What aspects of shooting do NOT interest you?

[redneck2]

CAS/SASS. I quit playing cowboys & Indians when I was in grade school

Old milsurp. IMO, military rifles have the grace of an anvil. The newer commie bloc ones look like parts that fell of a Russian dump truck along the road. If you like 'em, knock yourself out. Just not my thing

Other than that, I've got just about some of everything. Revolvers, 1911, Glock and other black pistols, single shot .45-90, couple shotguns for clays and hunting, several AR's, precision rifles, 1,000 yard rifle, authentic 1850's Mountain Rifle, varmint rifles.

I remember back in college there was a friend of my roommate. He was a philosophy major, and was vehemently opposed to personal ownership of guns. But, he'd never shot one. So we take him out to shoot some hand thrown clays. After a little instruction, he cleans maybe the first ten in a row. Grinning ear to ear. Totally changed his opinion.

I've tried a lot of different stuff in over fifty years of shooting. Most anything can be fun if you just give it a chance. I'm wondering if some of the guys here have written off some aspects without ever trying them.

 

[wojownik]

CAS/SASS. I quit playing cowboys & Indians when I was in grade school
.... .... ....

Most anything can be fun if you just give it a chance.

Sounds like it might be time for you to hop up on a saw horse and give SASS a try

I participated in a couple of outdoor cowboy matches with a crew that was much more interested in technique rather than attire. It was actually pretty challenging.

When I moved I tried a match with a different group and it was - to be honest - absolutely cringeworthy.

So regrettably I would have to also add Cowboy Action Shooting to my list of things I am not interested in.

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

Doesn't interest me:
1. Plastic guns
2. Spending money on cheaper guns to make them "the best". (IE "my Glock/RI 1911 is worth $2,000 after everything I did to it"
3. Overly opinionated gun conversations (ie: I've been shooting for years, take it from me Glock is the ONLY choice you should consider" or "My glock will do everything your xyz will do)
4. Conversations where people would rather die than you not accept their opinion as gospel fact.
5. latest and greatest AR/AK (I have a few AR's and like em)
6. shooting 1,000 yrds plus

Interests me:
1. IDPA (great practice for CCW if you don't "game" too much)
2. Old revolvers (double and single action)
3. Lever guns
4. Training and discussions for us regular non-tactical folks (Personal and home defense)
5. "trick" shooting (long distance pistol, etc)
6. Old Bolt guns
7. Military small arms (rifles and pistols before the m16 and m9)

 

[Bigdog57]

For me personally, I have no interest in .50BMG, and currently little use for shotguns (though having inherited my late father's SGs and having my own, I own a dozen at least!), nor suppressors. No full auto for me either - my pockets aren't that deep!
I am not into competitive shooting, but I do own a few heavy barreled target/match rifles.

 

[oneounceload]

I think the anti civil rights side is depending on this as part of their strategy. They know a certain (large) hunk of shooters don't even vote anymore and combined with people who are just tired of carrying the battle, they will just overwhelm us in the effort to outlaw all firearms.

It does suck. But it's no reason to quit.

Called "death by 1,000 cuts."

I sure wish all of you folks who hate shotguns would leave my damn powder alone then!

 

[HankB]

Muzzleloaders, especially those used by early frontiersmen. When I see them on the range, I always want to ask "How the heck did the Indians lose?"

BPCR - Black Powder Cartridge Rifles

Shotguns - I've shot a fair amount of trap and skeet, and have done my share of birdhunting, but the "latest and greatest" seldom is the "improvement" it's touted as.

Duty guns - There are SO many polymer frame pistols on the market, they just don't interest me any more; they're functional tools, but as long as my Glocks continue working I see no more need to research and buy another polymer pistol than I would to buy a new hammer for my toolbox.

.50 BMG rifles - Cost and lack of places to shoot both work against generating any interest in these.

Riflescopes costing MANY thousands of dollars - Perhaps because I'm an optical engineer myself, layman's reviews of these optics leave me bored.

Just a few of my opinions - if YOU happen to like something I don't, that's fine; I completely support YOUR right to buy/shoot/enjoy any of the above.

 

[aarondhgraham]

Hardcore competition shooting,,,

Hardcore competition shooting,,,
Where the spirit of the game gets lost in the desire to win.

I love to compete in a friendly environment,,,
But win-at-any-cost shooters turn me off.

I had enough of that in hi-level archery in the 70's.

Aarond

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[Cee Zee]

I love to compete in a friendly environment,,,
But win-at-any-cost shooters turn me off.

I had enough of that in hi-level archery in the 70's.

