Strange thing at the range

[floydster]

Yesterday I went to the range to do a little shooting with my handguns, I was setting up my range bag and a young guy came in next to me, and mniutes later another guy came with his gal friend.
We all started talking and having a good time, then the young guy that was by himself just left the range for over an hour, all of his guns and gear was just sitting there, myself and the guy with the gal could not believe it, I mean he had some high end guns sitting out, like Kimbers and 1911"s.
Finally he came back, I didn't want to leave until he returned for fear someone else would take his guns. He didn't say anything, just started talking again like nothing happened. This is an outdoor range also, not many people around on the weekday.
By this time I was all done shooting so I thought i would stick around and watch him, and I am telling you, I have never seen anyone shoot like that, he was shooting stick pins at 30 ft. and it was amazing.
The guy with the gal and I just where dumb founded, and we left and neither
one of us has seen him at the range before.
It was like something out of a movie!!

 

[Rachen]

Maybe he was a Ninja.
He can shoot stick pins at 30 feet, and probably he was so feared for his martial arts skills that he knows that nobody would DARE to touch his gear.

Well, just guessing.

 

[General Geoff]

The gifted often have strange quirks.

 

[bannockburn]

floydster

I guess it would make more sense if he did the phenomenal shooting exhibition first, and then he walked away, leaving his guns there unattended. I mean, who would mess with them (or him for that matter), if you already knew how good he was with them.

 

[Dumpster Baby]

STING - Bait Guns.

 

[bogie]

Is it an unattended range, or is a private club, or what?

I don't worry about leaving stuff lying around at most clubs where I shoot. I've moved a few thousand dollars worth of spotting scopes indoors once when a sudden downpour hit, and their owners had gone for dinner...

 

[floydster]

Dumpster baby, do you think so?? I was thinking the same thing, but as far as I know the range has had no trouble such as this.
Come to think of it, the guy was in a tactical crouch postion when shooting,
and I thought that was odd.
Floydster

 

[floydster]

bogie, it is a private club, but the public can shoot for a fee of $15.00.

 

[rainbowbob]

What's a stick pin, please? It sounds like fun.

 

[scrat]

Hey i told you not to tell anyone

i mean

what da











hahahha just kidding stick ninjas

 

[romma]

Sounds odd? Maybe he was constipated and didn't think he would take that long...

To me, it is one of the few logical explantions I can come up with...

Who knows? I would have had to ask I think!

 

[Everman]

Maybe he was a Ninja.

the guy was in a tactical crouch postion when shooting

bingo

 

[rainbowbob]

Wait a minute...he was shooting at thumb tacks (stick pins)?

 

[RoadkingLarry]

the guy was in a tactical crouch position when shooting, Maybe he was constipated

Hmmm....

 

[Wes Janson]

At the places I shoot, I usually don't hesitate to set weapons down and walk away (at least with rifles). If I'm going out of LOS though for more than a moment, I tend to at the very least pack them up however.

 

[Lupinus]

maybe he had to refresh his zen

 

[XD Fan]

Maybe it was Chuck Norris, and he knew no one would dare touch his guns...not that he really needs a gun.

Sorry, been around Chuck Norris Joke telling high school kids too long.

 

[Treo]

Maybe it was an insurance thing his guns get copped he claims more than they're actually worth & buys more guns

 

[bogie]

I think that "stick pins" is what folks in Europe call "bowling pins."

 

[p2000sk]

"Maybe it was bait"

A likely scenario. I see things from time to time that make me think:
How/why would someone leave (insert whatever tangible property here)
laying around like this.
It actually makes me a bit hot under the collar to think that a bait situation
may be present, because if a bait situation is present = someone is testing me.

A particular WaldoMart in my area REPEATEDLY runs a bait situation at the
sporting goods counter by removing a (boxed) small folding jackknife from the
locking glass display cabinet, and leaving that knife unattended for long periods of time...
Waiting for someone to grab the hook & run.
Granted the fact that they (department five-oh) are waiting to teach lessons
to the people who need lessons... they could use some other object that will
not be conceived of as a weapon, because they are not only baiting kids to a minor theft charge but also baiting kids to be in posession of a weapon while doing so which is extra brownie points in juvenile court.
Before you say oh its a pocketknife not a weapon, this is in Connecticut and
if someone commits certain misdemeanor crimes (kids mess up) while in posession of a weapon or perceivable weapon... multiplier effect=felony.
My friend Shawn got reeled in when he was 15 with a BB gun lure at Wallys.

I feel strongly enough about this that if I see the bait I will then go find
the closest moron (usually always the same 2 guys) who is supposed to have
locked control of this cabinet (guys whose jobs should depend on that responsibility) and inform him that there is an unsecured item atop the display case that is supposed to be secured in the display case and I want to know who did that and what he is gonna do about it. They always play stupid and say "I dunno" and then lock up the jacknife. If that type of sting activity were really ok then they'd leave a small concealable shotgun on the counter instead.
It just upsets me that with a different item it could just be a simple lesson for a kid.

Sorry about the thread hijacking...
About the situation at the range...
I wouldn't have waited too much longer before picking up the phone.
Because I'm not gonna wait all day, & I don't trust the other strangers do so.
It usually takes morons to cause the need for more rules.

If the situation was a chumjob (sharkfishing lingo), it was likely originated due to a reported problem or some federal employee with a camera and a ghillesuit who is just trying to justify his job.
If it was not a chumjob, the guy would've been a complete idiot.
If the (abandoned weapon) owner did show back up in a reasonble timeframe,
I would've politely asked to see his identification as it is in the rules where I go that if you mess up you are required to identify yourself to any reasonable
person who requests your identity. That rule kinda self polices the range.
Perhaps how the gentleman reacts would influence if someone higher up the
totem pole should be prodded or not.
This is like "I left a sidearm atop a toilet tank in a burger joint."
How can someone sleep after doing something like that?
I know some who'd make a bigger deal out of it.

 

[Nate C.]

Maybe he was a ghost.

Maybe he was a trusting soul who sees the good in people around him.

Maybe he was Chuck Norris' younger brother.

 

[Dksimon]

I dont know what was up but it is definitely a bit odd

 

[Kim]

Maybe he was a angel sent to test ya'll. Since you treated him right he gave you a heavenly show of shooting. Just a thought.

 

[lvcat2004]

Shooting stick pins??

 

[ants]

Maybe Floyd is just using his poetic skill to tell us an amusing story.
Nothing else about this thread makes sense, nor does it need to make sense.
It sure is an interesting story about a strange thing that happened at the range.

Thank you kindly, Floyd. I'm glad you shared it with us.