Dumbest thing you've seen at the range?

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I know how you feel. One time I remembered the ammo, but left the magazines at home
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At least you could still shoot (unless it had one of those annoying mag safeties). I went without magazines for a new rifle for about a month because they didn't have them ready when they shipped the rifle (and they were proprietary). Zak taught me a neat little trick: You can take a piece of cardboard and folding it into the magazine well to facilitate single feeding. Don't know how well this would work in a pistol, but I imagine it would still be a slight improvement.

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@ HOV.

I keep 3 shells of #9 shot 12 gauge in the truck in case (and it has happened). If you use my target and dont care, I return the favor
 
Fella at the range had a brand new CZ SP01 in 45 ACP? Would shoot one round and the next round would not fully go into battery on the next round. The goober would turn the gun and flag the line to manually eject the cartridge and chamber the next round. I wanted th shoot the gun myself to see what the problem was, I was thinking it was a new shooter and maybe he was limp wristing. But the RO told the guy to quit shooting the gun period due to the constant flagging.
 
What is flagging?
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Violation of rule No. 1: Always keep the gun pointed in a safe direction (or alternatively: "Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy."). Specifically pointed at fellow shooters at the range. nono.gif
 
Last Saturday: http://www.reporterherald.com/news_story.asp?ID=27199

Accidental shooting wounds 2 near Allenspark

By Scott Rochat
Longmont Times-Call
Two people were accidentally shot Saturday afternoon in the Johnny Park area near Allenspark, but neither appeared to be seriously injured, according to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office.

The incident happened about 4 p.m. north of Larimer County Road 47. A Larimer County sheriff’s officer said two children and two adults had gone up to the area to do some target shooting, in two separate groups.

He said neither group knew the other was there until after the shooting, which is believed to have been accidental.


This happened about 1 mile from where my son and I were shooting.
 
There use to be local forest service land with yellow post areas you could shoot near Pine Valley, CA in San Diego County. We were shooting there about 15 years ago when we heard the young guys in the next area to our left. They had been shooting rifles, but now we were hearing this loud, whooshing sound and could hear concussions echoing thru the valley. They had empty co2 cartridges from their air rifles filled with black powder and fused up. They lit the fuse and when the black powder lit off they had little steel rockets. After a few lit off we heard a quick swoosh, a loud PING and an "Ouch" laced with profanity. I walked around the corner and saw one of the guys had taken a ricochet just off the belt buckle. His buddies were laughing, he wasn't so happy. Did they learn? Nope. I walked around the corner again to the "safety" (yeah right) of our area and we heard the next swoosh, a loud pop and a "Oh &%$#". I walked back around and the next one they had lit off ricocheted around and went thru the windshield of one of the guys brand new Toyota truck. Now only 2 were laughing and two were thinking they needed to leave. After examining the damage done,they packed up their stuff and left.
It was probably coincidence, but it seemed like two weeks later, they closed the area to shooting. Dumb a$$.
 
They had empty co2 cartridges from their air rifles filled with black powder and fused up.
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Wasn't blackpowder (FFg), was likely nitrocellulose powder instead. BP doesn't make rockets...it makes bombs...don't ask. :uhoh:
 
A gentleman walked out on the range past the bench while I was shooting, after I asked him if he minded not doing that he informed me that "If I was a good enough shot then it shouldn't matter" I packed my things and left. I was so ready to leave I forgot to go down range an get my $50 swinging steel target. This is just one of the disadvantages of a public shooting range with no range officer.
 
I have wondered a couple of times why I get a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach when I enter a range. I thought maybe it was PTSD. I see now it's just good common sense telling me to stay alert.
 
Jackass old men self-annointed range nazis with nothing better to do than harass me in a very VERY condescending manner about their belief that my setup will cause a ricochet over the berm (it won't), or that my #6 shot will allegedly bounce off a steel-backed shotgun patterning target board, bounce back 50 yards and hit some cars (it won't). I'm not a physicist, but I've been doing this awhile, and I've got it under control, thanks. I actually wouldn't mind this stuff, if it wasn't in such a condescending, supremely arrogant manner in which they "point out" what they think you're doing wrong - in fact, I'd welcome it if it was done tactfully.

No wait, got one better (arguably): 8 in the morning, all set up, prepared for a nice enjoyable (and long) session at the 200 yard range. Guys start showing up en masse; hmmm.... Guy comes over, says "hey we've got a match; so you'll need to wrap up and leave". All matches are published in the club newsletter, and if there's no match listed, then the range is supposed to be open to all members... "This match was not listed in the newsletter." "Yeah, I think it was". OK, I show him - it's not. "Hmmm, well sorry, it should have been listed - we do it every xxx of the yyyy time" or whatever (like I'm supposed to have their match schedule memorized). That was a real joy. Anytime you fail to notice something, it's always "read the newsletter, read the newsletter, READ THE NEWSLETTER!". Well that day I did, and so when you don't, you lose, and when you do, you still lose - it's a one-way street. Maybe I'll create my own "match" that's not listed in the newsletter like they did. Long drive to just pack up and go home.
 
So why did you bother packing up and leaving? If you're a member of the club you have every bit as much of a right to be there as they do if they don't have it reserved....
 
Guy comes over, says "hey we've got a match; so you'll need to wrap up and leave". All matches are published in the club newsletter, and if there's no match listed, then the range is supposed to be open to all members... "This match was not listed in the newsletter." "Yeah, I think it was". OK, I show him - it's not. "Hmmm, well sorry, it should have been listed - we do it every xxx of the yyyy time" or whatever (like I'm supposed to have their match schedule memorized).
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My response would have been get the club pres on the phone and if he tells me to leave I will. Othewise...
 
I was at a local public outdoor range, i was sighting in my rifle. the guy next to me was teaching his son how to shoot and doing an ok job, i could tell the kid was a little hesitant and scared at first but before long he was doing better. they were shooting a ruger .22 pistol. i was just packing up my stuff and walking away as the pistol jamed, the guy pulled the slide back but could not get the round to dislodge. before i had a chance to stop him he grabed his leatheman and gripped the rim of the .22lr round to pull it from the chamber, the round discharged. the good part was it was pointed down and down range, the bad part was at the time it descharged he was using his palm to support the muzzle of the handgun, the round went through center of his palm. i quickly grabed my med bag out of my car got him temp patched up and sent him on the way to the hospital with his wife. the worst part was i dont think his son will ever go anywhere around a gun again.
 
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1) a bunch of range commandos dressed in full military gear, soup to nuts shooting from a bench all day.

2) a home boy shooting sideways while "rapping"
 
Not long ago at my local range I watched two guys struggling with a S&W 686. I asked what the issue was and they replied it was jammed and wouldn't open. I walked over, opened it, unloaded it, and dry-fired it a few times. Turns out, they were trying to pull the cylinder latch to the rear instead of pushing it forward......multiple times. I then looked it over, and luckily for them it had "jammed" since the barrel was full of dirt, lint, debris and I pushed a small pebble out when I cleared the barrel. Seems they had dropped it in the dirt (at least) once while trying to open it. After a somewhat hasty cleaning, I had it running for them. Neither had apparently ever fired a gun before so I kept a close eye on them and I was relieved when they ran out of ammo quickly and left. Very nice revolver except for the scratches they left on it (they also tried using a key for leverage to pull the latch rearwards) but it is certainly in the wrong hands!
 
Why, thanks for asking.

Just last Tuesday afternoon after work, I was standing at the counter of my local range/gun store when a young man exited the indoor rifle range area.

He proceeded to the counter about 6 to 8 feet away, and set his tacticool AR-15 on the counter with the muzzle pointed directly at my head.

I'm not sure it that's the dumbest, but it was the most recent and most stupid thing anyone's done at the range.

I ducked like someone had thrown a rock at me, backed away from the counter, circled behind him and walked back up to the counter on the butt-side of the AR-15.

I never said a word, but everyone at the range could see exactly what happened and read my reaction like a neon sign.:cuss:
 
Dumbest thing I've ever seen was a Range Officer named Bianchi. A rubber-gun squad retired, or was that retarded, cop.
Al
 
Had a guy ride his fourwheeler up and over the berm we were firing at with an ar-15 and mini 14 this weekend. then he told us that he could have shot everyone there with his souped up mark II ruger. then he littered beer cans on the range and left "to call the cops".
 
Last summer, I was at the range, working up some loads. I had a magnum handgun, looking for the tightest groups at about 50 feet.

I was concentrating on my chronograph, keeping the numerous different loads I had, in order, shooting, having a grand time. No one was there.

Then these people showed up from the next state over. I kind of don't like a lot of people there when I am as I would rather shoot than talk, and most people I have found would rather gawk at my guns and talk.

Anyway, they set up at the end of the benches to my right, I was about the middle and there were perhaps eight or so benches between us.

I saw that they wanted to put up a target, so I put my weapon down and told them the range is clear. Once they were done, I proceeded to warn them that I was about to continue shooting. No problem. I was shooting, then I finally heard them shooting - two men about my age, a woman who was apparently one guys wife and a girl who was perhaps 8. They told me they come every week, same day!

I was really concentrating on shooting over my chronograph (and not shooting the chronograph)! While I was shooting, I happened to notice some movement off to the right. While I was in the middle of shooting, one of the guys is out there changing targets! I immediately stopped shooting and waited for him to come back to the benches. :uhoh:

OK, we all continued shooting. When it happened again a second time, I decided "I'm out of here!" I proceeded to finish the string I was on and when it was safe, I went and got my target and packed everything up and left. Whenever I went to the range after that, I made sure it was not on the day they said they would always be there! :rolleyes:

I don't care if the guy is brave and wants to walk up to the target, what got me was his inconsideration toward me - in that I don't want to accidentally shoot someone, as if I did, or if he somehow were to have gotten hit with one of my bullets, I would be the one in hot water, even though it was him who had no common sense! Basically, they were just like many people today. Don't tell them what to do and let them do what they want - regardless of what the consequences may be!
 
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