natedog
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I see quite a bit of people wearing camoflauge to the shooting range, do you? Personally, I'd like to be as visible as possible when there is lots of shooting going on 
Do you wear camoflauge to the range?
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RED-DOG 40
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Not me. 
PlayTheAces
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I prefer a nice Hawaiian shirt myself.
I'd have to agree with you, i wouldn't want anyone to not see me. I go shooting out in the desert, at a spot that is a common plinking spot, so I could be 'downrange' putting my targets up and someone else could be firing the same direction. I want them to know I'm there.
And I think wearing camo to a shooting range is a little to 'wanna-ba militant' for me. If you normally wear camo and just happen to be wearing it to the range, then that's that. But if you purposely put on camo duds to go shoot at a range, that's a bit cheesy. IMO.
And I think wearing camo to a shooting range is a little to 'wanna-ba militant' for me. If you normally wear camo and just happen to be wearing it to the range, then that's that. But if you purposely put on camo duds to go shoot at a range, that's a bit cheesy. IMO.
I have a surplus M65 woodland jacket that I like wearing to the range. It gets a bit chilly up by those hills. There is no surrounding brush, so I don't really blend in with anything, and I don't mind getting it dirty from the usual range grime.
Is it cheesy? Sure, but I'm a cheesy kinda guy.
Is it cheesy? Sure, but I'm a cheesy kinda guy.
Lancel
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I wear all kinds of things depending on the range, weather, and mood but I always wear some item thats high visibility - usually a red or orange hat.
Larry
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Beetle Bailey
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I usually like to wear old clothes to go shooting, but if I want to practice rifle shooting from the prone or sitting positions, I will wear my BDU pants. Why? Because @ $5 a pair, I don't care if they get all dirty and beat up. I normally just wear a polo shirt, so I guess I don't need to be worried about being mistaken for a wannabe militant-type.
Maybe I'll have to get the old desert camo with the chocolate chips pattern so other shooters can see me .
Maybe I'll have to get the old desert camo with the chocolate chips pattern so other shooters can see me
.Crom
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Maybe a civilian type camo cap in leaf pattern. The rest of my shooting attire is the usual jeans and shirt (usually a t-shirt in the late spring/summer and maybe a flannel in the fall/winter) that's all. I leave the military cammies at home.
Most of the other shooters at the range I shoot at are the "what'cha need that fer" types, mostly bench rest shooters and hunters. The sneer at me when I show up with my hi-cap semi-auto's, so I can imagine what they would say or do if I showed up in cammies. It's just not worth the hassle for a couple of hours shooting just to make a fashion statement.
Most of the other shooters at the range I shoot at are the "what'cha need that fer" types, mostly bench rest shooters and hunters. The sneer at me when I show up with my hi-cap semi-auto's, so I can imagine what they would say or do if I showed up in cammies. It's just not worth the hassle for a couple of hours shooting just to make a fashion statement.
fastbolt
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Well, as an instructor I generally want to be highly visible, and generally wear red over black, for high visibility/safety reasons ...
Of course, this might not always be in my best interests, as I sometimes suspect there may be a few folks that might "want" to shoot at me, and the red color might be more helpful to them than some pattern disruptive design ... 
Oh well ... Risk assessment at work ...
Of course, this might not always be in my best interests, as I sometimes suspect there may be a few folks that might "want" to shoot at me, and the red color might be more helpful to them than some pattern disruptive design ...
Oh well ... Risk assessment at work ...
jamz
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I almost never see camo at the two ranges I got to frequently. Of course, this IS Massachusetts.
-James
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At my old range, we had a no-camo rule.
Sounds kind of snobbish at first take, but it was in the PRK, and it was a highly-visible range that was always being threatened for closure by those who would label it a haven for gangbangers and militia members. Since it was privately-owned, the rules were fairly easy to enforce. I've also seen that rule enforced at several IPSC matches.
Myself, I don't wear camo off duty, let alone to the firing range. Not that I dislike poseurs and wannabee GI's, but if you have to wear the stuff almost every day for 20 years as your issue uniform, there's no real desire to wear it on your own time.
