Hippie day at the Range
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Excellent!
I just recently met a law student from Berkeley (at Jackson Arms) and she absolutely loves madkiwi's Kimber Custom TLE II. She says if she could take it with her back to NYC next year she would get one asap.
I should send her your way for when she can't make it over here to shoot.
We have a date to go shooting as soon as I'm healed up from my surgery.
I just recently met a law student from Berkeley (at Jackson Arms) and she absolutely loves madkiwi's Kimber Custom TLE II. She says if she could take it with her back to NYC next year she would get one asap.
I should send her your way for when she can't make it over here to shoot.
We have a date to go shooting as soon as I'm healed up from my surgery.
2t2 crash
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good job man!
Incidently I was born and raised in Richmond and used to frequent the RR&GC quite often.
good job saving some berkley nuts
Incidently I was born and raised in Richmond and used to frequent the RR&GC quite often.
good job saving some berkley nuts
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Atek3
Sir:
I am in awe! I have taken friends to the range for years and I have had some mixed experiences. Mostly positive, but hippies! Good form, sir! One of my successful converts was a serious golf fanatic. He quickly saw the parallel between shooting and putting.
Sir:
I am in awe! I have taken friends to the range for years and I have had some mixed experiences. Mostly positive, but hippies! Good form, sir! One of my successful converts was a serious golf fanatic. He quickly saw the parallel between shooting and putting.
PromptCritical
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Atek,
First: Awesome job getting the other side to see the light.
Second: If you're the one with the good job, and can take a bunch of people shooting on your dime, why to you have a keyboard with a bunch of broken keys? Keyboards cost about the same as a box of ammo. If it's really necessary, I can cash my unemployment check and buy you one. Wait, I know! You can't get a new keyboard because California took the next step from McCain-Feingold and banned computers!
First: Awesome job getting the other side to see the light.
Second: If you're the one with the good job, and can take a bunch of people shooting on your dime, why to you have a keyboard with a bunch of broken keys? Keyboards cost about the same as a box of ammo. If it's really necessary, I can cash my unemployment check and buy you one. Wait, I know! You can't get a new keyboard because California took the next step from McCain-Feingold and banned computers!
Great job.
The real up side of this is the interactions the new shooters will have with others. They have now been shooting and have an understanding of shooting. If ten interact with ten more and get them to try shooting there is no limit to the good done with one range trip.
The real up side of this is the interactions the new shooters will have with others. They have now been shooting and have an understanding of shooting. If ten interact with ten more and get them to try shooting there is no limit to the good done with one range trip.
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atek3
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same reason my cell phone's screen is busted and I don't have a car... I'm cheap.
man I really need a car, then I can take new people myself.
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DRZinn
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Good job. Win those hearts and minds....
Zundfolge
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So did the Hoppes drown out the Patchouli smell? 
Guy B. Meredith
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Hey atek3, Richmond has a great action pistol range with two bays open to the public between matches. The yogi might best appreciate meditating at the bench, but might the others like to try an action pistol stage? Or would that give them thoughts of militias?
By the way, the yogi has it right. Those that don't focus and be aware of their every move don't collect the X and 10 rings. I spent a couple of hours of serious zen practice yesterday at Chabot.
Used to work as range safety officer at Richmond. I'll get back out there some day.
By the way, the yogi has it right. Those that don't focus and be aware of their every move don't collect the X and 10 rings. I spent a couple of hours of serious zen practice yesterday at Chabot.
Used to work as range safety officer at Richmond. I'll get back out there some day.
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Phil Ca
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Atek3: You did good! maybe the tide in that area will turn a couple of degrees.
have you ever had lunch at the Ginger Island Restaurant on4th Street? It has great food and our family has eaten there a few times when our two sons were living in an apartment in Richmond. One son worked at a high tech furniture co. near the freeway and the other was working in a temp job at Oakland City Hall.
My sons had an interesting time living in Richmond since it is such a diverse place. Personally I was glad when they moved out of there. They used to hear gunshots at night sometimes.
One time many years ago I had to deliver some 1897 Winchester shotguns and antique Colt Police Positive .38 specials to a foundry in Emeryville for melting down. I was not a happy camper that day.
have you ever had lunch at the Ginger Island Restaurant on4th Street? It has great food and our family has eaten there a few times when our two sons were living in an apartment in Richmond. One son worked at a high tech furniture co. near the freeway and the other was working in a temp job at Oakland City Hall.
My sons had an interesting time living in Richmond since it is such a diverse place. Personally I was glad when they moved out of there. They used to hear gunshots at night sometimes.
One time many years ago I had to deliver some 1897 Winchester shotguns and antique Colt Police Positive .38 specials to a foundry in Emeryville for melting down. I was not a happy camper that day.
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Your generosity (of time, knowledge, and money) will be repaid many times over.
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atek3
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I shoot IPSC there quite a bit... some of them asked to see the videos of me shooting IPSC, so if they are interested I'll invite them.
never heard of it... maybe I'll look it up sometime.
