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 01/20/2015 09:35:55 AM · #1
Ok,

So this is pretty cool - I think a lot of the anti-gun folks around here would probably have a similar experience, and thought it worth sharing.

The "Try Guys" go shooting for the first time. (ok, one of them has shot before, but close enough..)
 01/20/2015 09:40:21 AM · #2
I don't have sound on my work comp so I will have to check this out tonight
 01/20/2015 09:49:48 AM · #3
Spring time is the time I really look forward to going out to the gun range, so much fun, this was funny, thanks for sharing

Freaked out at first then its like OO yea! LOL

Message edited by author 2015-01-20 09:50:30.
 01/20/2015 10:02:56 AM · #4
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
01/20/2015 03:04:09 PM · #5
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.
 01/20/2015 04:24:42 PM · #6
Yeah I wanna shoot the mini-gun
 01/20/2015 06:45:28 PM · #7
Possibly the best video I've seen on the issue.
 01/20/2015 07:15:55 PM · #8
Originally posted by tanguera:
Possibly the best video I've seen on the issue.


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.
 01/20/2015 08:37:25 PM · #9
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.

Mike
 01/20/2015 09:28:48 PM · #10
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
 01/20/2015 09:36:46 PM · #11
Originally posted by cowboy221977:
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.
 01/21/2015 12:56:51 AM · #12
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

01/21/2015 10:06:02 AM · #13
nice shot group.... How many yards / meters were you shooting at
 01/21/2015 11:40:14 AM · #14
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.
01/21/2015 08:30:22 PM · #15
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!"
 01/21/2015 09:29:52 PM · #16
Originally posted by Spork99:
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
 01/21/2015 10:35:24 PM · #17
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by Spork99:
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


It's about being humane. Don't want it to suffer, gotta shut it down fast. Bigger=Better.
 01/22/2015 08:07:20 AM · #18
Like we say in the engineering field......."go big or go home"
 01/25/2015 09:52:57 PM · #19
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by Spork99:
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.
 01/25/2015 10:18:57 PM · #20
Originally posted by Spork99:
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by Spork99:
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)

Ray
 01/25/2015 11:36:26 PM · #21
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)

Message edited by author 2015-01-25 23:37:44.
 01/25/2015 11:50:28 PM · #22
Originally posted by cowboy221977:
Like we say in the engineering field......."go big or go home"

Beer-can stacking is good fun, but is it really engineering?
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