What is your range uniform?

[3KillerBs]

You scare me. You must live in San Fran!

What's scary about a woman preferring pink-rimmed safety glasses?

 

[1911fan]

Dress Blues, shower shoes and a light coat of oil.

Seriously, long pants, closed shoes, high-necked shirt (in the winter I wear a lot of flannel shirts and will ALWAYS have a t-shirt on underneath) and a hat...my Llama .45 throws brass straight up and over and I've had more than one bounce off my hat brim. Eyes and ears, of course.

When I take my wife to the range with me, I always make sure it's high neck shirts, closed shoes, hair in a ponytail and hat. She likes to wear cropped pants and that works okay. E&E, of course.

I like to tell a story of a time when I went to the range and a guy who was with another group decided to watch me shoot my Ruger Mark II. He kept getting closer and closer until he was finally almost at my left hip pocket (I was shooting one-handed). Unless you're coaching me, stay the hell out from behind me and keep in my range of vision, OK?

I emptied the last mag on the Mark II and took a quick half-step to my left and grabbed my Llama. I slapped in a mag, let the slide go and fired seven as fast as I could, dropped the mag, reloaded and did it again. No hat, no glasses, earplugs only, he was doing the brass dance before I quit shooting. He continued to watch at a respectful distance after that...

Remember, brass--and not just your own--gets everywhere. I've read several posts where the poster had a piece of hot brass get between their shooting glasses and their eyelid. It's hats on for me.

ed

 

[talldragon]

5.11 pants and a t-shirt (always one underneath as well)

I have extra pairs that are "out of spec." for work (part of uniform requirement where I work) Very handy at the range.

 

[exavid]

Pretty much whatever I happen to be wearing that day. From shorts, sandals and polo shirt to heavier gear in cold weather when shooting at the outdoor range and about the same minus the coat in the gun club's indoor range.

 

[Eric F]

On a serious note, for the modern shooting "coat" I understand the elbow pads but why the built in recoil pads? and why are they so stiff? often made of heavy leather that will not bend easily? Leather sure for life long wear, but that can happen with soft leather too.

 

[Ringolevio]

Hemingway-esque?

I tend to favor khaki. At least in warm weather. Carhartt lightweight canvas trousers. Bush shirt. Eotac lightweight vest or a bush jacket (always with gloves in the pocket). Desert combat boots. And always a brimmed hat. Tilley or Ultimate. At the range, walking in the woods with my dog, or anywhere.

Some might call it "tacticool". I prefer to think my sartorial role model is Ernest Hemingway. He is, after all, a hero of mine.

I'm sometimes asked, "Are you on safari?"

Depending on my mood, I have 2 stock answers:

1) "Well, it is a jungle out there, y'know."
2) "So, what are you, the [blankety-blanking] fashion police?"

 

[Hawthorne2k]

Shorts or jeans depending on the weather, t-shirt, cap, running shoes. I shoot how I dress.

 

[snake eater 332]

I'll usually wear BDU or cargo pants, a t-shirt, boots, and a baseball cap. I'll also frequently wear my duty belt and/or my chest rig. Being LE and prior military, this is similar to what I'd wear for work or tactical competitions, so it works for me.

 

[BigN]

This time of year I wear whatever is warm. Summer I wear whatever is comfortable.

 

[Sav .250]

I was not aware that there was such a thing as ...proper range apparel.
Go figure! Well, I`m off to Wal-Mart to correct that over site.

 

[HOOfan_1]

The girl's wearing a "Zombie Hunter" hat (the guys hat is a little more base in its humor - I'll let ya'll read it for yourselves ). Wrath and ruin fits in that context .

I figured it was a nod to LoTR

"Ride for wrath, ride for ruin and a red dawn"

 

[HGUNHNTR]

I like to wear OD Blackhawk high speed boots, kevlar underwear, a load bearing vest or two (depending on the size of my load), 5.11 super secret tac pants, a helmet and goggles, knee pads in a contrasting color to my pants, cut proof gloves, and a dive watch. Kidding..Just nice everyday clothing. Is there really a need to wear "tackticlown" clothing at the range?

 

[armoredman]

T-shirt and jeans. It's AZ, so it's almost always t-shirt weather.

 

[doubleh]

I wear black cargo pants held up by a black belt and with the legs stuffed down in a pair of black tactical boots. I slip on a black t-shirt and a black ski mask so I look like the local drug enforcement guys when they do a raid.

Weelllll-----not really. I don't even own any of that other than a few black t-shirts with Harley Davidson on them. I just wear jeans and a t-shirt with a ball cap and tennies in summer. In cold weather I'll go to boots and add a jacket.

 

[Rollis R. Karvellis]

Not the first time I, have been accused of sounding like Cap. Kirk. But what do you expect, I was asleep* most the time in english class. *This is the polite way of saying passed out.

 

[Frank Ettin]

Um, let's see --

Skintight black leather beeches extending to two inches below the knee, a feathered codpiece, red and yellow argyle knee-socks and a bright orange sequined top. That way, I'm pretty much assured to have the range to myself.

Seriously, whatever I'm wearing that day. And in a class --

 

[Dunkelheit]

What do you wear when you go shooting?

I usually wear a graphic T, or a breathable polo, some jeans, or cargo pants, and some leather shoes. Sometimes I'll wear a hat. Nothing special really.



This is what they wear in Germany:

Jath, that is not true. There might be a handful of fanatics who believe they can improve their results by wearing this funny dresses but most shooters just wear casual clothings. I prefer 5.11 pants, and polo shirts on the range.

 

[Sam Cade]

Weather permitting, nothing other than eye protection and comfortable shoes.
I wouldn't wear the shoes but stepping on hot brass sucks.

Seriously though, I try to spend as much time naked as I can and since "the range" is my backyard I'm not going to get dressed just to plink.

 

[towboat_er]

Jeans, t-shirt, baseball cap, socks, and boots.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Good thing you didn't ask a SASS member

 

[deputy tom]

Spring,summer fall, I wear T-shirt,jeans,ball cap,glasses,hearing protection,tennis shoes.Spring and fall add a sweatshirt over the T-shirt.Winter add the sweatshirt and add a jacket.Substitute boots for the tennis shoes and we are set.I sometimes wear gloves when it's really cold.tom.

 

[mortablunt]

Normally whatever it was I had on when I got my gun and decided I wanted to go. This has lead to me showing up at the range in a business suit on a startlingly high number of ocasions. I don't normally plan on going, so there's not a whole lot of preparation. I have recently found that BDU pants are insanely comfortable and practical, so I might begin wearing those so I can keep all my ammo and stuff in the pockets.

 

[ShawnC]

Isn't this standard?

 

[Hangingrock]

 

[hso]

Whatever's comfortable.

I have a little pistol range off the back porch so I might be wearing anything (or not). If I'm going somewhere to shoot I'll wear lw hiking boots and whatever's comfortable and appropriate for the conditions. I'm not interested in posing for anyone.