Nushif
Member
I do have to ask ...
So I understand when people want to have a quiet day with their .22 revolver and just put some little holes in some little paper, been there myself. As a matter of fact, the wife and I trade cylinders of six in our .22 sometimes and it is one of the better times we have together.
And I understand when you're sitting there lining up the shot on that shotshell one gazillion yards away that a piece of brass to the neck can suck ...
But with all the hate of flying brass going on, dare I ask ... why are you at a public range?
I know, I know people everywhere are supposed to be quiet, very polite, non-intrusive and better seen than heard, but public ranges aren't for people I like. Public ranges are for the public. And one part of the current design and technology in handheld firearms and even large guns ... is flying, ejecting or somehow moving brass. Hells, even 105 rounds spend some limited time in the air.
So, dare I ask, that when we say "considerate" and "polite" ... maybe the one grouch at the range who hates all the young'ns because their guns spit brass and would rather everyone just shoot .22 short so he can focus down his scope, his iron sights or whatever for ten minutes before taking one shot is the odd man out?
I am not trying to say that anyone should have to put up with someone purposely throwing hot brass their direction with a malicious laugh while saying "Take that, sucka!" and twirling their bad guy mustache ... what I am saying is that brass happens at shared ranges. And a shared range may not be the place to go if I want to spend some time plinking my .22 shorts into a can without earmuffs.
So, can I ask why some people feel it's ok to go to a public range and insist it ought to be their own personal range designed exclusively for their own enjoyment?
Again, I have been on both sides of the fence here ... I have left the range when I just wanted to plink with my .22 and I am sure I have been that guy who annoyed some poor schmuck when I was seeing if my new mag would feed my Norinco 213 at rapid fire. But really, haven't we all?
Consider that when you truly are the one guy at the range in a bad mood, maybe sometimes .. again, I'm being gentle ... not always, but sometimes ... you are in the wrong spot and that instead of grumbling about everyone else at the range ... sometimes everyone else is grumbling at your behavior, too.
Or am I just too like ... chill here and just want to get along with my fellow shooter? Should I be grumbling when people come to my public range?
In all sincerity though, why all the hate of flying brass?
So I understand when people want to have a quiet day with their .22 revolver and just put some little holes in some little paper, been there myself. As a matter of fact, the wife and I trade cylinders of six in our .22 sometimes and it is one of the better times we have together.
And I understand when you're sitting there lining up the shot on that shotshell one gazillion yards away that a piece of brass to the neck can suck ...
But with all the hate of flying brass going on, dare I ask ... why are you at a public range?
I know, I know people everywhere are supposed to be quiet, very polite, non-intrusive and better seen than heard, but public ranges aren't for people I like. Public ranges are for the public. And one part of the current design and technology in handheld firearms and even large guns ... is flying, ejecting or somehow moving brass. Hells, even 105 rounds spend some limited time in the air.
So, dare I ask, that when we say "considerate" and "polite" ... maybe the one grouch at the range who hates all the young'ns because their guns spit brass and would rather everyone just shoot .22 short so he can focus down his scope, his iron sights or whatever for ten minutes before taking one shot is the odd man out?
I am not trying to say that anyone should have to put up with someone purposely throwing hot brass their direction with a malicious laugh while saying "Take that, sucka!" and twirling their bad guy mustache ... what I am saying is that brass happens at shared ranges. And a shared range may not be the place to go if I want to spend some time plinking my .22 shorts into a can without earmuffs.
So, can I ask why some people feel it's ok to go to a public range and insist it ought to be their own personal range designed exclusively for their own enjoyment?
Again, I have been on both sides of the fence here ... I have left the range when I just wanted to plink with my .22 and I am sure I have been that guy who annoyed some poor schmuck when I was seeing if my new mag would feed my Norinco 213 at rapid fire. But really, haven't we all?
Consider that when you truly are the one guy at the range in a bad mood, maybe sometimes .. again, I'm being gentle ... not always, but sometimes ... you are in the wrong spot and that instead of grumbling about everyone else at the range ... sometimes everyone else is grumbling at your behavior, too.
Or am I just too like ... chill here and just want to get along with my fellow shooter? Should I be grumbling when people come to my public range?
In all sincerity though, why all the hate of flying brass?