Ever have someone make fun of your guns at the range?

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I just ignore them. If that doesn't work, continuing to fire as they try to talk to you generally gets the message across. <---Timing is key, wait between rounds for them to start talking again, then immediately drown them out.

I've been tempted to ask a few of them, "So, ever wonder why nobody ever STARTS a conversation with you?"
 
If anyone want's to talk smack about my Taurus Tracker 357, Taurus Mil-Pro 40, or my XD-40, I'll gladly put them up against whatever the other dude has. As long as its not some $1000 custom gun, I'm in. I'll put my Tracker up against a S&W any day of the week, its a real tack driver.

I also agree that this is rude, uncalled for, and just plain immature and silly. I wouldn't go back to that range and those guys are not doing the gun owner community by being snobs. I personally would never put down anything that anyone else has, to each his own, their are dozens of good, quality, firearms out there.:D
 
Yes I have had this happen to me.
I love old military rifles. Martini-Henry, Krag, Lebel, etc.
Once in a while they get drug out and taken to the range.
I can't tell you the number of times some yuppie with his fancy Weatherby or Sako just has to pop off about my "Old Junker".
Here is how I handle it: Dare them to shoot against you and your rifle.
The catch: OFFHAND at 100yds.
None of that mamby-pamby off the sandbagged bench stuff. Stand up and shoot that rifle like a man. They get real quiet.
and I have YET to have one outshoot my "old Junker"! :D
It drives them nutty to think an iron sighted 110yr old rifle beat them.
Same thing on the skeet range.
I have ONE old Remington 870. Shoot it pretty good.
The $10,000 ParkerPerazziSuperposed bunch sniff at the old remington but when trigger time happens and you smoke their arse they STF up real quick.

Shooting is like a bunch of other hobbies. People who aren't willing to put in the practice think State of the Art technology will make them "better".
Rarely is this the case.
 
Those types at the range make it easy to figure out who are the a-holes.

Bought my son a GP-100. Great piece. Unfortunately I've heard some disturbing things about Ruger's business politics. I wonder if this is what makes people anti-Ruger.
 
In the early '80s when I was shooting IPSC, the 1911 worshipers often had a great time making fun of my Browning BDA .45 (precursor to the SIG P220), telling me if I wanted to be competitive I should consider getting a "real gun".

And during matches, while they were frequently frantically going through malfunction-clearing exercises on their "real guns" - my BDA just kept on running and running and running . The Energizer Bunny of handguns with never a stutter or a hiccup. And accurate as all heck to boot.

I've still got that gun and a couple of boxes of trophies it garnered too.

:D
 
Well...I am a die hard, no doubt Smith & Wesson man. BUT...The Rugers are bull-strong, go BANG every time you pull the trigger, and I seriously doubt you could dent it with a sledge hammer.

So, I don't see what could be funny about the guns. The problem must be with the snobby jackasses who were talking smack.

Come on down to AZ and shoot with us sometime.
 
Rugers rule anyway

Revolverman357, your GP100 is a good, solid gun that will run long after the S@W has gone out of tune. Don't let the snobs bother you. I own S&Ws and like them, but I also work on them a lot. Some people think revolvers don't ever fail, but several of my S&Ws have. In fact, my 329 locked up solid in recoil, several times until I "fixed" the lock. My beloved 16 bound on me and would not fire. Pulled the side plate off, cleaned and lubed it, put it back together and it worked fine. It was just dirty!

My Rugers NEVER fail. I am wearing a Redhawk right now that has NEVER missed a beat. It is not expensive, but it will digest a steady diet of Buffalo Bore 340 Gr. +p+ loads and come back for more. Don't dare try that with a 329 or 629.

Bottom line: They might not be the prettiest or most expensive guns in the world, but IMHO, they are the most reliable.

Shooter429
 
i have had it happen twice to me I was invited to shoot on a sporting clays team i showed up to the range with my old 870 that looks like it should have been retired for years and my old A-5 browning that looks worse than the 870 they were all shooting 1500 shotguns andlaughing at me for my old guns that day i shoot the first round with the 870 and shot 25 for 25 and 24 for 25 with the A-5 they all wanted me to be on their team. i tols them to kiss it that i had better things to do then be laughed at by people that had more money than i did. I told them that I could not afford a shotgun like theirs and i didnt think that you should laugh at another persons gun and i left. but i did go and shoot against all of then at the last tournament and beat all of them that laughed they did apoligized and the next year my team won it all
 
This isn't difficult. When they tease you, tell them how effective the gun is. When they say they don't believe you, shoot them in the foot with it and ask them if they believe you now. God, it's not that hard. :D :evil: LOL!!! Later... Mike....

