Back in the 90's,I was a member of the Townsend(Ma.) Rod& Gun Club. For the most part,good people,and some serious shooters.Unfortunately...
One of the members had an idiot,unemployable relative, a 20 -something n'ere do well type.I used (pre CH180)to take my father(79 years old,WW2 vet)shooting with me.Both of us are Army(Infantry,Scout) veterans,and he used to have as much fun working out with my (Israeli)K98 as the Iver Johnson M-1 carbine,as I did,as well as a few less PC arms.
Well,one fine Sunday afternoon ,we were working over the 100 meter target with a Russian SKS that I had just sighted in.At this time, all of the Russians had the bayonet screw riveted though;without breaking the rivet,you could'nt remove it.No biggie,we set the 25 m zero with the blade folded,and also checked where it printeds with the blade open.We were doing the same at 100 m,when this @ssholepulls up behind the bench in his Toyota pick-up(dust&gravel jicking up at us,jumps out and stomps over to us yelling pretty much the same(illegal rifle BS)lecture hat "Sarge" sang out with.I thought he was joking and told him so.He got louder,and my father piped up with "...why don't you call a cop?"...At this point he started yelling at my father and waving his hands
.I started going cave man ,got in between his boots&stuck a palm heel into his chest,moving him back across the road right up to his truck door.Staying between his feet,I politely enquired of him just"*** did he think he was doing threatening my FATHER like that
.His eyes got real huge,then I saw reflected in his window my father casually standing there with my old Security-Six pointed down at the ground.I cooled down,and asked him(more politely) what he was upset about.It turns out there had been some vandalism on the preceeding Thursday night(kids drinking in the range shack after hours) and his "assigned task" was to watch for all "suspicious types". I know I'm not exactly a Teddy bear,but my father,like I said is 79 years old.Honest to God ,I wanted to break a few things that he valued....but I calmed down.But you know, when he drove off, I DID call in his plate number to Townsend PD as a possible "suspicious character/trespasser"...HE wasn't actually a member