The most annoying man at the gun range.
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Mickstix
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These have got to be the BEST threads on the forum!! I love reading all the short stories..
Stevie-Ray
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I don't have to pretend.
People don't often approach me at the range and I do my best not to intrude on other folks' range time.
Just a guess, but I think he meant daft. That would generally keep people of all types away. I might even venture to say you could end up with the range all to yourself.Mrs. Armoredman
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I agree Mickstix. I like reading short stories about experences at the range. I never bother anyone at the range. They are there for a reason. I don't intrude on thier personal time at the range. I for one would not want some strange man/woman asking to try out my guns if I don't know who they are.
jackdanson
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I've had guys fire down range while I was changing targets at unattended ranges.. that is pretty annoying. (yes, that really happened once, I shot them the stink eye then packed up my stuff and came back once they were gone.. they were wannabe homeboys)
ColinthePilot
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I know I posted a couple pages back that I haven't had an annoying "talker" at the range. Thats still true. I have one at work.
I've been working with this guy for about a year and a half, and he is generally regarded as "that guy." After a couple months he found out I'm a shooter. That was his cue to give me the rundown on every gun he owns and why its the best, every perp he chased down while he was a LEO with no detail forgotten, every gun he fired in the Army, and why its the best gun EVAR, etc. Finally I agree to go to the range with him (after all, he's been trained by the police, the Army, and the Air Force; he must be at least safe. he was. I digress). We go to the range and I brought 2 pistols. One was my Taurus PT111 Mil Pro, which needs a new extractor. I knew this, but having not fired it in a few months, I hoped it had magically fixed itself. When I went through 2 mags full of FTE's, mr shooter became mr gunsmith and told me no fewer than 50 times that I must need a new extractor. I shot the rest of the day on my Sig P6, which obviously didn't hold a candle to his .44 SPECIAL
or his .357 Magnum. They were the best guns EVAR cuz their bullitz is bigger than mine. But the for realz best gun EVAR was his Para-Ordnance "Big Dawg" (I think) which is a brick of a double-stack 1911 style .45. I told him I didn't like it because I was gripping a 2X4, but he insisted it was still the best and showed me how good it was by drawing a smiley face on his target at 10ft.
I'll never get through to him. Now I just try to avoid talking shooting with him. I'll never go to the range with him again. Unfortunately, I showed him where my new range is, so he goes there too.:banghead:
I've been working with this guy for about a year and a half, and he is generally regarded as "that guy." After a couple months he found out I'm a shooter. That was his cue to give me the rundown on every gun he owns and why its the best, every perp he chased down while he was a LEO with no detail forgotten, every gun he fired in the Army, and why its the best gun EVAR, etc. Finally I agree to go to the range with him (after all, he's been trained by the police, the Army, and the Air Force; he must be at least safe. he was. I digress). We go to the range and I brought 2 pistols. One was my Taurus PT111 Mil Pro, which needs a new extractor. I knew this, but having not fired it in a few months, I hoped it had magically fixed itself. When I went through 2 mags full of FTE's, mr shooter became mr gunsmith and told me no fewer than 50 times that I must need a new extractor. I shot the rest of the day on my Sig P6, which obviously didn't hold a candle to his .44 SPECIAL
or his .357 Magnum. They were the best guns EVAR cuz their bullitz is bigger than mine. But the for realz best gun EVAR was his Para-Ordnance "Big Dawg" (I think) which is a brick of a double-stack 1911 style .45. I told him I didn't like it because I was gripping a 2X4, but he insisted it was still the best and showed me how good it was by drawing a smiley face on his target at 10ft. I'll never get through to him. Now I just try to avoid talking shooting with him. I'll never go to the range with him again. Unfortunately, I showed him where my new range is, so he goes there too.:banghead:
evan price
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Well, the public range near me is attended by a state employee who is usually a Fish & Game cop working off season. That keeps most of the idjits at bay.
