A know-it-all gets his come-uppance...

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A friend of my dad's, now deceased, used to give us hell at the range... my dad's ham radio club went shooting every few months. About fifteen guys, everything from Calico .22s up to .44s and SAAs, etc...

This guy had 85+ guns and generally brought a few .44s, a .22 and some 9mm's for everyone to try out (for new shooters and such). He liked his targets to be pristine, no holes, when he started shooting as usual..... indoor range, we had all of it.

So when he's just put up a new target, rolled it downrange, and began loading up one of his .44's, as he came on target "someone" would generously donate a couple .22's to the head of his silhouette, or clip the target's ear with a .357, etc from the lane next to his...... Then he'd rant and rave and be pissed and get down to shooting (he never could catch us doing it!) :) We never had the same person do it twice.
 
When I was in USAF pilot training we had a couple of Danish Air Force students in our class. We all had to qualify with the S&W Combat Masterpiece. A perfect score got you a marksmanship medal. The Danish AF allowed their pilots to wear the medal if they earned it, and it was a big deal to them.

The guy next to me had NEVER fired a gun in his life and was barely going to qualify, much less earn the medal. Sooo, I and the guy on the other side of Max started "lending" him a shot or two on each stage. Max scored a perfect 55 out of 50(!) and never quite understood what was happening. He went back to Denmark proudly wearing his medal.:D
 
OMG that's great!

I will never forget the look on the face of the woman who was a lawyer in NYC and had only handled firearms through plastic evidence bags when she took an over-under 20 guage and broke both clays with two shots.
She was so excited she had to set the gun down and wipe tears from her eyes. Something special happens when a person becomes a shooter.
I don't remember the first time I hit a moving target nor do I recall my first bullseye, but since that day I strive to savour the feeling that she had.
The utter joy that comes from the process of putting lead on target.
The sense of accomplishment that can only be found in the shooting realm.
The comraderie that comes to one when surrounded by like-minded individuals enjoying a sport that embraces such diversity.
A .22 LR or a .50 BMG, young or old, male or female, severely disabled or perfectly physically fit, anyone can obtain a high level of proficiency.
It doesn't matter what firearm you choose, just choose one.
Never give up the chance to teach those who otherwise would never get to know just exactly why the "gun bug" bites the hardest.

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...constantly yelling at her whenever she didn't do EXACTLY what he told her to do. After a few minutes, with a quaver in her voice and a tear in her eye...
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Having somebody yelling at you in front of a firing line for shooting issues (outside of safety) the first time you go shooting really sucks. What a little dweeb.
 
Good one Hawkman, I'm sure so of us Army guys can say the same thing about a buddy that whenever he is qualifying the people to his left and right have trouble staying in their lane. Not to say that I've ever done that, but, I'm not denying it either.
 
Preacherman,

I was feeling kind a down this morning. Sitting here reading, and now a feel much better. As I read this little story I busted out laughing so hard I cried. I've seen far too many of these kinds of people and what you and your co-conspirators did was absolutly classic. Glad you got his soon to be ex gf in on it. She probably needed some laugh therapy.
I would have gladly paid to see his face :what: when the 27 shooters blasted his target.

Thanks for posting this.


J:De
 
That story made my day. Maybe it was Gunkid.

I went skeet shooting one day with a few buddies and I could not hit the side of a barn door.(My first time out shooting skeet). Well one of the fellas shooting with us starts in telling me just what I am doing wrong. The criticism was non stop! I finally told him to shut the hell up as he had hit only one more clay than I had. This from an "expert" skeet shooter.

I can't stand know it alls!:fire: I am sure glad that one got his come uppance. I just wish I had been there to see it!:D
 
Effengee:
You're story reminded me of the look on my son's face the first time I took him shooting. He lives in NY with his mother, and my kids come down to visit whenever they can. He loves guns, and of course we went to the range after a long lecture from me on gun safety, and only after he memorized the 4 rules, and learned to practice them around the house with an unloaded P228.

He was 13, and was visibly shaking with excitement as we got to the range. He was both scared and excited at the thought of his first live ammo experience. I took my time setting up my targets, loading FMJ in the P228's mags, etc., mainly to calm him down, we went through the rules one last time, I taught him stance, sight picture, he got advice from a bunch of (goodfolk) locals, watched me shoot 2 to see what recoil was all about, and then it was his turn...