Sounds kind of snobbish at first take, but it was in the PRK, and it was a highly-visible range that was always being threatened for closure by those who would label it a haven for gangbangers and militia members. Since it was privately-owned, the rules were fairly easy to enforce. I've also seen that rule enforced at several IPSC matches.
Myself, I don't wear camo off duty, let alone to the firing range. Not that I dislike poseurs and wannabee GI's, but if you have to wear the stuff almost every day for 20 years as your issue uniform, there's no real desire to wear it on your own time.
LeonCarr
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I have a funny camo clothing/range story.
Several years ago, about a month before deer season started, a buddy of mine and I met at Carter's Country (a gun store with range attached in Houston, Texas) to sight in our deer rifles. While getting set up to shoot, about two benches down from us there was a guy shooting a Weatherby Mark V .300 Weatherby, and he was wearing full camoflage clothing and a camo doo-rag. Everytime he shot that rifle, this wanna be Rambo would get up and cry and whine about how his shoulder hurt, and did it yelling at the top of his lungs, disturbing the other shooters. The rangemaster called a cease fire, and my buddy and I went down range to change targets. The targets at this range are attached to a large piece of chicken wire with clothespins. After the range was clear and the rangemaster called commence fire, I proceeded to shoot all four of the clothespins holding his paper target on the chicken wire with my heavy barreled Winchester Model 70 .308, and then watched his target fall to the ground. Oh man, you should have heard him cuss. Was it right? No. Did he shut up right after that? Yes he did.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
Several years ago, about a month before deer season started, a buddy of mine and I met at Carter's Country (a gun store with range attached in Houston, Texas) to sight in our deer rifles. While getting set up to shoot, about two benches down from us there was a guy shooting a Weatherby Mark V .300 Weatherby, and he was wearing full camoflage clothing and a camo doo-rag. Everytime he shot that rifle, this wanna be Rambo would get up and cry and whine about how his shoulder hurt, and did it yelling at the top of his lungs, disturbing the other shooters. The rangemaster called a cease fire, and my buddy and I went down range to change targets. The targets at this range are attached to a large piece of chicken wire with clothespins. After the range was clear and the rangemaster called commence fire, I proceeded to shoot all four of the clothespins holding his paper target on the chicken wire with my heavy barreled Winchester Model 70 .308, and then watched his target fall to the ground. Oh man, you should have heard him cuss
. Was it right? No. Did he shut up right after that? Yes he did.Just my .02,
LeonCarr
JeepDriver
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Nope, either Jeans and a T Shirt or a button down. Don't want to feed into the sterotype the media portrays us as.
Chuck Dye
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Guilt by association?
Friends, family, and I used to shoot at the Kitchen Creek Rd. open shoot area about 60 miles east of the beach in San Diego county. As the area became more popular, we began avoiding weekends when they were increasingly overrun with shooters who trashed the area and engaged in a variety of unsafe practices. One day I was telling a friend of my sister why we would love to introduce her to shooting but preferred to go on a weekday. It made perfect sense, given the slobs predominant choice of clothing, when my sister dubbed them the "camo cretins." Because of the behavior and the name, the range is the last place I want to be seen wearing camouflage. Irrational? Sure, but I see no reason to change.
Friends, family, and I used to shoot at the Kitchen Creek Rd. open shoot area about 60 miles east of the beach in San Diego county. As the area became more popular, we began avoiding weekends when they were increasingly overrun with shooters who trashed the area and engaged in a variety of unsafe practices. One day I was telling a friend of my sister why we would love to introduce her to shooting but preferred to go on a weekday. It made perfect sense, given the slobs predominant choice of clothing, when my sister dubbed them the "camo cretins." Because of the behavior and the name, the range is the last place I want to be seen wearing camouflage. Irrational? Sure, but I see no reason to change.
Smoke
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Short and a T-sshirt. Jeans in cooler weather. I own a whopping three pieces of camo. One shirt. and two gimme caps.