So far this year, there is the old guy who comes out with a nice older Garand, fires maybe 1 clip through it (Yes, CLIP, Garands have clips, not mags, *ping* and all that)- but he is at the rane maybe 4 hours to fire those 8 shots, and he spends all his time walking up and down the firing line asking people a lot of personal questions, do you belong to the NRA, stuff like that.
There is the guy who was brass ratting- Hey, I'm a brass rat, but I believe as long as someone is at their lane, they own their brass!- Anyway, this guy was literally scooping up brass as it is ejected from the gun. It was annoying this shooter, who changed over to a Mosin-Nagant with a 16.25" barrel and lit off a couple shots. The brass rat clutched his ears and staggered back, cussing and fuming.
Then there are the guys who show up with a nice AR and set up ten yard targets and proceed to hold a nice 12" group at ten yards and brag about how they bought the cryogenic steel heavy barrel with flutes and stinger missiles and a laser sight that shoots down satellites and how uber-Awesome the rifle is.
The standard response from the RO is, "If any rifle I owned shot like that I'd send it back to the factory."
Then there's the carload of early 20-somethings that always have at least one AK and a few pistols that just can't stop bumpfiring. Or rapid fire mag dumps in the pistols. While giggling, usually.
Let's see, there's the "Most Powerful Handload In The World" guy.
There's the "Anything less than a .50 Deagle is for wusses and pussified men" guy.
There's the guy who shows up and runs 500 patches through his gun between shots because he's "breaking in" a new barrel- and lets the patches just drop on the ground and blow around.
BEST ANECDOTE EVAR:
True Story:
I have a Savage-Springfield 120 .22 single shot rifle I got cheap. It had no rear sight. I stuck a cheap BSA riflescope on it on some freebie rings I got and went to site it in, but forgot my binoculars. It's hard to see a .22 hole in a target at 50 yards with no binocs, especially since the scope wasn't even boresighted, just stuck on, so I moved the target holder to the pistol line at 7 yards for starters to get it on paper. Well, the scope was so far off I was getting frustrated, I'd got there 20 minutes before closing, and I still hadn't gotten it in the 10-ring yet. When you arethat close it takes a lot of clicks to move your POI!
Anyway, the RO calls last shots, I took the last shot, and was just outside the 10-ring. Frustrated, I put the rifle down and someone made a comment about how the safest place on the range was behind my target. So I took my FAL bayonet I had in my shooters bag and whipped it at the target. It stuck low and in the bull, and the entire target stand fell over on the ground. (It was a home-made jobbie out of scrap lumber).
Well, after the laughter died down, the RO gently reminded me it was a SHOOTING range not a knife range.
So far this year, there is the old guy who comes out with a nice older Garand, fires maybe 1 clip through it (Yes, CLIP, Garands have clips, not mags, *ping* and all that)- but he is at the rane maybe 4 hours to fire those 8 shots, and he spends all his time walking up and down the firing line asking people a lot of personal questions, do you belong to the NRA, stuff like that.
There is the guy who was brass ratting- Hey, I'm a brass rat, but I believe as long as someone is at their lane, they own their brass!- Anyway, this guy was literally scooping up brass as it is ejected from the gun. It was annoying this shooter, who changed over to a Mosin-Nagant with a 16.25" barrel and lit off a couple shots. The brass rat clutched his ears and staggered back, cussing and fuming.
Then there are the guys who show up with a nice AR and set up ten yard targets and proceed to hold a nice 12" group at ten yards and brag about how they bought the cryogenic steel heavy barrel with flutes and stinger missiles and a laser sight that shoots down satellites and how uber-Awesome the rifle is.
The standard response from the RO is, "If any rifle I owned shot like that I'd send it back to the factory."
Then there's the carload of early 20-somethings that always have at least one AK and a few pistols that just can't stop bumpfiring. Or rapid fire mag dumps in the pistols. While giggling, usually.
Let's see, there's the "Most Powerful Handload In The World" guy.
There's the "Anything less than a .50 Deagle is for wusses and pussified men" guy.
There's the guy who shows up and runs 500 patches through his gun between shots because he's "breaking in" a new barrel- and lets the patches just drop on the ground and blow around.
