Throwing down the gauntlet - a coworker's challenge to a new shooter

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So, as I was walking into work today I saw a friend of mine (she is also a new shooter) with her boss outside and stopped to confirm our plans to go to the range tomorrow. The boss man has been shooting "for years", but I'm not sure what that actually translates to. My friend proceeds to tell him how I'm a "really good shot" (this is not the true, I'm not even a somewhat good shot, but my targets were better than hers the last time we went to the range), and I replied with "Watch out Mike, I'll be out-shooting you before you know it." He asked if I was throwing down the gauntlet for a challenge, and while normally I am up for a challenge, I laughed it off and said I have to get to work.

About a half hour later my friend and I get the following e-mail from her boss:

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Gauntlet

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I’m throwing one. Here’s the deal. I’ll join you for any range trip you two make after the holidays are over, and make you a deal:

I’ll shoot against you both, as a team, in any kind of friendly match you design (built to your strengths) – AND I’ll shoot YOUR guns myself – whatever you shoot best, I’ll have to shoot myself better to beat you. Just for showing up, I’ll bring the toy below and let you shoot it all you want. If EITHER of you outshoots me in the contest, I pay for one 30-round magazine full of ammo for EACH of you. If I win, you still shoot the toy all you want, but buy all your own ammo instead of everything after the first mag.

I haven’t shot a gun for anything but test firing in three years. And I’m old. Surely one of you can get some free bullets out of this…..

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My reply was "I'll take that deal. Even if we lose it will be fun!", and my friend's reply was "Okay, but I just want to know what that thing is..." I'm fairly certain we don't have any strengths that could be considered a competitive advantage, but I will be sure to wear a top with a deep v-neck.

Thought some of you guys might get a kick out of this challenge. I know he's going to clean the floor with us, but it will be fun.
 
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sounds like a win -win to me.......you lose, you still get to shoot an MP-5....you win, you shoot an MP-5 even more.....
 
Sounds fun. Keep it that way and all three will be way ahead!

The "toy" photo showed up for me....I'd like to shoot that too!

Mark
 
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I will be sure to wear a top with a deep v-neck.
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This could lead to pain, disfiguring scars, and wounded coworkers.
Those things throw a lot of hot brass around and even one down a shirtfront is an unpleasant event.
 
Competition improves your skill. Some wilt under the pressure. You should rise to your best. Go in with the attitude that it is OK to lose to a more skilled opponent, it is never OK to lose because you didn't give your best effort.
 
He is a cool guy. I've got two new direct reports who are shooters, too, which is pretty fun.

Thanks for the reminder about hot brass. I have a love affair with revolvers so I tend not to remember that. I'll wear a pullover with a 1/4 length zipper, which will work perfectly. Although, thinking realistically, it's COLD at the range and I usually wear 3 or 4 layers, one if which is a turtleneck.
 
Yeah, about the only thing better is getting to write off your ammo as a 'business' expense, and with that 'toy' , giggle switch installed, you'll need to.

like everybody else has said, you get an opportunity that most only dream about, firing a full auto.
Oh, you might suggest a turtle neck or high neck shirt with NO holes, cause the brass dance isn't fun for anyone, funny, but not fun.
 
9mm ammo is inexpensive anyway. I say wear that thing out - win our lose, it's an experience you won't forget.

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Here's the part I'm now feeling a little guilty about: I've never had the desire to shoot even a semi-auto, much less a full auto. I was serious about my love affair with revolvers...

The cool guy is my friend's boss and they are in a different division of the company as me, so our working paths don't cross too often. He actually re-wrote our company firearms policy (we can't carry at work, but apparently the original policy was vague in a negative way for gun owners). I know one of the guys on my team has gone shooting with him before, and I'm thinking of quietly arranging an informal day at the range for us all to have something fun to do besides work. The other shooter on my team is a hunter, but I'm sure he would be game for this kind of thing (and if not he can just bring the venison jerky and have the cooler stocked for when we're done).

So, tell me: how rare of an opportunity is it to shoot a gun like this?
 
To answer your question in post 19:
Extremely rare. Since the machine gun registry was closed in 1986, no new FA guns can be sold to civilians. What was registered then is all there ever will be. As such, demand is artificially high. Even though it would cost no more to manufacture than a semi-auto version, trying to buy a full-auto MP5 on the used market would (by my 5-minute google research) cost you upwards of $20,000.

You should try it out, even if you're more of a revolver fan. You might never get the chance again.
 
was closed in 1986, no new FA guns can be sold to civilians
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Tiny quibble, that ought read: was closed in 1986, no new FA guns can be made for civilians.

Non-barred citizens may buy what local regulations and their finances allow. But, your point that the selection has been made finite is still apt. You can buy as many DeLoreans as you want, finding them in a condition you want to buy is harder.

Which makes the full autos made available for rent at shoots all the more generous.
 
you just might have a more significant advantage for this fun match than supposed
bring those revolvers !
(especially if you have a hand for DA shooting, running DTs and such)
if da' man is into semi-autos, nice as they are, it's quite different from shooting a DA wheelie

no matter which way it goes, have FUN !

shoot well, be well, be safe, and always mind your backdrop
 
Take a few boxs of ammo no matter if you win or lose and shoot. You will go through a thirty rd mag faster than you can load your wheel gun. Have fun
 
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