My friend who has an SKS lives in Jacksonville so I've been trying to get him to come up here since we have a good size piece of land with some woods behind us, perfect for plinking around. Don't know many people here, especially those with guns as a hobby.
I'd also like to visit there as well since him and his father-in-law go to ranges in the Jacksonville area. Been wanting to try that AR and semi-auto AK-74 he has.
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Seems to be a common problem. I got to the point I said the hell with it and just go by myself. I try and bring my son, but sometimes, an adult just needs another adult to hang with ya' know?
But also, lately, I haven't been going myself even out of the need to conserve ammo.
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Seems to be a common problem. I got to the point I said the hell with it and just go by myself. I try and bring my son, but sometimes, an adult just needs another adult to hang with ya' know?
But also, lately, I haven't been going myself even out of the need to conserve ammo.
Everybody I know always seeme to have "something else to do" or doesn't have the time.
Yep, GlockM, you are absolutely right. Sometimes an adult needs another adult.
I usually end up going alone.
Heh, heh, let's see what happens when I get my range set up.
Glock, do you reload? Set your stores aside and allocate a couple hundred rounds for your shooting and reload it over and over. Conserve and shoot at the same time with no loss.
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I like to go out and shoot and plink but it's not something I want to do very often.
I have went out with friends in the past and to be honest I've not found any of them that put safty first.
So when I do go out and shoot I either go by myself or on a rare occation with my son.
Don't take this wrong, other than 22 ammo I feel like I'm wasting ammo, so shooting my centerfire rifles is only done before hunting season to check zero's.
Shotguns I may shoot more often but not often enough...A.H
I don't have too much trouble finding someone to shoot with but I always have to furnish everything because they aren't really into guns. I end up being the armorer and safety/range officer so I can't just enjoy the shooting. I don't really mind but it would be nice to meet up with folks who brought some experience and equipment of their own to the table.
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I must be lucky. I live on 60 acres, but I'm 15 minutes from Buffalo. I have friends that come out and shoot all the time. Also, my neighbor (the one and only on my street, also owns a MN, and so do some of his buddies.
There's a gunsmith about 5 mins away with a huge stash of MN's that I've been wanting to take a look at, but I know how thats going to end up, another missing $100 and I'll be on the couch.
My land is all hay fields so I don't shoot anything more than a .22, but there is a great public range not 10 minutes from my house.
My main problem is keeping ammo and cleaning swabs in stock!
I also will never hesitate to go out by myself. I usually run into someone at the range and at least have a friendly conversation, if not a few laughs.
i live on 6 acres, a backyard of about 100yds with high hill further back. i do not know any other shooters. my grown daughters are not into guns. so its just me i cannot shoot rifles/shotguns any more, nor can i hit my barn with a handgun if i was standing inside it, wasn't always that way.
my bud from childhood who now lives in AZ has the same problem...no one to play with.
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I usually go with my brother and we have fun together. We tried bringing out a few other friends but all of them seem to have a lack of safety and just want to screw around and shoot in a 360 degree circle, which is dangerous. We tried giving them rules and showing them how to shoot but we pretty much gave up. I either take my brother or I go alone.
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I don't have too much trouble finding someone to shoot with but I always have to furnish everything because they aren't really into guns. I end up being the armorer and safety/range officer so I can't just enjoy the shooting. I don't really mind but it would be nice to meet up with folks who brought some experience and equipment of their own to the table.
+1!
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Interesting.
ArkansasH.: Don't worry about offending anybody: now and then using some ammo seems almost like redundant training, because it would be nice to share a gun with somebody else, and they can let us try out a G-3 or AK.
Watching other people shoot exotic types ( those+ an SVT...) can keep us from using up too much of our own.
Headed now to the small river. Maybe the cottonmouths are coming out of their holes.
I find it very difficult to get people out shooting. 95% of the time I am out with my dad, 3% I can get a friend up, and the rest I am by myself. My dad and I each have friends who shoot, and go out with us once in a while, but the vast majority of the time I am either alone or with my dad.
The friends I have who shoot are just not that into it. I think a lot of them would never shoot if I didn't invite them out.
PSLMAN: I also got tired of furnishing everything. Unless they are completely new and it is an educational trip, I stopped inviting the leaches. If they don't bring their own ammo they are now out of luck. Here you are bringing out a few grand worth of steel and they want to use your ammo too? That gets old quick.
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PSLMAN: I also got tired of furnishing everything. Unless they are completely new and it is an educational trip, I stopped inviting the leaches. If they don't bring their own ammo they are now out of luck. Here you are bringing out a few grand worth of steel and they want to use your ammo too? That gets old quick.
Hey thats what little brothers are for! Just ask my older brother...
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