A couple of the other threads made this thought pop into my little peanut mind....I know squirrel.
And I do tend to ramble....but will try to keep it short.
I think I am safe in saying people shooting is more popular now then it has been in years gone by. More indoor ranges, nice fancy clean ranges....places women go alone....face it guys the indoor ranges of the past do have a "heaman woman haters club" air about them.
Now that said I really think there are a great many new and old shooters alike that really have no idea on what happens after a bullet leaves the gun, how hard it "hits", how long it takes to get there....this kind of thing. The 100+ yard 22 rimfire thread got me thinking about this.
Taking an indoor paper punching friend out to the house a couple years ago and shooting at 100 yards made him actually think he missed the target till a few seconds later he could hear the ding of the steel....wow it took a long time for the bullet to get there.
Then all the talk on stuff related to that, wind being one of the biggies.
Now the indoor range he shoots at allows rifles...at 25yards....personally I really don't see the point....bragging about a group from about any rifle at 25 yards is like braging about getting lucky at the mustang ranch....well yea, anyone can do it.
You also don't have any real idea on the power of what you are shooting....sure everyone that is even remotely interested in guns has watched a youtube video on them shooting pop cans, water jugs...whatever....but till you do it yourself you really don't quite get it....it just does not sink in as well.
This same guy shooting pop cans full of pop, rotten apples and peaches.....(I hate deer...and really hate deer that just take one bite from an apple and leave it) what happens to it is shocking to those that never see it.
This time of year shooting little pumpkins are also real impressive.
Eh really just a ramble, but it is really fun to take people that think you need a 50bmg to go deer hunting and show them what a lowly 30-30 will do. it can really open up some eyes.
And I do tend to ramble....but will try to keep it short.
I think I am safe in saying people shooting is more popular now then it has been in years gone by. More indoor ranges, nice fancy clean ranges....places women go alone....face it guys the indoor ranges of the past do have a "heaman woman haters club" air about them.
Now that said I really think there are a great many new and old shooters alike that really have no idea on what happens after a bullet leaves the gun, how hard it "hits", how long it takes to get there....this kind of thing. The 100+ yard 22 rimfire thread got me thinking about this.
Taking an indoor paper punching friend out to the house a couple years ago and shooting at 100 yards made him actually think he missed the target till a few seconds later he could hear the ding of the steel....wow it took a long time for the bullet to get there.
Then all the talk on stuff related to that, wind being one of the biggies.
Now the indoor range he shoots at allows rifles...at 25yards....personally I really don't see the point....bragging about a group from about any rifle at 25 yards is like braging about getting lucky at the mustang ranch....well yea, anyone can do it.
You also don't have any real idea on the power of what you are shooting....sure everyone that is even remotely interested in guns has watched a youtube video on them shooting pop cans, water jugs...whatever....but till you do it yourself you really don't quite get it....it just does not sink in as well.
This same guy shooting pop cans full of pop, rotten apples and peaches.....(I hate deer...and really hate deer that just take one bite from an apple and leave it) what happens to it is shocking to those that never see it.
This time of year shooting little pumpkins are also real impressive.
Eh really just a ramble, but it is really fun to take people that think you need a 50bmg to go deer hunting and show them what a lowly 30-30 will do. it can really open up some eyes.