He walked up, aimed slowly, pulled the trigger once, and stopped to see what he did. 3 O'Clock, in the 8 ring. All the people applauded his first good hit, and the sheer joy on his face is something I will keep in my heart and take to the grave. We spent the day there having a ball.

He's 15 now, and since then, whenever he visits, we spend more time shooting than anything else. He's turned down trips to Orlando, NASA, amusement parks, et al, and we generally burn through 3,000 rounds or so when he visits. (If I'm *VERY* lucky, I even get to shot a hundred or so.) He's joined the rifle team at school, and has won a bunch of trophies, and is more excited about shooting than ever. This year, he gets a gift: There's a new CZ P01 sitting here that is *his* pistol, and will be his forever. We discussed it, that's what he wanted , and the only addition I can give to him is sending the first bullet from a new gun owned by him downrange. I hope I get to see that look again.

..Joe

PS: What, exactly, IS a "Blutark's nipple?" :)
 
Preacherman, you've done enough good in your life that I'm sure God will let this episode pass...I hope!

Too funny. :D
 
The guy next to me had NEVER fired a gun in his life and was barely going to qualify, much less earn the medal. Sooo, I and the guy on the other side of Max started "lending" him a shot or two on each stage. Max scored a perfect 55 out of 50(!) and never quite understood what was happening. He went back to Denmark proudly wearing his medal.
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Oh man. When I read that I just lost it. I laughed so hard I thought I had fluid running out of my ears. Dishonety for a good cause!

"I'm dyin' heah! Franky, I'm dyin' heah!"
 
It is a funny story , but am I the only one getting un safe vibe from it?

Personaly I would be pissed at someone much less 27 someones shooting from behind me when I am on the line .
 
Don't worry, Kodiak - this is a law enforcement range, which is open to officers from various agencies and their families on holidays such as Memorial Day. The retired police captain I mentioned was RO that day, and most of the shooters were LE officers (plus a few of their family members). They stood on either side of the shooter, not behind him, and the firing point walkway is about 20' wide (really a concrete "road", which can be used by vehicles, running along the back of the firing points to the magazine and cleaning room), so there was plenty of room and no crowding.

If it had been unsafe, we wouldn't have done it.
 
What a hoot!

Brings back a memory of an event in a similar vein, for a different reason.

Once, when I was a competitor in PPC, my teammates and I noticed a competitor from a different agency would nearly always have 2 or 3 fewer bullet holes than he should, from the 25 & 50 yard stages. He was a good marksman, and always had a good, high-scoring group. The scorers would scrutinize the target and "find" acouple of holes that "could" be doubles (2 rounds striking the same point), or a ragged hole caused by 2-3 rounds striking in proximity to each other. "He couldn't possibly have missed the whole target," the reasoned. The "doubles'/ragged holes were invariably in the 10- and X-rings. Being suspicious cops, we discerned a pattern (smart, weren't we :rolleyes: ). We assigned a couple of our teammates to monitor him at the next match. Sure enough, they reported he had fired 2 fewer rounds from 50 yards than he should have. This guaranteed him 20 points, when he might have dropped a point or two if he'd actually fired the required number of rounds.

Not a problem! :D At the next match (which happened to have some pretty nice prizes for top shooters), we agreed; whichever of us was having the ineviable "bad day," and had no real chance at any top positions, would "donate" two rounds to the suspect. Of course, both donated rounds were completely outside any scoring rings. :neener:

Thus did he drop 20 points, yet have the correct number of holes in his target!! He knew what happened, but never figured out who!:evil:
 
The guy was a jerk and his subsequent shot would probably have proved him a blowhard. Please don't flame, but I think this was over the top. Again, anticipating a spate of flames, "helping" people qualify by lane crossing isn't helping them. Remediate them. Good shooting to all.
 
How funny! I really dislike abusers and know-it-alls so I really liked this story. I just had to read it to my mother, who after laughing at it, as a merciful person, said she felt bad for the guy even though he deserved it.

I am leaving with a smile on my face too.
 
Mikul, you seem to be determined to be obtuse about this. Being familiar with Preacherman from a couple years of reading his posts, I'm sure that this "gentleman" had no "guns pointed in his general direction". While I wouldn't normally condone everyone at the range not being directly on the firing line while shooting, in this case, standing somewhat back, while off to the side does not even come close to someone having firearms pointed at them.
 
Two cylinders of ammo went into about a 20" group (at 10 yards), with nothing inside the 10-ring.
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Heck even my friends 7 year old does better then that with a full auto uzi!!!

That made my day. Thanks. :D
 
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