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But back on topic, what kinds of recreational shooting are there besides shooting ranges (understand that I have absolutely no background on guns)
Skeet and trap shooting are very common though. Essentially there's a machine that throws clay discs into the air and you have to shoot them with a shotgun. There are different variations but that's the basic idea.
There are a lot of other things you can do as well if you have a good property to shoot on. Shooting water filled bottles and baloons etc
Some of these guns are pretty cool. I don't own any guns except for paintball guns heh. I wouldn't mind owning one or two but I am too cheap and lazy to get one. Is there a gun you just can't have because it is either illegal or ridiculously expensive?
On July 09 2011 14:48 Steel91 wrote: Some of these guns are pretty cool. I don't own any guns except for paintball guns heh. I wouldn't mind owning one or two but I am too cheap and lazy to get one. Is there a gun you just can't have because it is either illegal or ridiculously expensive?
25mm Bushmaster comes to mind. They're attached to the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Fun to shoot.
On July 09 2011 13:59 G5 wrote: I don't plan on owning any guns. Your 6 times more likely to shoot a family member or friend than some stranger breaking into your house or w/e. I got swords and a kevlar vest. I'm good. About as good as a Zealot come to think about it.
Saying you're more likely to shoot someone when you own a gun is like saying you're more likely to drive when you own a car.
How the hell can you shoot without a gun?
What? How can you type without being able to read?
I don't plan on owning any guns. Your 6 times more likely to shoot a family member or friend
I can read, thank you for your response, good sir.
I think you read it correctly, but misunderstood the statistic that G5 was quoting.
What he meant is for every one 'intruder' shot with a weapon in a persons home, there are 6 family members shot.
Here's another nice one for you. If you keep a firearm in your house, you and your family are 18 times more likely to die to a bullet, than if you did not.
There are obviously two sides to this story. I live in a very rural area, with a high rate of burglary. So to me, it makes sense for me to keep a shotgun in my home to protect myself, (and my ganja plants. )
A shotgun has high stopping power, and short range, so it is a perfect weapon for home defense. Handguns and rifles go through walls, and have little comparative stopping power, so they make little sense to own for any reason than sport, hunting, or hobby.
I have owned a minigun on few occasions, once I shot a predator with it and once randomly at cops trying to protect John Conner.
But I had to give up to become a guverner of Cali T_T;;
Nowdays im thinking of buying a Nuke, to use it as a chair in hopes of getting my testies grow to the size of being able to legally buy weed.
In seriousness tho, for some reason I find this thread very fun to read that people that have a gun usually don't own just one, I guess its kinda same with ppl who like tatooes.
On July 09 2011 14:48 Steel91 wrote: Some of these guns are pretty cool. I don't own any guns except for paintball guns heh. I wouldn't mind owning one or two but I am too cheap and lazy to get one. Is there a gun you just can't have because it is either illegal or ridiculously expensive?
I think there are around a dozen of these privately owned in the US. They cost $3600 to shoot per minute and go for about $400,000 whenever one comes up for sale.
On July 09 2011 14:26 Towerlight wrote: Soap that video looked awesome! I wish I had a place like that set up nearby. Also, fuzzy_panda that airsoft 1911 is so boss! very jealous of it. I -had- an airsoft model of a beretta (love their guns since they are from my city, go baltimore!) but my dad, being the mechanics nerd he is, took it apart to play with all the peices boldly claiming he could put it back together.
when he put it back together, he had peices left over he didn't remember what to do with, which he then lost...
If you like really beautiful guns, a google image search of beretta will really make you want to check on your savings account haha.
haha thats a shame your dad can't put it back together. i'm quite lucky because near where i work there is a very good airsoft shop with awesome owners that would show you exactly how to take apart any gun for cleaning and putting it back together
On July 09 2011 14:31 sMi.EternaL wrote: Careful guys, stay away from retarded arguments!
But back on topic, what kinds of recreational shooting are there besides shooting ranges (understand that I have absolutely no background on guns)
Skeet and trap shooting are very common though. Essentially there's a machine that throws clay discs into the air and you have to shoot them with a shotgun. There are different variations but that's the basic idea.
There are a lot of other things you can do as well if you have a good property to shoot on. Shooting water filled bottles and baloons etc
yes we can. But does the guy have the arms of a gorilla or what? It seems like the shotgun has almost no kickback at all. Not at all like the shotguns I have used in skeet shooting.
Can somebody PM what it takes to get a license for a semi-auto permit in cali plz. Also any info about a concealed carry permit (for hand gun obv) would be appreciated.
Contributions: I got the cheapest shotgun i could get my hands on when i was 18/19, its a pardner pump 12 gauge.
I also have an old .22 "Varmint" rifle made by Anschutz that i inherited from my grandma. Cant find any pix of it, this is close to it though.
Every time i put pix up they always get fucked up for some reason. ninja edit inc. FML i cant fix the shotgun pic, Its the first one on google images
So many NA posters in this thread :o It's strange that there is such a big gun culture there, while in South Africa (One of the countries with the highest rate of violent crimes) I don't own (or plan to) own a gun. Basically no one I know owns guns either, unless they live on farms.
People here prefer to go to a paintball arena instead of a shooting range / hunt ^^ Just thought it was interesting.
I don't own guns, nor do I plan to. Archery equipment? different story. I own a compound bow 30 lbs-ish (I had it cranked up to max poundage already) and a assortment of arrow heads =P
PS The training heads "Blunt" are still powerful enough to pierce a solid wooden door.
I plan to own some type of advanced compound/recurve in the future with a higher out put.
I am not really into crossbows. Traditional ftw.
looking to possibly get a parallel compound bow in the future. And more broadheads
I have now been doing ISSF Pistol shooting for 15 years and for that reason obviously own the "Equipment". But then those sport pistols don't seem to be very common going by this thread and most here probably would't even consider them "real guns". That would be 1 air pistol Morini CM162E, two Pardinis SP1 and HPE which are basically the same (electronic trigger) apart from the caliber .22lr and .32, and massively modified Hämmerli 160 free pistol (also .22lr). Then there is the Swiss assault rifle that is also in the house since I had to do compulsory military training. That one is technically property of the state (and would be even illegal to own privately).
I see my pistols purely as sports equipment and have never been particularly fascinated with "owning big guns". Also I got my fare share of those during military training. When you have fired explosive rounds from a .50 machinegun, pulled the "trigger" on artillery canons and nervously held a grenade in your hand you have kinda seen it...
In fact I resent people owning guns just to own guns since I feel they ruin it for us sports shooters, it's always "them" who attract the media attention and we end up getting caught in the crossfire and resulting regulations that wouldn't be neccesary for sport guns anyway...
I don't own any guns per se, but my Dad has a friggin Bushmaster. If you look at how many attachment that piece has, it's extremely fancy. But it's firepower is insanely loud.
My dad usually fires the thing whenever he goes to his farm in Cavite.
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