Feeling sick after range time?

[mister2]

Indoor range in NoVA?

nolefan: Try shooting with a gas mask? At the very least it might broaden your training...

Two of the closest ranges to me in Northern Virginia are indoor ranges.

I recently came home with a buzz from what I thought was inhaling too much burnt gunpowder. This was on a Saturday morning when everyone and his brother were there. All the lanes had been firing continuously for about 2 hours when my turn came. Can anyone chime in on the effects?

I felt better after a couple of hours.

My .02

 

[jeremywills]

I guess GSR with any other irritants in the air affects you like with alergies. Some folks must be more suspectable than others. I know Mountain Ceder affects me here in S.Texas, that and the grass fires recently have put me in complete misery. So it might be the combination of the range smog LOL and all the other S.Texas crap in the air that affects me these days

 

[trueblue1776]

I get sick when I realize I just shot $150 worth of .357sig, so yes

 

[nolefan]

Okay, so I will definitely wear ear plugs and muffs. Do most people wear both? I just think I really need it. I mean, some of those shotguns are about to kill me.

Gas mask? Eh...maybe not. But, I sure would be the hit of the range! (re: laughing stock)

Thanks for all the great advice! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

 

[springmom]

Okay, so I will definitely wear ear plugs and muffs. Do most people wear both? I just think I really need it. I mean, some of those shotguns are about to kill me.

Gas mask? Eh...maybe not. But, I sure would be the hit of the range! (re: laughing stock)

Thanks for all the great advice! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

I shot with both plugs and muffs last weekend and I tell you, it really does make a world of difference. Guy next to me had a .50 cal handgun, and boy it was sooooooo nice for it to just not MATTER. This little bit of illumination came as a result of a miserable range expereince two tables down from somebody with a souped up muzzle-braked Mini 14 that sent me home with a migraine :banghead: .... so I really do sympathize!

Go have fun. And don't shoot up $150 worth of ammo at once (cracked me up!!!!)

Springmom

 

[jeremywills]

i have to admit if im on the rifle line and someone shows up to the table next to me with an AR15 of some flavor Im already dreading it, the sound really gets to me, I dunno why it does, but it really makes me jump just a bit

 

[ball3006]

Used to happen alot....

when I belonged to a gun club in the UP. After we finished shooting and putting the guns and gear away, we would retire to the bar in the club house..............chris3

 

[ball3006]

Used to happen alot....

when I belonged to a gun club in the UP. After we finished shooting and putting the guns and gear away, we would retire to the bar in the club house..............chris3

 

[benEzra]

Okay, so I will definitely wear ear plugs and muffs. Do most people wear both?

For me, always, without exception.