I have had enough of this crap, and if i had another place to shoot i would resign my membership immediatly. But unfortunatly i don't so i am just going to have to deal with it.
The club for the most part is nothing but a bunch of crotchity old men!!!! Snide is a very good word to describe these guys attitudes. And i am nothing like that so i don't fit in very well.
Here is the background info. I had an new AR i wanted to get to the range. I may do things differently than most. But when i get a new gun i take only 1 or 2 boxes of ammo. While shooting those boxes i don't even worry about where i am hitting on the target. Just like to get a feel of the gun.
Well i arrived at the club and the range and just turned the lights off indicating a hot range. meaning everyone had just hung their targets.
I didn't care since i wasn't worried about accuracy. i figured i would just aim at the circle in the 9 spraypainted on the target boards at 100 yards. Well i finish my first mag and i hear a loud unfreindly voice yell from his car. If you use a target you will shoot better. I politly responded sir i missed the cold range and this is a new gun i am not worried about accuracy just getting the feel of it. Well apparently this offended him. He charged straight and me and proceed to get in my face and yell. You drive a $20,000 car and shoot a $1,000 rifle no wonder you can't afford a God Damned 50 cent target. I have been shooting here for 30 years and it always pisses me off when i see people doing this.
He then goes back to his car grabs a target and throws it at me. and says i bet if you ask one of these guys will let you borrow a stapler. (Both of which i had with me) He then gets in his car and drives off.
I was absolutly infuriated! I would have liked to rip this guy a new one but i kept my composure and just let him say whatever he had to say. I was so mad i didn't even feel like shooting anymore. So i packed my stuff up and started putting it in the car. Two of the guys that witnessed the event came down and said that the guy was completely out of line and that i shouldn't let it get to me. I explained to them how this wasn't the first time something like this has happened. One time it included a guy grabbing my gun from me (without permission) to give me some tips! But these guys were friendly enough so i went and shot my last box and headed home. Sure did put a damper on the day.
I am begining to think that these problems are arising because i am substantially younger than anyone else at the club. The part i don't understand is the comment about my car and gun. Was that supposed to mean that since i am young i shouldn't have nice things?? Let's put it into a little better perspective it is a 96 Mustang far from a 20,000 car and a $700 kit build AR.
But hey what can i do.
The club for the most part is nothing but a bunch of crotchity old men!!!! Snide is a very good word to describe these guys attitudes. And i am nothing like that so i don't fit in very well.
Here is the background info. I had an new AR i wanted to get to the range. I may do things differently than most. But when i get a new gun i take only 1 or 2 boxes of ammo. While shooting those boxes i don't even worry about where i am hitting on the target. Just like to get a feel of the gun.
Well i arrived at the club and the range and just turned the lights off indicating a hot range. meaning everyone had just hung their targets.
I didn't care since i wasn't worried about accuracy. i figured i would just aim at the circle in the 9 spraypainted on the target boards at 100 yards. Well i finish my first mag and i hear a loud unfreindly voice yell from his car. If you use a target you will shoot better. I politly responded sir i missed the cold range and this is a new gun i am not worried about accuracy just getting the feel of it. Well apparently this offended him. He charged straight and me and proceed to get in my face and yell. You drive a $20,000 car and shoot a $1,000 rifle no wonder you can't afford a God Damned 50 cent target. I have been shooting here for 30 years and it always pisses me off when i see people doing this.
He then goes back to his car grabs a target and throws it at me. and says i bet if you ask one of these guys will let you borrow a stapler. (Both of which i had with me) He then gets in his car and drives off.
I was absolutly infuriated! I would have liked to rip this guy a new one but i kept my composure and just let him say whatever he had to say. I was so mad i didn't even feel like shooting anymore. So i packed my stuff up and started putting it in the car. Two of the guys that witnessed the event came down and said that the guy was completely out of line and that i shouldn't let it get to me. I explained to them how this wasn't the first time something like this has happened. One time it included a guy grabbing my gun from me (without permission) to give me some tips! But these guys were friendly enough so i went and shot my last box and headed home. Sure did put a damper on the day.
I am begining to think that these problems are arising because i am substantially younger than anyone else at the club. The part i don't understand is the comment about my car and gun. Was that supposed to mean that since i am young i shouldn't have nice things?? Let's put it into a little better perspective it is a 96 Mustang far from a 20,000 car and a $700 kit build AR.
But hey what can i do.