plinking and alcohol consumption

[tarosean]

call Uber . problem solved!

If only they existed outside metropolitan areas. How many outdoor ranges do you route past?

 

[LV Gun]

Our club has a zero tolerance policy you get caught you get your membership terminated permanently and if you try to resist leaving you get a police escort off the range , I am good with that I want to come home alive to my family. I like a drink as much as anyone but not at a gun range the two just don’t mix.

 

[Mark_Mark]

If only they existed outside metropolitan areas. How many outdoor ranges do you route past?

Here in Seattle Area, 2 major outdoor ranges. The ranges were built before the neighborhoods popped up

 

[Mark_Mark]

Our club has a zero tolerance policy you get caught you get your membership terminated permanently and if you try to resist leaving you get a police escort off the range , I am good with that I want to come home alive to my family. I like a drink as much as anyone but not at a gun range the two just don’t mix.

Feel the same way! I just don’t like drinking when shooting cuz it makes me shoot sloppy. Front sight focus is hard when you see doubles ! lol

 

[21H40]

Smoke a Cigar if you need something in yo mouth when shooting!

Ummm... no. Dude. Don't you know that those things are dangerous??!!!
I didn't think they were still legal on the West Coast.


*Sometimes I really crack myself up with these amazing jokes!

 

[Mark_Mark]

Ummm... no. Dude. Don't you know that those things are dangerous??!!!
I didn't think they were still legal on the West Coast.


*Sometimes I really crack myself up with these amazing jokes!

Ugggghhh… Not Vegan fair trade Soy Cigars. SoyBanos!

 

[Mauser lover]

I can't fathom why people drink. I just don't get it. I understand the desire to be less inhibited in social situations, but on the other hand... I have those inhibitions for (possibly) good reasons. Also, I spent all that money on scopes (you can join our next optics anonymous meeting) and ammo.

I'm so cheap (regarding food/beverages) that I can't even call myself a tea-totaler! Last time I had anything but water to drink was... a long time ago. I prefer to eat my calories, and spend my money on things like ammo.

Regarding the OP's comment: I don't even think I have any friends that drink! It's just not the thing we do for fun in the circles I run in. And I would not go shooting with anyone that I knew had a BAC of more than .01, because shooting guns while I'm around is more dangerous to me than someone driving a car while I'm not! However, there's no way I'd want that to be "illegal". My libertarian ideals are too strong for that.

 

[hutch51]

No drinking before or during, maybe one after. Gotta drive home and can finish the job there if I feel like it.
Cleaning - may have a whiskey alongside while doing a field strip - clean - lube. Loaded mags and ammo are two rooms away.
Like my whiskies. Never bothered with drugs; decided the world was weird enough a long time ago, and it's just gotten worse.

 

[.308 Norma]

decided the world was weird enough a long time ago, and it's just gotten worse.

 

[entropy]

Hanging on the wall of my brother-in-law's father's wall in his home is a partially shattered Ruger M77, stainless steel. Its been awhile since I have looked at it, but I believe it was a .270 Win.

Story goes that two buddies of his went out target shooting while heavily buzzed. The other buddy had a .303 British Enfield, and loose rounds for both guns were on the shooting table.
Well, as it goes, the buddy with the Ruger picked up one of the .303 British rounds, loaded it, and with a bang, the wrist and stock of the Ruger shattered! The action was intact, though smaller bits flew off. Barrel is still intact, so it squeezed that round through it, though I would imagine there is micro cracks in the grooves if it was ever to be checked. It definitely sobered up both men!

He must have very strong arms to shove a .312 bullet into a .277 hole. Had to be another caliber, perhaps .30-06.

In "Sixguns", Elmer Keith recommended a shot of something before a match, to help settle the nerves. He noted that one of the police pistol teams, way back when, followed the practice extensively and won quite a bit of hardware. Different era, for sure.

Oh, and in "The Art of the Rifle", Cooper noted that while shooting in Germany, he noticed wooden pedestals at the shooting points and assumed they were for holding ammunition or somesuch, and was surprised to learn that they actually were for placing one's beer stein while shooting.

At the Trap range i worked at as a teenager (in the 70's) we had the pedastals that  were for shells, but were often used to set a beer, or cigarette/cigar on.

Lots of projection and self-righteousness going on in here. Lots of people that had a problem at some point in life projecting that problem onto others.
Thats all I have to say about that.

Not all of us.

Now, I'm not sure if it was a .270 Win. Somewhere in that caliber. Its been about 20 years since I have been told the story, so details can be mixed up. If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong.

Most likely.

 

[LoonWulf]

Lack of sleep

I had to police myself on that one once.......i KNOW when im intoxicated, i didnt realize i was too tired to be on the range till i wandered out to check my targets and didnt realize people were still shooting.
I resigned from that job not too long after (grave shift, hour 45 on the road each way, and i rarely made less than 90hrs a pay period)
The straw was getting in the car to go home, and the next thing i can remember was getting out to open the gate.....twice in a week.
Ive never been that incoherent before or since.

As to shooting and drinking.....well, theres some folks id be fine with being around after having a beer or two, theres some i wouldn't, and theres no one id be comfortable around fully intoxicated.

Personally i dont drink anywhere i might have to even consider driving before im 100%

 

[AK Hunter]

Smoke a Cigar if you need something in yo mouth when shooting!

I would rather shoot myself than smoke anything. I'm totally allergic to cigarette or cigar smoke.

 

[Old Dog]

I can't fathom why people drink. I just don't get it.

Well, not singling you out, but was only a matter of time before the self-righteous teetotalers chimed in... We were discussing shooting after drinking, not just drinking alcohol.

This thread has pretty much evolved as I expected -- repetitive posts by the zero tolerance folks and the holier than thou non-drinkers.

Apparently, for some of our members, there can be no in-between, no such thing as moderation, no consideration of actual science of intoxication.

Not only do I like my craft beer, a nice oaky Chardonnay or some aged Kentucky brown beverage, I enjoy a good cigar as well.

 

[Caplock]

On a public range on National Forest property I found an empty bottle of Ever Clear. It had one bullet hole right in the middle of the label. I mean it couldn't have been more perfectly centered. I was able to carry it back and show my Dad before the bottle fell apart in my hands. We both agreed we wouldn't want to run into the man that could drink that bottle and still shoot that straight.

 

[rust collector]

Ethanol and humans is a complex subject that our species has wrestled with for thousands of years. We are not about to solve the mystery here. Many appear to operate reasonably well with a background level of ETOH in their systems, while it destroys the lives of others. There are social and genetic components to this stuff that defy explanation. We develop hard and fast rules to limit the likelihood of injury, but still there are folks that drive without seatbelts or helmets.

Most of us have figured out what works for us. That hardly qualifies us to impose our formula on others. This might be a good discussion to have over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, but it is not advancing the state of the art or industry re: firearms so let's bring this to a close.