P.s. In case there are some "Brady Bill" supporters here. I don't condone shooting anyone in the foot. If you have to shoot someone, it needs to be in the chest or head. ;) later... Mike....
 
None that are still alive.:)Actually had several that were quite enamored of my Hi-point 995, especially after they saw my target. Sub 2" groups at 50 yds will do that.Most couldn't believe a $200 carbine could shoot that well.
 
Never had a problem at the range, for the most part the guys enjoy seeing different weapons show up and run through their passes. It's the gun stores that hide all the blowhards. Long on stories and superstitions and short on manners. Something about working behind a gun shop counter that encourages superiority complexes. Bill
 
Two times.

Once when I shot .22 shorts for a "Rotten Egg" Shoot. Everybody else was 'CRACK!, CRACK!, CRACK!...' and then I shot. 'pop'. Everybody had a laugh over that.

The other was not because of my gun, but the number of guns I brought. A bunch of us from the State's Attorney's Office got invited to the district's state police range. I knew the attorneys did not have pistols, so I brought some for them. I didn't know the State Cops would be providing guns. Anyway, they could not believe that I brought a bunch of guns with me and had a laugh over that, too.

They didn't laugh when they saw my target. Practice does help. :rolleyes:

The Doc is out now. :cool:
 
Rockstar.esq and I routinely make fun of each others guns at the range, but then we are buddies so it is kind of harmless.

I shot trap at a field trial for my old boss one time, and all these guys that I didn't even know with their fancy O/U's made fun of me pretty openly about my 870. It was done in good fun, more or less, but it still got under my skin. In the end, I let my skills do my talking for me. I hit everything that was thrown, to include a pair of doubles that was thrown behind me on "accident", and walked out the champ. Punks.
 
Yeah. An old H&R .22 convertible revolver with a long barrel and a dovetailed rear sight.

They can laugh all they want, because last time I shot it, I put all 6 through a jagged hole at 10 yards with it, offhand. I don't know why the thing shoots so well; it does look a tad goofy.
 
Yes, the first time I took my new-to-me Marlin levergun to the range I had a guy laugh at me and call it an obsolete POS :fire:. I cloverleafed 3 shots at 50 yards and he stopped laughing(I haven't shot that well with it since) He also jumped about a foot in the air the first time I fired (He was 2 benches down shooting an expensive-looking bolt-action in .243, did I mention mine was chambered in 444 Marlin? :D)
 
nope. I have seen "the look", but no one ever says it to my face. joking with a friend is fine, but other than that, its uncalled for and possibly dangerous. I do have a friend who had this happen. She is short. 4 foot 11 to be exact. doesnt weigh more than a feather. she was at the range shooting her M-38 and some guy next to her makes the assumption that she will get hurt, so he goes into this long speech about how its too heavy a caliber for her and such. she just looks at him waits till he runs outta air, and lets loose with three great shots from that howitzer no problem.
 
I do not poke fun at armed people, and can only remember once being made fun of for my little Beretta 21a, it would not knock down the steel 6inch flipper targets at the local range. The comment heard was, "You should name that pistol , Pissant".
Please excuse my p's and q's.
 
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Option#1. Beat them with your Ruger.

Option #2.I'd likely announce in my "outside voice" that everyone in the immediate vicinity could go **** themselves for being gun snobs and that you would not be back. Tell them you will spread the word too.

Option#3. Take the abuse, after all you bought a Ruger to a S&W shoot without asking permission.
 
interestingly enough, Ayoob just came out with an article about the GP100 in the latest Guns Magazine. He listed quite a few major shooting events won by GP Shooters. Also listed several revolver-related problems the GPs don't have- such as being deconstituted by full magnum loads, having the cylinder latch get loose or fall off and having the gun tie up because the ejector rod has come unscrewed.
 
there are just some brand snobs/platform snobs/caliber snobs that we are 'blessed' with...

for illustration purposes only...the only real .357 mag revolver is a Colt Python; the only real handgun defensive caliber is .45 acp; revolvers are way out of date and are for old men; et al

ignore it when possible; rebuttal when ignoring the source doesn't cut it; tactfully ask them to mind their own business if a friendly rebuttal doesn't work; get rude if the source just doesn't get it...after that, use your imagination let out a subtle, evil laugh while looking in their direction :neener:
 
Ayoob just came out with an article about the GP100 in the latest Guns Magazine
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Ayoob is a long time fan of the GP100. Off the top of my head, I don't know that I can think of a writer more vocal in his praise for that particular gun. And, why not? It's a great gun.
 
Nope they dont tease me. I usually have more guns than they do. And I shoot better than the people that use the same ranges I use.
 
Idiots. I've seen some excellent shooting by folks using Hi-Points, Rossi's and Taurus models. Are they my choice? No, but who cares what I like? Keep shooting your Rugers and the heck with everyone else.
 
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