BEST ANECDOTE EVAR:
True Story:
I have a Savage-Springfield 120 .22 single shot rifle I got cheap. It had no rear sight. I stuck a cheap BSA riflescope on it on some freebie rings I got and went to site it in, but forgot my binoculars. It's hard to see a .22 hole in a target at 50 yards with no binocs, especially since the scope wasn't even boresighted, just stuck on, so I moved the target holder to the pistol line at 7 yards for starters to get it on paper. Well, the scope was so far off I was getting frustrated, I'd got there 20 minutes before closing, and I still hadn't gotten it in the 10-ring yet. When you arethat close it takes a lot of clicks to move your POI!
Anyway, the RO calls last shots, I took the last shot, and was just outside the 10-ring. Frustrated, I put the rifle down and someone made a comment about how the safest place on the range was behind my target. So I took my FAL bayonet I had in my shooters bag and whipped it at the target. It stuck low and in the bull, and the entire target stand fell over on the ground. (It was a home-made jobbie out of scrap lumber).
Well, after the laughter died down, the RO gently reminded me it was a SHOOTING range not a knife range.
VPLthrneck
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Print up a little card to hand to the next guy that attempts to hit on her there that says: "Bubba at (insert state prison name here) needs a new roomate and heard you might be available for the next 10-20." I bet you don't see him for a while.
A year or so ago when I was stationed in San Diego, I took my Henry .22 to the range to sight it in; it's an indoor range and the only allowed rifles are .22's. After I had it sighted in, 4 guys (mid-late 20's) had set up next to me and started shooting, ok no big deal. After a few (30+) shots at a 15 yard target, I noticed the guys not shooting would look over, talk amongst themselves, point over the shoulder thing, at me and kind of laugh. OK still no big deal, you want to shoot your pistols fine whatever, I like my Henry. Now I'm taking my time, getting groups of 17 that are 2-3 inches, although a little high of the bull. Several minutes later I heard one of them say just loud enough "that's a rabbit gun" then his 3 buddies start laughing. I reload the tube, put up a new target, run it out to the 25 yard line (max distance at this range), throw the rifle into the shoulder and roll off a steady stream as fast as I can work the lever. A nice little 2 inch group, that on a hi-vis target turned into a green spot, 6 inches above the bull. After I set the Henry down, I looked over at those guys and they were pretty quiet. Two of them step up to their bench to load magazines, and the others acted like they were looking for stuff in their bags. I gathered up my stuff, sacked up the Henry, looked at the one guy who was not pretending to be busy, and just smiled and nodded. Something tells me these 4 don't talk smack about lever guns, even the small ones.
KiltedClaymore
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to which i would have replied "indeed it is, your point?"
nothing wrong with shooting rabbit guns for fun!
Bartkowski
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Another thing that really annoys me is when people take up 10 benches. The one public range I like to go to only has 6 benches, fortunately it is empty most of the time. But every once in a while we get a crowd there. One time these two guys felt the need to put two hard cases on one bench, a spotting scope and a gun case on another bench and then one guy would shoot from a third bench. Meanwhile I am there with two friends and don't have a place to shoot.
We stood for ten minutes before anyone bothered to move some stuff into there car. (about 5ft from the benches)
Another interesting day was seeing a guy with some barret bolt action. He shot at 100 yards, let his barrel cool for quite a while and was left with a 6" group.
We stood for ten minutes before anyone bothered to move some stuff into there car. (about 5ft from the benches)
Another interesting day was seeing a guy with some barret bolt action. He shot at 100 yards, let his barrel cool for quite a while and was left with a 6" group.
camoman33935
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Nah... Here's what you gotta do.....
Lean in close to him, look deep into his eyes, gently remove one side of his earmuffs, and whisper in his ear "I love you" and just act like nothin happened after that
He should pretty well leave you alone after that.....
Lean in close to him, look deep into his eyes, gently remove one side of his earmuffs, and whisper in his ear "I love you" and just act like nothin happened after that
He should pretty well leave you alone after that.....
