What would it take?

I only own one rifle. I need to buy ammo for it. At the same time I need a Mossberg Home Defense shotgun. Therefore I don't have the problem you mentioned

If i had an unlimited ammo supply, I'd shoot everyday.

....for the icy rain to abate and the temp to get up to at least 35

so i am biding my time working 4 presses so as to be stocked
up for that moment.
32acp, 45acp 230gr lrn, 45acp 200gr lswc and 30-30 110gr lfp.

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Retired and on a fixed income, I can't increase the quantity of rounds fired without giving up something else. I participate in local and regional matches (IDPA, IPSC and HP), but don't like to travel far these days. I usually get to the range three to five days a week and fire 2500 or so rounds per month.

Occasionally, I look in the safe and see that XP-100, Contender, bolt rifle or revolver that hasn't been fired in a while. I'll dust it off and give 'er a workout. Maybe even shoot a silhouette match or use a wheel gun in a steel match.

So, the rest of the time, if I'm not engaged in chores around the house or doing whatever my wife dreams up, I can spend the time watching the news to see what those 536 morons in Washington are doing to us, or I can visit gun forums.

I think I will shoot a few cast bullet loads through my 7TCU tomorrow. Thanks.

It would take more money.

Get me a place in the country like where I grew up. Darn the need for a job:banghead:

What would it take? Better availability of a place to shoot - one of the few things I miss about living out West. We had a city park for shooting rifles, pistols and machine guns, another for clay sports, plus all the BLM land you could get lost in to shoot wherever you wanted

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Personally, for me and friends it takes about a 30 or 200 yard walk.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=492331

There's about four problems keeping people from shooting more, little time, little money to spare, few or no places to shoot and as I've found out, just being too darn lazy.

I don't know how many people that have expressed an interest in shooting or learning to shoot, that I've invited out my place, that are too darn lazy to drive 20 minutes, and in many cases I even supply the guns and ammo.

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Warmer than 40

I may not have the time or money to shoot every day but I do have the time to check the latest gun blog postings.

I just came in from shooting. 28 degrees and falling but I quit cause it's getting dark out.

Now I gotta wait for tomorrow !

I got no excuses really, got a place to shoot, have PLENTY of ammo and plenty of guns. I guess it just comes down to I'm just a lazy SOB.

The temp to get above 0. 4 below right now and the range has 2 feet of snow on it.

Weather is no issue; I'd shoot in the blowing snow and rain if the ammo were available and I had the money to buy it.

How about there to be sunlight after work.....

LOL

This week? Well, I just decided today no practice at the range or action shooting practice....I just got a new dog....3 yr old blue heeler.

I left him alone in the utility room for an hr and a half when I ran errands 2 days ago and he removed an entire side of the door frame and chewed it up.

So I am working on leaving him alone, in the main house, for short periods and may decide to use a crate. But at this point, he will think of the crate only as punishment and not a safe place, so I prefer not to have to.

But this will be the first week I've missed shooting since Aug....

And btw, he came with the name Rufus but it is gradually being changed to Ruger

Money....

right now its -6 and around a foot of snow on the ground. I would take 40 and no snow then i would go.

9MMare: Your dog is probably suffering from separation anxiety. The more time you spend with him the sooner he'll get over it. He has to accept his new pack and be sure he's accepted. Make sure he knows you are the dominant one which will help him know his place in the pack. Once he's accepted his new pack he'll settle down. Think if you were pulled from your family and put into a different one.
Also the crate may help him relax. It's like the security of a den in the ground. Keep him in a small area when you're gone like the bathroom. I learned this stuff from breeders. There's a show called Dog Whisperer which is educational on understanding how dogs think. The problem is usually the owners, not the dogs.

I would shoot a hundred rounds a day, and attend multiple levels with various weapons at Thunder Ranch, and take two months off a year to hunt, if I had the money.

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Hey now, my screenname is happygeek for a reason. I've got a 2 year old Gateway laptop waiting for me to put openSuSe 11.0 back on it. It's got openSuSe 11.1 on it currently, they only changed 2 things that I've noticed, and I didn't like either. Thing is, it takes a bit of time to get an OS up and running with all the programs I want, espicially since I have to build a couple of them from source. Also just finished putting together a desktop for my wife's uncle and before that we were putting together a gaming desktop for me

Me and the wife own 4 rifles currently, all are rocking the iron sights because I've been buying guns and ammo, not accessories, so no scope to sight in. I'll get some sort of cheap red dot sight for my tacticool 22LR as soon as I have some money saved up. I can't afford to shoot the 7.62x51mm or even the 5.56x45mm all that much, but I've been shooting the heck out of our 22LR pretty much weekly. I've also put a good number of rounds through my 9x19mm since I got it. My 45 ACP, not quite as much. Money, it limits some of us.

Oh, one of our four rifles is a M1 Garand, ammo is over $1 a round for it, so ... it's pretty much been a look pretty museum piece since I bought it.

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The daytime high to be above 20*f

What would it take for you to finally sight in that EBR ? Or check the zero at 300 yds? 400 yds?

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The only long range firearm I own at the moment is a 30-30.

What would it take for you to finally develop better skills with all your firearms?

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Time and Money. Ive been saying that life would be grand if i could win the lottery.

What would it take for you to finally ditch the "gun show special" crap holster/magazine/mag pouch/scope and get a good one?

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Galco has the Classic Lite holster I want on backorder. has been for 2 months.

How about you? What is on your "to-do" list?

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Im getting my EBR out of layaway next week, and buying about 1000 rounds of 5.56.