In my experience the "sight it in once a year" hunters are much more likely to be unsafe than the black gun crowd.  I think this is primarily due to frequency of range visits.  The "black gun" guys seem to shoot pretty frequently and our range officers kick people out for unsafe activity so they wouldn't last long.  This time of year I see safety issues every weekend caused by hunters who seem to come to the range but once or twice a year.

Chris.

The once-a-year hunter and tat/piercing/camo crowd are both about the same. When they show up I generally move to a safer range (thankfully, they tend towards the plinking & pistols ranges at my club). Find that anyone taking the effort to compete (with any rifle/pistol) is serious about their shooting, including safety. And, by-and-large, a great group of people (both male and female), regardless of age.

BP wrote on Sep 12^th, 2012 at 2:40pm:


What about those of us who occasionally use LDPE wads in our single shot rifles

Chris.

boats wrote on Sep 12^th, 2012 at 4:28pm:


They really work well for bore diameter paper patched bullets though.  The plastic feels wrong but it sure works well.

Chris.

Not to worry Set_Trigger, been thinking about polished stainless, polished aluminum and a candy apple red synthetic stock with black, gray and white ghost flames for my CPA. The stock will be the original Model 52 design, it will just add little additional character to it to separate it from the rest of the crowd.

J.Louis

Some of the competitive events require rapid fire and that discipline needs to be practiced as well as the slow fire events for one to become extremely competitive. It might not make since to those who are not in the know and the same would hold true with what we do.

J.Louis

JLouis wrote on Sep 12^th, 2012 at 5:38pm:


Good for you J. Louis, you will fit right in with the Bolt Gun bunch, you know, the ones with the fiber glass stocks all painted up like a, well you know, what ever you do don't let them guys know that under the paint it's a wood stock, tell them it's fiber glass and they will accept you with open arms. 

Me, I like a good chunk of Walnut and blued steel.
  S T

The black rifle guys are OK as far as I am concerned. The more people that own AK-47s and AR-15s the more people are motivated to vote for the Second Amendment. The more people who are interested in shooting the better. Eventually, some of them will want more accuracy and who knows where that will end. I do not own an AK or an AR 15 but I know plenty of people that do and many are very good shooters and good sportsmen besides. Furthermore, the art of military rifle shooting, such as High power, is very competitive, so I see nothing wrong with the military rifles. I have a GSG STG 44 on order and cant wait to get it so I can do some rapid fire blasting once in a while just for a change of pace.  Just my opinionl fwiw! Joe S