Recent content by samlynas

Dear all, Not sure whether this is the right place to post this or not, but I wanted to enquire as to whether or not there were a rifle buff out there interested in teaching a British male to shoot rifles somewhere in the Pacific Northwest or a bit further inland in May/June of next year. I...

thanks everybody, thanks for all the ideas, it doesn't look as if i should have any difficulty learning to use a rifle after all. i will have to turn down the kind offers of assistance of one sort or another for now due to my limited time in the states. in the not too distant future, perhaps...

accuracy yeah, i suppose a semi-auto is the obvious choice. what about accuracy. do you think i'd be able to hold the barrel steady enough with my arm? that's a difficult question to answer if you've never had to do it, i imagine...

dear everybody, i am a brit, almost complete newcomer to firearms, who has arranged to do one week of intensive handgun training in michigan in july (thanks in advance to rob for that). in the long term, i would love to learn to use a rifle as well, but the catch is that i only have one...

message received clearly i've been underestimating the amount of work involved in just learning to shoot with good form at a stationary target. thanks to everyone who's helped opoint that out. actually, it's good news. i like a challenge, and if i was shooting like jack bauer at the end of...

follow up thanks to everyone who's contributed so far. i checked out thunder ranch. looks fantastic but they're booked up until 2008. they must be good. gabe suarez has been recommended to me, and i'm getting some other info too. i take the point made about focusing on one weapon rather...

also: i was thinking in terms of maybe two weeks training, certainly at least one week. don't know when i'll be able to do it again...

background thanks guys, it did occur to me that i hadn't given you much info. i am indeed in the uk, so will have to take a holiday in the states as necessary. i would be interested predominantly in pistol and rifle, and then other stuff as seemed appropriate given whatever time or other...

dear all, this is a follow-up of sorts to some posts i made a few months ago. i was asking (as a brit) about the feasibility of getting some firearms training in the states. i also lost my left hand (am right-handed) in a car crash a couple of years ago, so that was an issue too. having...

ryan, i understand that semi-autos have a greater risk of malfunction than revolvers, and would be more difficult to clear with one hand. presumably what you're saying (forgive my ignorance), is that the further the weapon recoils each time it fires, the greater the chance of something...

i'm not actually in any state. i'm british, but i have, uh, quite a lot of free time on my hands (hand?) until about next september, so i can spend time in the states as and when may be necessary. i could travel between different schools, but hopefully they would be in roughly the same part of...

shaldag, thanks for the info. israel sounds like it might be less than ideal after all. i'll get back to you on that one if it seems appropriate. i guess i'll stick with the states for now. shacklemenot, i liked the look of tactical response, and actually have some friends in nashville...

everybody, wow, that's a load of information in a very short space of time. i take the point about ease of clearing malfunction with a revolver, but have a feeling that reloading it would be pretty difficult. depending on how the smooth the slide is/isn't on an automatic, i have a feeling i...

hi mnrivrat, thanks for the welcome. i figure israel is going to be relatively hard to get info on. east coast might turn out to be a better option for me. it's no further from home than israel, either. my firearms experience is limited to a couple of clay-pigeon outings, but i would like...

hi everybody, i'm new to this, and would like some advice from oldtimers on something. i understand that most advanced shooting courses include some onehanded shooting. well, i'm interested in learning to use firearms, and i only have one hand anyway, so i thought i'd try and find out how...