Some things that have been experienced before but some things that are just off the wall you would never think would happen....
The following stories are 100% true...
#1 "The sky is falling"
At an indoor range doing some 7 yard drills. Notice two enter the range with an AK either 47 or 74 (couldn't tell); they enter a stall to the far right. I pay no mind... until they let off the first 2 shots which promptly ricochet busting one of the lights :blink:... how this happened i dunno... the lights are protected by a triangular armored ceiling...There was a pause, then a sudden rapid fire complete with muzzle rise until 10-15 rounds rounds hit the ceiling :gah: the employees of the range announced over the PA for all shooters to maintain muzzle control somebody was hitting the ceiling. :rant:
I thought maybe hitting the light was a fluke but the shooting the ceiling with a rifle thing prompted me to leave... I packed up and cut my time short. I also clued the employee watching the cameras in on which side of the range "someone" was shooting the ceiling. :buttkick:
This is the same range that posts not to use tracer, armor piercing or incendiary rounds... they have to tell people that? This makes me think some idiot actually brought those types of rounds to practice with... :ticking:
#2 "jumpy aren't we?"
At an indoor range sighting in and testing function of a recent repair on my S&W 29-2. Firing at a target 20 yards away. The procedure is as follows.
fire 4 rounds,
unload,
check target,
adjust as necessary,
reload 4 rounds (repeat)
Well about the time I was at the unload/check target part someone approaches the stall next to me. All I see is the muzzle it was an OD green frame polymer auto loader of some sort. Judging by the muzzle flash, report and target's hole size I would guess 9mm.
Any who I went back to check the target, it was a good group and pretty well on target. :danceban: I load up 6 rounds and on the first shot I hear a *KLUNK* and a gasp...:gah: I immediately cease fire, unlock the cylinder, put it down muzzle downrange and step back to see what happened. Well the guy next to me I guess wasn't expecting the muzzle flash or report he told me he thought he had a KB :scruntiny: almost had a heart attack. I apologized, he moved a few stalls down. :tumbleweed:
#3 "Hey that's my tango!!!!"
This is probably the most annoying and I don't know if it was intentional or not. Practicing with my .45 at 10 yards. I am grouping pretty well. The range is pretty full and you can see targets out on almost all the stalls. I am practicing without my glasses so I can't see the groups unless it is a giant ragged hole or I use feedback type targets (which I do the 2nd).... anyway. I retract the target to see how I did and if I had any zingers (a round or two flying off target)... I find holes of a different caliber in MY target.... whiskey tango foxtrot.... Either the person was a really really really bad shot or they where intentionally shooting my target...Either way it is lucky I was shooting a larger caliber then them I could distinguish what was mine and the alien holes :twak:
The following stories are 100% true...
#1 "The sky is falling"
At an indoor range doing some 7 yard drills. Notice two enter the range with an AK either 47 or 74 (couldn't tell); they enter a stall to the far right. I pay no mind... until they let off the first 2 shots which promptly ricochet busting one of the lights :blink:... how this happened i dunno... the lights are protected by a triangular armored ceiling...There was a pause, then a sudden rapid fire complete with muzzle rise until 10-15 rounds rounds hit the ceiling :gah: the employees of the range announced over the PA for all shooters to maintain muzzle control somebody was hitting the ceiling. :rant:
I thought maybe hitting the light was a fluke but the shooting the ceiling with a rifle thing prompted me to leave... I packed up and cut my time short. I also clued the employee watching the cameras in on which side of the range "someone" was shooting the ceiling. :buttkick:
This is the same range that posts not to use tracer, armor piercing or incendiary rounds... they have to tell people that? This makes me think some idiot actually brought those types of rounds to practice with... :ticking:
#2 "jumpy aren't we?"
At an indoor range sighting in and testing function of a recent repair on my S&W 29-2. Firing at a target 20 yards away. The procedure is as follows.
fire 4 rounds,
unload,
check target,
adjust as necessary,
reload 4 rounds (repeat)
Well about the time I was at the unload/check target part someone approaches the stall next to me. All I see is the muzzle it was an OD green frame polymer auto loader of some sort. Judging by the muzzle flash, report and target's hole size I would guess 9mm.
Any who I went back to check the target, it was a good group and pretty well on target. :danceban: I load up 6 rounds and on the first shot I hear a *KLUNK* and a gasp...:gah: I immediately cease fire, unlock the cylinder, put it down muzzle downrange and step back to see what happened. Well the guy next to me I guess wasn't expecting the muzzle flash or report he told me he thought he had a KB :scruntiny: almost had a heart attack. I apologized, he moved a few stalls down. :tumbleweed:
#3 "Hey that's my tango!!!!"
This is probably the most annoying and I don't know if it was intentional or not. Practicing with my .45 at 10 yards. I am grouping pretty well. The range is pretty full and you can see targets out on almost all the stalls. I am practicing without my glasses so I can't see the groups unless it is a giant ragged hole or I use feedback type targets (which I do the 2nd).... anyway. I retract the target to see how I did and if I had any zingers (a round or two flying off target)... I find holes of a different caliber in MY target.... whiskey tango foxtrot.... Either the person was a really really really bad shot or they where intentionally shooting my target...Either way it is lucky I was shooting a larger caliber then them I could distinguish what was mine and the alien holes :twak: