So im at the range, by myself, sighting my .22lr marlin bolt action in at 100 yards just for something to do. very quiet and peaceful, but a little chilly at 38 degrees. and another fella shows up, shooting black powder, he asks me if he can go put up a target, i say sure, go ahead.
i dont know how it is at your gun ranges, but this one is a private game and fishing club, you have a key to the front gate, come and go as you please, there is no rangemaster i hear you guys talk about or anything, you sign in on a sheet and are expected to use paper targets only, and put them back when youre done, and pick up or recycle any casings.
with no one in charge, i guess its up to the shooters to decide when to stop shooting, and go replace, or check, or move your targets. im very easy to get along with, even if im shooting ill let anyone go put up, or check or do whatever. ok im getting a little off topic.
so the guy is shooting his muzzle loader, no big deal. another guy shows up, with an AR-15, carries his stuff over to his bench, then walks down and asks mr black powder "is that gun loaded?". to which he replies, "there is powder and ball in it, but no primer. so no, its not loaded"
AR man says, "thats a loaded gun, ill just wait till you shoot"
then they get into a pissing match about whether or not the gun is loaded. the guy with the black powder gun says that the "game warden" says if there is no primer, its unloaded and ok to carry in your truck.
AR man says "the game warden doesnt have to walk in front of it, i do"
so the guy turns the gun off to the side of the range, laying it on the bench pointing basically at my car, but not downrange or toward any other people.
not good enough for AR man, who makes him stand it up on the gun rest/rack thingy behind the benches.
i swear they argued for about ten minutes, which was just wasting my time, it was starting to piss me off. i didnt want to keep shooting with these two screaming at each other.
who do you guys think was right? what should i do in this situation when two grown men, with guns and bullets near by start to get into a heated argument. honestly i was thinking about leaving, but i had all my stuff set up and it would have taken me a few minutes and a couple trips to gather everything. which would have just put me closer to them. and i surely didnt want to walk over by them and hear "what do you think, is it loaded or not" which would certainly put me on the bad side of one of them.
the way i look at it, im not going to walk in front of anything i dont want to. AR man (at first) was willing to wait, the black powder dude should have just finished what he was doing, taken the shot, and thats that.
so?
i dont know how it is at your gun ranges, but this one is a private game and fishing club, you have a key to the front gate, come and go as you please, there is no rangemaster i hear you guys talk about or anything, you sign in on a sheet and are expected to use paper targets only, and put them back when youre done, and pick up or recycle any casings.
with no one in charge, i guess its up to the shooters to decide when to stop shooting, and go replace, or check, or move your targets. im very easy to get along with, even if im shooting ill let anyone go put up, or check or do whatever. ok im getting a little off topic.
so the guy is shooting his muzzle loader, no big deal. another guy shows up, with an AR-15, carries his stuff over to his bench, then walks down and asks mr black powder "is that gun loaded?". to which he replies, "there is powder and ball in it, but no primer. so no, its not loaded"
AR man says, "thats a loaded gun, ill just wait till you shoot"
then they get into a pissing match about whether or not the gun is loaded. the guy with the black powder gun says that the "game warden" says if there is no primer, its unloaded and ok to carry in your truck.
AR man says "the game warden doesnt have to walk in front of it, i do"
so the guy turns the gun off to the side of the range, laying it on the bench pointing basically at my car, but not downrange or toward any other people.
not good enough for AR man, who makes him stand it up on the gun rest/rack thingy behind the benches.
i swear they argued for about ten minutes, which was just wasting my time, it was starting to piss me off. i didnt want to keep shooting with these two screaming at each other.
who do you guys think was right? what should i do in this situation when two grown men, with guns and bullets near by start to get into a heated argument. honestly i was thinking about leaving, but i had all my stuff set up and it would have taken me a few minutes and a couple trips to gather everything. which would have just put me closer to them. and i surely didnt want to walk over by them and hear "what do you think, is it loaded or not" which would certainly put me on the bad side of one of them.
the way i look at it, im not going to walk in front of anything i dont want to. AR man (at first) was willing to wait, the black powder dude should have just finished what he was doing, taken the shot, and thats that.
so?
Don't hit me. 
