Things I remembered at the range today

[Insectguy]

I finally took a sanity day off from work to go to the range. While there, I remembered a few things:

1. A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work.
2. A good day at the range is better than, well, almost anything.
3. Shooting is a cheap form of mental rehabilitation.
4. Hot brass is, well, hot.
5. 200 yards is a long way with a scoped rifle.
6. 200 yards is an even longer way with iron sights.
7. 3" circles are insufficient at 200 yards for open sights.
8. .308 packs a pretty good recoil. Especially after the 40th shot.
9. I need to clean my guns.
10. It's nice to listen to classical music while shooting-- it enhances the meditation effects.
11. I can only listen to German opera for so long.
12. Hot brass is hot.
13. 200 yards is a bit much for a .22
14. Stingers are actually a really fun round.
15. Thunderbolts suck.
16. The first 10-22 I built is still the most fun rifle I have.
17. Shaken coke bottles are pretty fun to shoot.
18. Thunderbolts suck.
19. I can shoot better with my weak hand than I thought I could.
20. My Glock 26 is not really suited for 50 yards.
21. 300 yards is really, really long with open sights.
22. My eyesight is not nearly as good as it was.
23. A .22 at 300 yards is greatly affected by wind.
24. Hot brass is really hot.
25. That last reloadable spent case is really hard to see-- even right in front of me.
26. I never seem to bring enough .22 ammo.
27. Thunderbolts really suck-- and cause jams.
28. No matter how much time you budget, it is never long enough at the range.

 

[C.F. Plinker]

29. If it's too windy to shoot at the targets, you can always shoot the breeze with the other shooters.

 

[CBS220]

30. The amount of ammo you brought is never enough.

 

[Pat-inCO]

You forgot a few:

4A. Happiness is a pile of warm brass.

28. No matter how much ammo you brought, it's never enough.
29. No matter how many of your guns you brought, you always wish you had at least one of the others.
30. There are not enough targets in a package.

 

[romma]

31. Repeat as needed..

 

[rickomatic]

32. Pistol brass is like socks in a dryer. You always lose some. It simply disappears. Somewhere there is a treasure trove of socks and 9mm brass.

 

[Nugilum]

33. Hot brass is $%&@+#* hot.

 

[scrat]

29 You should not use an empty 12 guage shell as an ashtray.

 

[Kind of Blued]

32. Pistol brass is like socks in a dryer. You always lose some. It simply disappears. Somewhere there is a treasure trove of socks and 9mm brass.

Don't forget guitar picks!

 

[XD Fan]

34. If I want to feel really good about my self as a marksman, do not bring my 70 year-old dad along. He will invariably outshoot me.

 

[mekender]

34a. likewise, bringing your 9 year old son who does not have as bad of eyesight as his old man is a bad way to show how good of a marksman you are.

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

Do not bring Aaron from California, who hasn't shot in years, because he will outshoot you in front of your girlfriend with your shiny new Kimber, hahaahah

 

[Mr White]

35. 600 yards is just about right for open sights as long as the X ring is 6" in diameter.

 

[qajaq59]

36. Don't convince your girl friend to take a shot because it'll go dead center at 300 yards and your last shot was 4 inches off.

 

[Blackbeard]

27. Thunderbolts really suck-- and cause jams.

They've yet to jam by bolt-action Marlin

 

[AKCOP]

The time to check your staple gun for ammo is not after you have walked to the 300 yard line.

Shooting a semi auto of any kind in a semi enclosed shooting station will always result in at least one VERY HOT piece of brass bouncing off a support and going down the back of your sweatshirt.

 

[CountGlockula]

37. Cool smoke comes out of the barrel.

 

[Mr White]

The time to check your staple gun for ammo is not after you have walked to the 300 yard line.

OR...
Don't use staples for your targets, they ruin the target backers. Use push pins.

 

[MinnMooney]

insectguy's #28 : So very true!!!

If I think I'll be at the range for 3 hours.......... I'm there for 4 and still don't get to do everything that I wanted to do.

My boy is the same way. We'll talk about going to the range and he'll say, "Ya know, last time we thought we'd be there for a couple of hours so I told Jen" (his wife) "that we'd meet her for dinner at six but we had to cut our range-time short so let's plan 3 - 3 1/2 hours this time." Well, you guessed it; we planned some rifle short & long range, pistol practice and skeet shooting. No where near enough time. We, again, had to cut it short. Next time we'll bring a tent and sleeping sacks.

 

[possom813]

38. Hot brass is %$&*^^% hot.

39. Don't set the .270 and .280 shells next to each other.(Luckily it was a .270 in the .280 and not vice versa)

40. The little green army men you bought at China Mart for targets are really hard to see at 100 yards.

41. If you're quickdrawing a cocked and locked 1911 make sure not to pull the trigger half way in the holster(not me)

42. Be kind as long as you can to the older guys that are giving your bud and you funny looks as you break out 2 Ak's 2 Ar's and and his new .50 Barrett.(we now have a private range)

43. Be kind to the sheriff's officer that shows up when reports come in from concerned citizens about full-auto fire.

 

[XDKingslayer]

44. If shooting .45 GAP it's always amusing to watch the reloading rats pick it up, yell GAWDAMMIT and throw it back down on the ground.

 

[Rachen]

45. And never start .45 ACP versus 9mm debates on the firing line.

 

[Joshua C]

46. All that ammo is heavy sometimes.

 

[qajaq59]

47. ALL the holes belong together, and in the middle of the target.

 

[Deadheadted37]

#48 My buddy cracked his 686+ shooting Buffalo Bore ammo.