Monkeyleg
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Sometime recently, some folks got together for a full-auto shoot.
The owner of the guns brought about ten models: an HK MP5, an HK USMP45, a Thompson, an Uzi carbine, an Uzi micro pistol, an M3 Grease Gun, a .45acp Mac 10, a 9mm Mac 10, a .380 Mac 12, a Beretta 12, and others.
Most of the people at the shoot had never fired full-auto before, so we had a few people familiar with the different guns supervising.
Everyone was grinning from ear to ear. There were about twenty shooters there, and we put about 6,000 rounds downrange in less than two hours.
I was intent on shooting the MP5, as I had never shot one before. It was cool. But the UMPK45 was ultra-cool. The holo sight, combined with the vertical foregrip, and that extra bit of kick that the .45 ammo gives, made me want it much more than the MP5.
As I've mentioned before in other threads, I sold my Thompson ten years ago for $1800. So, for old time's sake, I just had to shoot this one.
By the time I got to it, though, there had been a lot of rounds shot through it, and it must have been dirty. I went to fire a burst, and it stayed on full-auto, even when I released the trigger. So, I just held on and let it run.
That Uzi micro-pistol sounded like a buzz saw. There was a petite young woman who was dying to shoot it. The owner kept his hand on her shoulder as she fired, just so she wouldn't start climbing. When she finished, she was all smiles.
It was a very disciplined group. Nobody shot up the ceiling, and the only damage was two target retrieval cables that snapped. Nothing unusual there.
After just about everyone left, one of the safety officers handed me a pistol he'd been showing off earlier: a Glock with the slide painted Barney the Dinosaur purple, and skateboard tape grips with purple flowers on them. Ugliest gun I've ever seen. Even had a matching purple IPSC-style holster. But it had a fine trigger, and I'm told that I was keeping my shots in the black (hard to tell where your shots are going on a target that already has 100 Thompson-made holes in it).
That's the happiest bunch of people I've seen in a long time.
The owner of the guns brought about ten models: an HK MP5, an HK USMP45, a Thompson, an Uzi carbine, an Uzi micro pistol, an M3 Grease Gun, a .45acp Mac 10, a 9mm Mac 10, a .380 Mac 12, a Beretta 12, and others.
Most of the people at the shoot had never fired full-auto before, so we had a few people familiar with the different guns supervising.
Everyone was grinning from ear to ear. There were about twenty shooters there, and we put about 6,000 rounds downrange in less than two hours.
I was intent on shooting the MP5, as I had never shot one before. It was cool. But the UMPK45 was ultra-cool. The holo sight, combined with the vertical foregrip, and that extra bit of kick that the .45 ammo gives, made me want it much more than the MP5.
As I've mentioned before in other threads, I sold my Thompson ten years ago for $1800. So, for old time's sake, I just had to shoot this one.
By the time I got to it, though, there had been a lot of rounds shot through it, and it must have been dirty. I went to fire a burst, and it stayed on full-auto, even when I released the trigger. So, I just held on and let it run.
That Uzi micro-pistol sounded like a buzz saw. There was a petite young woman who was dying to shoot it. The owner kept his hand on her shoulder as she fired, just so she wouldn't start climbing. When she finished, she was all smiles.
It was a very disciplined group. Nobody shot up the ceiling, and the only damage was two target retrieval cables that snapped. Nothing unusual there.
After just about everyone left, one of the safety officers handed me a pistol he'd been showing off earlier: a Glock with the slide painted Barney the Dinosaur purple, and skateboard tape grips with purple flowers on them. Ugliest gun I've ever seen. Even had a matching purple IPSC-style holster. But it had a fine trigger, and I'm told that I was keeping my shots in the black (hard to tell where your shots are going on a target that already has 100 Thompson-made holes in it).
That's the happiest bunch of people I've seen in a long time.
I bet you regret that. I just paid $3,400 for a POS MAC10/9mm. The gun is NIB with a sten mag conversion. But no matter how I look at it, it's still only a $300 gun.