That almost sounds like my archery class in college. I took it because I had done some shooting of a bow and I liked it. But I discovered a whole new class of people for that time - the camo clad tactical geek. Believe me that was rare stuff in those days.

They all had their high dollar compound bows they brought to class. Compound bows were fairly new to the mass market at that time. I used an old re-curve the school provided. Our grades were based on our accuracy. Everything went fine the first half of the semester because we were just learning to shoot. But the second half we started taking score. And I beat the pants off the camo crowd. They'd jump in their Jeeps (all with no tops) and rip out of the parking lot after class. It was a month before I even realized why they were so ticked. I was making the grading curve so that the only person who was getting an A in that class was me because I was shooting about 95% bulls eyes while the best of those guys were only doing about 85%. What can I say? Sights had not been perfected for those bows and really the bows hadn't either. And I had a system that was nearly foolproof. Even shooting at 50 yards I still beat them. Dang those guys hated me.

I took the class to have fun. I didn't even know why they all were so ticked off all the time until they sent a girl in the class over to spy on me to see how I was doing it. It was simple really. I was locking my wrist and I kept the same draw point for my thumb (right against the point on my jaw) and from there it was just a matter of figuring out where to aim. I had the consistency part down cold and that's the big part of the battle for shooting a bow or at least it was in those days. I didn't even want to make them mad until I found out the were getting mad. Then I decided I was going to make it as bad as possible. Where before I would coast about half the time because I really didn't give a rat's rear about the class but after that girl told me why they were all mad at me I made every shot count like my life depended on it.

It was all about them trying to make new technology work when it wasn't mature enough to work. I smacked the tar out of my arm with the sting so bad my arm would be red as a beet after every class except for the spot my arm guard was covering. Locking your wrist is a painful way to shoot a bow but it's effective or at least it was in those days with a re-curve bow.

Those guys took things way too seriously. If they had been cool about and asked me straight out instead of acting like jerks I would have tanked my scores and still got an A. But I wanted to see them all get C's after the way they treated me.

I don't like people who take competition too seriously either. I'm sure there are lots of things those guys could have done better than me but archery just wasn't one of them at the time. They didn't have to take it so personal. I didn't even know I was doing it until I saw them acting like total jerks.

 

[huntsman]

Where the spirit of the game gets lost in the desire to win.

Like when they started shooting skeet from a mounted position, When the "game" became about patches and not practice.

 

[zb338]

I'm interested in shooting Zombies. I've been hunting for some
for the last 3 or 4 years. It seems the guys here in Pa. have
pretty much got them shot out. Guess we'll have to bring it
up to the Game dept..

Zeke

 

[likesguns]

Single action revolvers
Engravings and ornate crap on guns
Trap shooting
Shotguns do little for me(I do own one)

 

[Deog]

AR's with everything but the kitchen sink bolted to them.
Another 1911 clone.
Large caliber snub nose revolvers.
Know it all's that post in gun forums.
Open carry Texas idiot's in Denny's or Starbuck's with a AR on there shoulder.

 

[Captcurt]

Called "death by 1,000 cuts."

I sure wish all of you folks who hate shotguns would leave my damn powder alone then!

Amen!

 

[Dframe]

The TIRED old "Which is better?" arguments. Colt or S&W or Ruger etc. on and on and on.
The simple fact is which is better for you isn't necessarily better for somebody else.

 

[mr wack]

I stopped going to the range because I did NOT like the ever present person who knows everything about everything and what you are doing wrong and is always willing to put you on the right road ,,,,
Oh!! and Tupperware guns,,,

 

[Panzerschwein]

-Cheesy jokes on gun forums D)

-The word "tactical"

-Zombie guns... actually zombie ANYTHING.

-Modern inline muzzleloaders

-When a gun rag article has to go back to the history of the hand gonne on up to whatever gun they're reviewing

-That's all I can think of!

 

[OilyPablo]

I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the zombie thing went away. Now we can go back to watching Walking Dead and enjoy the guns in peace.

 

[buckhorn_cortez]

Riflescopes costing MANY thousands of dollars - Perhaps because I'm an optical engineer myself, layman's reviews of these optics leave me bored.

You don't like them because of the reviews...that bore you?

A most impressive logic non sequitur...has nothing to do with the product itself, only that you're bored by other people.

Okay...I'm not sure I understand at all...so...whatever...

 

[Cee Zee]

When the "game" became about patches and not practice.

Ditto on that. We had a trap range in our back yard for years and AFAIK not one contest ever took place. It was all about practicing to shoot quail. I saw some very good shooting there but never done to best someone else.