Don't you hate it when...

[rangerruck]

lets talk here. about you hate it when, ... something at the range, when cleaning , during dissassembly, in the woods, etc.
So I am out at American shooting centers today. And I am in the zone! using my nef, i am putting my 17m2 down on one target, and I am getting sub.5 moa groups. So I put up another target, saying , 'I am really going to go all out on this one, go for sub .25 groups at 50 yds. Low and behold, two ar guys with tiny m4 bbls, get in the bench to my left and right. the bench to the left is 10 ft away, but the guy on the right is in an ATTACHED BENCH, with just a plywood wall seperating us.
Soon the mating calls of in heat m4's are making their familiar concussion thumping calls, ...BOWWAUGHHH...BOWAUGHHH...BOWAUGHHH!
I am going for real honest to goodness one hole punches, not two holes touching, not ragged holes , I am talking about 1 bullet passing through the hole exactly inside the previous one. three times i get real close , as in these first three pics, then a concussion vibe wacks me as I let number three fly. Close, so close! Also what is the deal with weird flyers? I can see a flyer being say .5 inch off, at 50 yds, with a super high power scope, and a tiny heavy rifle firing a 17m2 bullet with no recoil, that doesn't even move this rifle when the trigger is pulled. So what is with these inch or more away flyers? Is this a mach 2 thing, or do you other guys experience these dumbfounding flyers , shooting other types of rounds , as well?

 

[twobitshooter]

No, what I really hate is the couple of weeks before black powder season. I'm sittin at the range, poppin off rounds in my SKS, sighting it in, having a grand old time then *KABOOOOOM* like a cannon went off, sends my shot 8 inches off (at 100 yds). The black powder folks are one range down (the ranges are only sepperated beyond the shooting line, otherwise they are broad open, i.e. I can see the guys next-range-over about 5 yds away)... anyways, the worst part about this, is it takes them about 5-10 minutes to reload (maybe longer? not sure) so its not even regular enough to learn to expect it. It's just really frickin loud! And it smells horrible, to boot! (luckily we have blowers which blow down range so the smell doesn't last very long)

Also, I hate it when people sit there an count thier rounds when the range is cold and I'm changing my target. While its techically not against the range rules, it really bugs me out to walk back from my target stand and see some guy fiddling impatiently with his ammo!

 

[atblis]

Wind maybe?

Are you out doors? You might be surprised how far wind can push bullets.

 

[The Deer Hunter]

Too bad your scopes doesnt have 1/2 adjustments

 

[BoySetsTheFire]

The problem with guns is people. I've seen people at the range wave their rifles in the direction of others - because they are idiots. I've seen heavy duty tactical dudes, with all the gear and lingo - and then hear them squeal when they touch the hot barrel (ha ha). I've watched the big boys with their AR's and no spotting scope - as they find out an hour later that they never touched the paper. One guy was yelling at his friend for doing the wrong things. Then he had a jammed round, left his rifle balanced on two sandbags while he tried to clear it, with the rifle pivoting in all directions. He didn't even have the brains to set it down on the bench. F**k me sideways, why do I even bother going to the range. I'd be safer somewhere out in the woods.

Based on my experience, and talking to the range officers, one out of ten people at the range are serious shooters. The rest are out for some fun without the proper background or respect for the weapon.