My first time was in the army. Trained with many different types. But the most difficult was a small handgun. This was only during the 3 months training period. After I became a helicopter pilot and barely had shooting training. After the army I never touched a gun anymore
I did this in Vegas last May. I was there for a wedding/bachelor party I wasn't going to go and at the last minute changed my mind. It was outstanding I can't wait to do it again.
Crazy thing is they had a childrens menu.
They way they ran it was very professional and very safe.
That was kinda my thought too - it was my reasoning/justification behind creating a thread for just this video, instead of burying it at then tail end of one of our myriad of gun-debate threads.
I cringed every time one of them turned towards the camera with his loaded weapon, waiting for it to swing around towards someone and accidentally go off, like it did a few times while pointing down range. While I am very pro gun, I'm not very pro on people getting to act like they did in front of a camera and not taking it serious as to how dangerous the fire arm in their hands is. It was a big game to them, which unfortunately is the case with too many people.
I have fired the smith and wesson 5oo....that is hand cannon....... You could tell that the "shooters" had not had much safety training. I give them an A+ for trying..... The comment that was made and this is not a quote about how firing a weapon should only be on the range...this is absolutely wrong. There are alot of people that shoot in their backyards out in the country. I go over to the farm and go shooting all the time
There are alot of people that shoot in their backyards out in the country. I go over to the farm and go shooting all the time
That seems fine as long as there are no people downrange for as far as a bullet from your weapon will carry. I remember going a couple of times to the shoreline where there was a mile or three of water (and no boats) in the direction of our targets.
I belong to an indoor range. I visit about once a week. If I saw idiots in the place like this, I along with others would complain to management and they would get tossed. There is no place for that sort of behavior around guns. Although I will add, when I first shot the S&W 500, I just jump like a scared little girl. I wasn't expecting so much recoil from that heavy a gun.
I went tonight and shot my new .357 and ran some rounds through my every day carry gun. Just to keep this DPC appropriate I'll add a few photos. LOL
I was shooting about 15-20 yards. I don't know exact as the range has 7 yards and 25 yards marked but nothing in between. But I was quite a bit closer to 25 yards than 7 yards. The new .357 Ruger is a nail driver. Going to do a trigger job for smoother lighter double action. But other than that it's a keeper.
I used to have a scoped .357Mag Ruger Blackhawk, single action with a 6.5" barrel that we'd use on jackrabbit or deer out to 100 yd…it was a tack driver too, but had to shoot such heavy loads to be effective that it was a monster to hang onto. It had more recoil and noise than most standard .44Mag loads. It was funny to go to the range at the same time the .44 shooters were there because they were always used to being the biggest, loudest thing on the pistol range (this was before the .500 S&W was a thing). I got a lot of "What are you shooting' there son?" followed by an incredulous, "A .357?…No way!"
I used to have a scoped .357Mag Ruger Blackhawk, single action with a 6.5" barrel that we'd use on jackrabbit ..."
Good grief. Just how big are them jackrabbits in your neck of the woods. :O)
Ray
The jackrabbits were considered pests…some guys used .22s and a less than perfect shot would leave them to suffer. When I hit them…they did not suffer, they were usually dispatched in a pink mist.
I used to have a scoped .357Mag Ruger Blackhawk, single action with a 6.5" barrel that we'd use on jackrabbit ..."
Good grief. Just how big are them jackrabbits in your neck of the woods. :O)
Ray
The jackrabbits were considered pests…some guys used .22s and a less than perfect shot would leave them to suffer. When I hit them…they did not suffer, they were usually dispatched in a pink mist.
Thanks for the information.
I was trying to figure out just how much palatable meat would be left after someone shot one with that type of firearm. I now know that that was not your primary objective. :O)
Was this video supposed to endear me to guns? If so it had the opposite affect on me.
What it did make me realize is that recoil can have major health implications and cause injury and disease, especially with repetitive shooters. Serious health implications.
Oh yeah, this looks like so much fun. (/sarcasm)