Rmac58
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At the range today, I was at the 25 yarder, two fellas, had to be brothers, and a woman were shooting a big rifle of some kind. They went to the furthest spot from me, I was over to one side, mostly. I made a point of acknowledging them, so they could set up targets, and call a cold range. They asked, I said OK and backed away from the line, as per instructions.
All went well, I overheard the guy/s explaining the proper stance, posture etc. she seemed to be pretty accurate.
Two thumbs up.
At this range, there are no RO's, it's understood how to act when another shooter approaches.
All went well, I overheard the guy/s explaining the proper stance, posture etc. she seemed to be pretty accurate.
Two thumbs up.
At this range, there are no RO's, it's understood how to act when another shooter approaches.
R.W.Dale
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I think I actually know who this thread is about
and YEAH! he's that damn annoying
Most people refer to him as "that annoying guy"
and YEAH! he's that damn annoying
Most people refer to him as "that annoying guy"
woad_yurt
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To ge someone to shut up without saying a word to them:
Try looking at the top of his forehead instead of in his eyes. Don't blink and don't say a word. Soon, he'll stop talking and there will be a very awkward pause. He'll probably say a word or two more and then there'll be more silence and then he'll go away. Remember, stare at the top of their foreheads, say nothing, and don't blink. I guarantee they'll leave you alone after that. It looks really messed up. Try it.
Try looking at the top of his forehead instead of in his eyes. Don't blink and don't say a word. Soon, he'll stop talking and there will be a very awkward pause. He'll probably say a word or two more and then there'll be more silence and then he'll go away. Remember, stare at the top of their foreheads, say nothing, and don't blink. I guarantee they'll leave you alone after that. It looks really messed up. Try it.
halfbreed808
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Rondog, That's hilarious.
jerkface11
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Does this guy drive a minivan? If so I know who you're talking about.
EBRDude
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I shoot from my back deck, but sometimes I get tired of hearing myself talk to myself. I am like "why don't you just be quiet so I can shoot?" Of course, then I have to make some smart reply like "you can't shoot worth a damn anyway"
It goes on and on until I get fed up and go back inside.
It goes on and on until I get fed up and go back inside.
siglite
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Hmm.... I wonder if somewhere on the internet there's a post about me being "that guy."
No, I don't have the coolest firearms evar. No, I'm not going to give you unsolicited shooting advice, even if you desperately need it. No, I'm not going to open up with people downrange. I've never bumpfired anything, and the most "ninja-esque" thing I do is draw-fire drills and emergency reloads over on the end of the line, assuming the benches nearby are clear.
But! If I'm on the range, and you show up, at some point during a cease fire, I'm likely to walk up, introduce myself, and hand you a WVCDL flier. Sometimes that leads to more conversation about nearly anything from local/state firearms laws to "hey man, you ever shot a garand?"
But I try to be pretty good at reading people. If they don't want to talk, I just leave 'em a flier and go. If they do want to talk, I'll stand there and BS with 'em. At least until my trigger finger gets all itchy again, then I'll wander back to my firing point and start shooting again.
No, I don't have the coolest firearms evar. No, I'm not going to give you unsolicited shooting advice, even if you desperately need it. No, I'm not going to open up with people downrange. I've never bumpfired anything, and the most "ninja-esque" thing I do is draw-fire drills and emergency reloads over on the end of the line, assuming the benches nearby are clear.
But! If I'm on the range, and you show up, at some point during a cease fire, I'm likely to walk up, introduce myself, and hand you a WVCDL flier. Sometimes that leads to more conversation about nearly anything from local/state firearms laws to "hey man, you ever shot a garand?"
But I try to be pretty good at reading people. If they don't want to talk, I just leave 'em a flier and go. If they do want to talk, I'll stand there and BS with 'em. At least until my trigger finger gets all itchy again, then I'll wander back to my firing point and start shooting again.
bandreassen
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I'm just starting with this sport and have only been to a public range a few times. It definitely gets your attention when someone shows up with an assalt type rifle and fires round after round after round. Even the RO was complaining about the noise.
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