Don't see much use in camo. Don't care for the "style"
Just me.
Smoke
Don't see much use in camo. Don't care for the "style"
Just me.
Smoke
No.
Years ago I used to buy BDU pants because they were baggy (comfortable, especially when shooting from positions), and they had lots of pockets. Since I discovered Royal Robbins pants, I never went back. They are better made than the cheap knock off BDUs I was buying and actually look better than I normally dress. I normally only wear the RRs to formal training or formal matches where I need to carry a lot of junk on my person.
I have kind of a hangup about people who insist on wearing a "uniform" instead of just wearing normal clothes. For example, people around here have a horse riding "uniform", a ski "uniform" etc. I have a friend that I have varmit hunted with. All the varmint hunting we did was using a spotlight from the truck. No need for concealment at all - we are standing next to a truck with a spotlight. But, since he is hunting, he has to wear his hunting uniform: camo. To me, he looks like an idiot when we stop at an all night diner to eat and he is in head to toe camo. I just wear regular clothes. Jeans and a T-Shirt and coat if required. Nothing specifically designed and built for hunting. When I shoot I wear whatever I had on when I decided to go shooting: usually shorts and a T-Shirt or jeans and a T-Shirt.
Years ago I used to buy BDU pants because they were baggy (comfortable, especially when shooting from positions), and they had lots of pockets. Since I discovered Royal Robbins pants, I never went back. They are better made than the cheap knock off BDUs I was buying and actually look better than I normally dress. I normally only wear the RRs to formal training or formal matches where I need to carry a lot of junk on my person.
I have kind of a hangup about people who insist on wearing a "uniform" instead of just wearing normal clothes. For example, people around here have a horse riding "uniform", a ski "uniform" etc. I have a friend that I have varmit hunted with. All the varmint hunting we did was using a spotlight from the truck. No need for concealment at all - we are standing next to a truck with a spotlight. But, since he is hunting, he has to wear his hunting uniform: camo. To me, he looks like an idiot when we stop at an all night diner to eat and he is in head to toe camo. I just wear regular clothes. Jeans and a T-Shirt and coat if required. Nothing specifically designed and built for hunting. When I shoot I wear whatever I had on when I decided to go shooting: usually shorts and a T-Shirt or jeans and a T-Shirt.
Justin
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I never wear camo to the range...
I wear work boots, shorts and a t-shirt..thats my normal attire anyway, so that is what I wear to the range...I get tickled at the looks that I get from time to time..lol
I do tend to laugh at the "RANGENINJAS" that go there...They tend to be decked out in black cargo pants and a black t-shirt w/ black ball cap and the obligatory thigh holster for what ever tupperwear pistol they are carrying...talking to there buddy who is dressed likewise and both trying to look tuff...I get the giggles thinking about them...You should have seen the looks I got one day when I showed up at the range wearing a Eyor and Tigger t-shirt..lmaooo
I wear work boots, shorts and a t-shirt..thats my normal attire anyway, so that is what I wear to the range...I get tickled at the looks that I get from time to time..lol
I do tend to laugh at the "RANGENINJAS" that go there...They tend to be decked out in black cargo pants and a black t-shirt w/ black ball cap and the obligatory thigh holster for what ever tupperwear pistol they are carrying...talking to there buddy who is dressed likewise and both trying to look tuff...I get the giggles thinking about them...You should have seen the looks I got one day when I showed up at the range wearing a Eyor and Tigger t-shirt..lmaooo
ny32182
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I don't own any camo.
Fair or not, whenever I see someone at the range wearing camo, I automatically assume they are a mall ninja, and give them as wide a berth as possible.
Fair or not, whenever I see someone at the range wearing camo, I automatically assume they are a mall ninja, and give them as wide a berth as possible.
natedog
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I do own camoflauge, but only for instances when things are shooting back (paintball).
Declaration Day
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I never wear camo to the range, or anywhere else where I feel it is unnecessary. Usually I wear it when I am getting dirty on my hunting land during the summer, because BDUs are cheap and rugged, and I don't care if they get messed up.
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