]

I do like .22's, though I've always been more of a shotgun person. My Ithaca is my bestest friend.

My first time wasn't quite so easy. My dad broke me in on a buffalo rifle. .54 cal shoulder cannon that almost knocked me on my ass. Then went to 12 gauge shotgun for the rest of the time. My shoulder was rather bruised because I initially didn't have it set right, but I learned awfully quick how to keep it seated. The hard way is sometimes the best way.

Currently I mostly shoot my super heavy (18lb) .308 long distance target rifle, or my .45 ACP pistol. Though I do a lot of shotgun and BB gun, and my 7.62x39 SKS, my favorite is my honey of a target rifle.

How old were you when he let you shoot the .54?

 

[Johnnyallstar]

I do like .22's, though I've always been more of a shotgun person. My Ithaca is my bestest friend.

My first time wasn't quite so easy. My dad broke me in on a buffalo rifle. .54 cal shoulder cannon that almost knocked me on my ass. Then went to 12 gauge shotgun for the rest of the time. My shoulder was rather bruised because I initially didn't have it set right, but I learned awfully quick how to keep it seated. The hard way is sometimes the best way.

Currently I mostly shoot my super heavy (18lb) .308 long distance target rifle, or my .45 ACP pistol. Though I do a lot of shotgun and BB gun, and my 7.62x39 SKS, my favorite is my honey of a target rifle.

How old were you when he let you shoot the .54?

13, And I was a small kid until high school. It really hurt, but it taught me the valuable lesson of holding a gun right. Funny enough, I'm the only person who has shot my target rifle without being scope bit. Strange how that works.

 

[Fidelias]

I've fired a twelve gauge shotgun and both a 22 rifle and pistol. The shotgun and pistol I "own". I don't technically own them, because I'm nineteen and you have to be 21 to own a pistol, and I got the shotgun when I was 16 I think. But they're basically mine. I keep them clean, and I shoot them.

But anyway, about your question.
The first time I fired a gun was when I went and shot at clay pidgeons with my grandpap and his friend. I had my twelve gauge, my grandpap had a better version of the same gun, and his friend had a double barreled shotgun. After going through about 120 shells, I had barely hit maybe five clay pidgeons. Also, my shoulder hurt. But it was fun. My grandpap's friend was annoying though. I think he missed twice. And he'd always have the clay pidgeons work so that two would fly at the same time. Showoff... I'm better at shooting now, but I don't hunt, I don't want to kill animals. No offense to hunters, I don't care if you hunt, I just don't have the stomach for it.

 

[GrinningManiac]

Closest I can relate to is my time at a Paintball range

it was a bunch of kids (including me, to be fair), so there was no tactics, no nothing. This was 2 years before COD4 was released, so they didn't even have THAT rudimentary grasp of things like, say, "cover".

I don't think I hit anyone (or never saw a ball land), I got shot once in the neck (not pretty), and between my first and second matches, the canister popped open and all my paintballs, with which I had managed to conserve ammo, fell out. I was annoyed, because I had saved enough rounds for two matches (as opposed to the gung-ho nature of my friends, who had to buy more).

My gun died, and the replacement had no gas in it.

It was a fun experience, but compared to the usual level of fun in paintball, it was pretty sucky

 

[crimson5pheonix]

I do like .22's, though I've always been more of a shotgun person. My Ithaca is my bestest friend.

My first time wasn't quite so easy. My dad broke me in on a buffalo rifle. .54 cal shoulder cannon that almost knocked me on my ass. Then went to 12 gauge shotgun for the rest of the time. My shoulder was rather bruised because I initially didn't have it set right, but I learned awfully quick how to keep it seated. The hard way is sometimes the best way.

Currently I mostly shoot my super heavy (18lb) .308 long distance target rifle, or my .45 ACP pistol. Though I do a lot of shotgun and BB gun, and my 7.62x39 SKS, my favorite is my honey of a target rifle.

How old were you when he let you shoot the .54?

13, And I was a small kid until high school. It really hurt, but it taught me the valuable lesson of holding a gun right. Funny enough, I'm the only person who has shot my target rifle without being scope bit. Strange how that works.

Now that's just mean. Unless I'm underestimating it's weight. A 13 year old should start on nothing bigger than a 12 gauge.

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Now that's just mean. Unless I'm underestimating it's weight. A 13 year old should start on nothing bigger than a 12 gauge.

It's a .54 muzzleloader with up to 150 grain magnum load, shooting a 660grain lubricated slug. I got broke in on 100 grains of powder, usually shooting at 125. It still kicks like a mule, but not what we break adults in with. As for being mean... yeah probably, but it worked. A 12 gauge slug hits about half as hard as the .54 does under 100 grains for reference.

My father was a Marine, so I was supposed to be the progeny that could take anything, and he told me that if I did it right it wouldn't hurt that much. It didn't really hurt until the next day, but that's just "breaking in the shooting shoulder." Since then I never feel sore from shooting. So it may be mean, but it did work.

We actually tried a 12 gauge on my little bro when he was 12, who is MUCH bigger than I was at his age, and he nearly cried.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Now that's just mean. Unless I'm underestimating it's weight. A 13 year old should start on nothing bigger than a 12 gauge.

It's a .54 muzzleloader with up to 150 grain magnum load, shooting a 660grain lubricated slug. I got broke in on 100 grains of powder, usually shooting at 125. It still kicks like a mule, but not what we break adults in with. As for being mean... yeah probably, but it worked. A 12 gauge slug hits about half as hard as the .54 does under 100 grains for reference.

My father was a Marine, so I was supposed to be the progeny that could take anything, and he told me that if I did it right it wouldn't hurt that much. It didn't really hurt until the next day, but that's just "breaking in the shooting shoulder." Since then I never feel sore from shooting. So it may be mean, but it did work.

We actually tried a 12 gauge on my little bro when he was 12, who is MUCH bigger than I was at his age, and he nearly cried.

He musta held it wrong. But at least he didn't give you the full powder load.

But 12 gauges are fun. The last time I really used one, I was duck hunting and went through several boxes of ammunition in a few hours. I fired it enough times to bruise my shoulder even though I held it right.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Who needs a range when you have a backyard?

Really, our neighbors have gotten used to all the stuff we do back there - pool parties, ATVing, paintballing, Airsoft, and a lot of fires.

 

[Pegghead]

The closest thing I've ever done to this is hold two small bore rifles (unloaded) that belong to a friend of my fathers. There's actually a Swedish small bore rifle club near where I live and we've often talked about going there.