share little secrets you have picked up over time

When SHTF, a good fireteam is worth their weight in gold. So gather your mates and train together.

After shooting a rabbit. Wrap both hands around rib cage just behind front legs and squeeze. When you hear a gurguling sound move down a hand width and squeeze hard again. 90% or more of the entrails will expell onto the ground along with ****. Makes them much lighter in your game bag and takes away alot of the smell when your ready to clean them.

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It seems like this would be a good way to rupture something nasty... is this not the case?

Take a simple first aid kit to the range.
You really do have room in your range bag/box for some band-aids, iodine wipes, and perhaps an instant ice-pack.It might not be you who needs it, but you may earn someone's undying gratitude.

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And some quick-clot.

Don't bumpfire an AK with your index finger.

'Tannerite' is just three ingredients. At least all you need.

Steel wire from Home Depot is great for hanging bowling pins.

Steel teeth from excavator buckets make great targets. PING!!

More on the rabbit thing.

super glue = poor mans quikclot

To stop bleeding: Tobacco from a cigarette works wonders.

Also, forget the regular pack of Band-Aids; buy the big ones. They're next to the regular ones on the shelf and they're big enough for almost anything.

Don't believe everything people post on the internet...

More on the rabbit thing.

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I have been doing this for years a trick my grandpa showed me. The meat stays clean. The intestines and bladder are forced through the rear end and does not get around the inner skin. Just hold it away from your boots when doing it. Freaked a couple people out showing them this trick but they all swear by it now. Rabbit season in Kansas runs from Jan 1st to December 31st with a dailey bag limit of 10. They are about as rare around here as pigeons in NYC.

The best part is that most of the waste is left in the field and makes cleaning up the garage easier as well. The other thing grandpa showed me was he had a horseshoe laid tight one side to the garage wall. Flip it out like a hinge place on hind leg behind it. Then slide it back against the wall it makes a easy game hanger to keep them still while skinning them. Works best nailed to a stud to swing into a open stud space to one side and a peice of plywood between the studs on the other side.

Putting a cocked gun in the waistband of your pants does not make you Bruce Willis .... and is probably a bad idea too.

-Carry a spare "O" ring for shotguns.
Be nice, and carry one in your wallet in the event someone else needs a "O" ring, even if you do not own, much less shoot a shotgun that uses one.

-Carry a spare bolt for shotguns.

Old trick, was to drill a small hole in the bolt handle, attached with clip, and wear around the neck.

Again, we carried various bolts as spares for others.

Not only for duck blinds, also for clay competitions, and even our defensive shotgun stuff, before 3 gun come to be.

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If...you lose that bolt for an 1100 for instance, coming out of the "swamp run", just snag the one around your neck and get back in the game.

Note; your pocket knife should have a blade small enough to act as bolt handle too...

I always carry spare safety gear in my car. I hate seeing people unpack their equipment and reach for their eyes and ears only to realise they are on the kitchen table and have to leave.

I even got asked by some guy if I sell them as I opened a new pack of ear muffs and glasses for him as his kid.

"Nah, I just carry extra" and his eyes bulged.

My "normal" extra load is a box of those foam in ear jobs, 2-3 opened earmuff and one or two new ones in their packets. I probably have about 5/6 pairs of shooting glasses in my range bag. Cheap ones, but all high impact rated (I'm not near them at the moment, but Z87.1+ springs to mind?)

I've always got at least my equipment and equipment for one other person. Generally I'll have enough to outfit about 4/5 shooters properly.

The last guy I lent some too was still shooting with his kid on the .22 range when I left. I got them back eventually. Even if i didn't I'm sure the couple of bucks I'd be out was worth it to them.

Oh and a very important little secret, if you are shooting at any range I'm shooting at DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN WALK AROUND WITHOUT EYES AND EARS ON, WHILE YOU ARE WEARING YOURS. Doing this will cause me to go slightly ballistic. This is almost as bad as people who don't strap their kids in, but wear their own seatbelts. Grrrrrr

KBK

+1 to keeping extra eyes and ears in the range bag. I also normaly find many uses for a roll of tape at the range.

Also, Bore Snakes are great to run through right after shooting, makes cleaning once you get home much quicker.

When teaching a brand new shooter always have them load one and shoot one every time you introduce a new gun (they can get so excited they turn around to say "did you see that" when they get a good hit).

Walking through a dark parking lot on your way to your car you can have a firing grip on a pocket ccw and just look like you are reaching for your keys.

Own an AK-47 !

Don't shoot in to the air.

When you see an bear being alone in the forest,shoot it instantly,or he will take you by surprise when you think you gone away.

for semi-auto fire arms , invest in a magazine speed loader - makes loading the mag's fast and easy on your thumbs.

wipe your safety glasses with a little rainex to keep them from fogging up at the range.

if you run out of gun oil while cleaning your gun , baby oil works quite good.

keep a pack or two of silica gel in your gun box while its kept in the closet for a while.

i bring a pack of stick on targets to the range so that when i shoot the **** out of the big paper target , i can re-use it by covering the holes with my stick on.

You should be practicing.

Better yet, you should be competing.

This will make you a better shooter.

Its a bad idea to try to aim down the barrel of a pistol grip only shotgun. If you want to see examples just search youtube.

You can save a lot of money and get some cool firearms if you learn to build them yourself, several years ago.

Of course that last clause makes it a little tougher!

-Sam

If you have enough money together to buy another gun, buy ammo instead and go spend some time getting better at shooting the ones you already have.

Shooting budget should be 10% guns and 90% ammo/training/practice.

-Sam

Practicing when you can, on your own, is very good.

Practicing regularly, with a purpose, and with serious, like-minded shooters is far, far more valuable.

-Sam

a .223 will rip through both sides of a beer keg...

a 45 acp will bounce back towards you:banghead:

Not quite gun-related, but a tampon is a great addition to a first-aid kit, especially one taken to the range. Nothing works better at plugging up GSWs.

Quick Grips are very useful for compressing and locking springs during assembly and disassembly. Gives you two hands free... and the rubber jaws are non-marring.





Tinpig

Essayons21 has a good point. In a pinch pads also make field expedient compresses. But if you are thinking ahead you may as well pack some real ones.

KBK

Clay pigeons are cheap reactive pistol targets, but .22 tends to just punch a neat hole in them.
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Aim high when using water jugs for reactive targets - you might get a second shot on it.
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Bamboo chopsticks make good dowels to get places fingers won't reach, such as pushing a rag through the magazine well.