And now a few pictures;
Me going over the 4 rules:
Me showing them how to load a ruger mk II mag:
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jlwatts3
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Atek,
Way to be. I graduated from UCB last spring. In my time there I brought dozens of people to the San Leandro range for their first shooting experience. I even took a couple to the gunstore to buy their first guns after they fell in love with mine. Ahhh the good old days.
Way to be. I graduated from UCB last spring. In my time there I brought dozens of people to the San Leandro range for their first shooting experience. I even took a couple to the gunstore to buy their first guns after they fell in love with mine. Ahhh the good old days.
jlwatts3
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Atek,
Way to be. I graduated from UCB last spring. In my time there I brought dozens of people to the San Leandro range for their first shooting experience. I even took a couple to the gunstore to buy their first guns after they fell in love with mine. Ahhh the good old days.
Way to be. I graduated from UCB last spring. In my time there I brought dozens of people to the San Leandro range for their first shooting experience. I even took a couple to the gunstore to buy their first guns after they fell in love with mine. Ahhh the good old days.
thorn726
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NiCE!!!
as one of the people who looks like this=
"Considering the posse was a bunch of granola chomping berkeley hippies"
but isnt.
(and uh, well those looked more like students to me),but well you should see what some of the real hippies around here are packin up in the armory.
heheh.
Excellent! us liberal freaks get put down too much.
i never get it myself. most of the libs i know are into being able to prpotect all those extra freedoms we want to have..shame so many aren't.
hope to see some of you/them walk by me on telegraph sometime
Atek you from here or a transplant??
i am not from here, but you look about the same age as a bunch of the gun nuts i know around here, wonder if we know any of the same people
as one of the people who looks like this=
"Considering the posse was a bunch of granola chomping berkeley hippies"
but isnt.
(and uh, well those looked more like students to me),but well you should see what some of the real hippies around here are packin up in the armory.
heheh.
Excellent! us liberal freaks get put down too much.
i never get it myself. most of the libs i know are into being able to prpotect all those extra freedoms we want to have..shame so many aren't.
hope to see some of you/them walk by me on telegraph sometime
Atek you from here or a transplant??
i am not from here, but you look about the same age as a bunch of the gun nuts i know around here, wonder if we know any of the same people
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that looks like a real nice range up there.
thorn726
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i looked it up real quick as i was suspicious-
the San leandro range is next to the dump and the sewage treatment, figured Richmond had to be similar, it's in the area of course.
Not that the range can't be real nice in itself,
but that part of Richmond has the dump, next road down= the jail two roads up.
heheh, richmond, got to love it. take all of New jersey and cram it into a small
city.
"shelter in place" sirens going off from the chemical plants and refineries regularly and is less than one mile from Ricmond's "iron triangle" named after the amount of "iron" carried by the locals.
thorn726
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OK= ATek= i should meet you.
GEEZ= you are into psytrance, motorcycles , AND GUNS???
dude, . sending you a pm
Wednesday nights il pirata SF psy.
GEEZ= you are into psytrance, motorcycles , AND GUNS???
dude, . sending you a pm
Wednesday nights il pirata SF psy.
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atek3
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Lets see, Dr. Spook and "Old Man" Gil... I'd say I know one or two people.
If you've been to parties in the last several years, I'm sure we've seen each other and never realized, "HEY THAT GUY IS A CRAAAZY GUN NUT!"
Transplant, moved from St. Louis. I moved 5 years ago to Berkeley, ironically enough to be close to a city with a good psytrance scene...the guns came later. (after reading Unintended Consequences by John Ross)
atek3
If you've been to parties in the last several years, I'm sure we've seen each other and never realized, "HEY THAT GUY IS A CRAAAZY GUN NUT!"
Transplant, moved from St. Louis. I moved 5 years ago to Berkeley, ironically enough to be close to a city with a good psytrance scene...the guns came later. (after reading Unintended Consequences by John Ross)
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Guy B. Meredith
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If you want to really impress the folks take them to Chabot.
San Leandro is convenient, but not much more. Richmond public range is on the small side as most of the attention goes to the shotgun and action pistol facilities (probably the best around for public use). But they both feel very 'gunny'.
Chabot is in the Anthony Chabot Regional Park and has it all plus a great aerial view of Oakland, grand eucalyptus forests, campgounds and hiking trails. The park is free entry.
(www.chabotgunclub.com)
San Leandro is convenient, but not much more. Richmond public range is on the small side as most of the attention goes to the shotgun and action pistol facilities (probably the best around for public use). But they both feel very 'gunny'.
Chabot is in the Anthony Chabot Regional Park and has it all plus a great aerial view of Oakland, grand eucalyptus forests, campgounds and hiking trails. The park is free entry.
(www.chabotgunclub.com)
jlwatts3
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Agreed, Guy. The San Leandro range isn't much to look at but its a convenient place to shoot. When you are working 50+hrs/ week and going to school that counts for a whole lot.
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