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Old 09-14-2015, 10:13 AM
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I'm sure there are funny/humorous events which have occurred while you've been at the range. Here is mine. I was sighting in a scoped rifle when a fellow asked if the bench next to me was free. I said it was and he proceeded to start unloading his equipment. His rifle was a new AK47 with a scope mounted on it. As he was setting up he told me that he had just gotten the rifle and this would be the first time he had it the range. He was also telling me how experienced he was as a shooter.

He load 5 rounds in the magazine and fired them, using the scope. Not too bad as they were all on the lower- left side of the target. He says, "Not bad but adjustment is needed." He then goes into one of his bags and gets out a front site adjustment tool and tweaks the front sight.

Using the scope, he fires another 5 rounds into the same area as before and again he does more adjustment to the front sight. He repeated the firing and the same results occurred and more front sight adjustment. I just watched and didn't say anything because he was such an "experienced shooter".

After the fourth sting of shots using the scope and with the same results and front sight adjustment, he packed up all of his stuff and was going to take this #%@&* inaccurate rifle back to the gun store. I just wished him good luck and shook my head as he walked away.
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Old 09-14-2015, 10:25 AM
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Range day qualification with M-16 at Lackland AFB 1971. A jackrabbit walked across the range. It ended in a hail of bullets.

BWTM . . . we fired 60 rounds at a 100 yard silhouette. As I recall, we had to hit it 45 times to qualify. I hit it 70 times. Yeah, 70. 60 shots in a tight infinity symbol group in the center of the target, and ten more holes scattered about. I figured the dumb***** sitting next to me shot the wrong target.
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At an indoor range, my wife wanted to try one of my pistols that she was not familiar with. As she raised the gun to aim, she hit the mag release and it hit the bench, bounced and then slid 6' onto the range floor.

The RO had to make everyone table their weapons while I took a broom and retrieved the mag.

All eyes were on me when Ruthie yelled.."He did it".

I got applause as if I'd broken a plate in the school cafeteria.
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I watched a guy come up to the range with an AR-15 and a high power scope mounted on the carrying handle set up his chronograph. he then proceeded to hit the chronograph dead center with the first shot. he then loaded his car back up and left. I think parts were still falling after he left
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At an indoor range, my wife wanted to try one of my pistols that she was not familiar with. As she raised the gun to aim, she hit the mag release and it hit the bench, bounced and then slid 6' onto the range floor.

The RO had to make everyone table their weapons while I took a broom and retrieved the mag.

All eyes were on me when Ruthie yelled.."He did it".

I got applause as if I'd broken a plate in the school cafeteria.


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My wife and I were shooting at the outdoor range at the Ft Bliss Rod Gun Club. We usually shoot on Mondays as that is a members only day. On this particular day we were there in the middle of the week when the range is open to the public for a fee. Usually most shooters are very courteous and ask if they may share a range with you. A group of gang-banger types, wearing their gang clothing and colors, rolled onto our range. Didn't say anything to us, just started hauling out their AK's, AR's and shotguns, moved our gear on the table and pretty much took over. The wife and I just commenced to load our gear in the truck rather than have a confrontation.

This one big macho dude stepped to the line with an AR with a 30 round mag, threw it to his shoulder and fired, the mag fell to the ground as he continued to pull the trigger without a bang. He couldn't figure out what was wrong. I was cracking-up laughing as I drove off.
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Old 09-14-2015, 04:58 PM
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I bought a Taurus PT92 and took it to the outdoor range. First magazine went smoothly. The second magazine, a different one from the first would not eject after it was empty. Pushing the magazine release did nothing. I held the magazine release in and pulled in the magazine. It was hung up on something and would not budge. I'm looking all over the gun for the malfunction. Then my thumb got ahead of my brain and pushed the plunger down on the magazine. SNAP! The slide closed on my thumb. Just like an M1 thumb. Problem was my left hand was useless and I couldn't open the slide with just my right hand. A gentleman a little ways down the bench from me asked if I needed help. I raised the gun to show him it was chewing my thumb off. He laughed and pulled the slide back. He said he was a gunsmith and would look at the gun while to took care of my thumb. I went to the range officer and got some bandaids. I went back to the bench and the man had his back to me working on the gun. I asked him what the problem was and he turned to with his left thumb stuck in the gun just like mine. I asked him if his thumb got ahead of his brain and he said it had. I pulled the slide back and released his thumb. He got some bandaids and came back. It turns out the slide release had gotten under the plunger and would not allow the magazine to drop out.
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Gamecock, I did the same qualifying in '71 at Lackland. I think to qualify expert you had to hit 50 of the 60 fired. I hit 57 or so but they wouldn't qualify me because the guy next to me, who had never fired a gun before, had no hits. He jumped every time he fired a shot. They said how did they know some of the hits weren't from him. You didn't argue with the TI's back then or you'd get sent back to day 1 in basic. Never got a chance to qualify again.
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My ranges are on my land, so there isn't much amusement. Just enjoyable shooting without other goons around.
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I was practicing on the pistol range at the old Sandpoint Naval Air Station in Seattle when a group of young E2’s and E3’s were brought in to qualify for carrying a 1911 while watch standing. After observing their shooting for a while I decided that if any of them told me to “Halt”, I would do just that because if I moved I might walk into a round……

Anyway, the humorous incident was when one of the newbies called the range master over during a firing cycle because he had a problem. I looked over and he was standing there with just a frame in his hand. The rest of the .45 was on the ground out in front of the firing line.
It’s the only time I’ve seen a lug shear off of the barrel…….
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I was an instructor for my dept. I had come across some 75gr WC's loaded two to a case and took some to the range. At the 7 yard line I asked to see an Officers gun. I told him I had to adjust something and when he wasn't looking I loaded my bullets. After he fired 12 rounds we checked the target. 18 holes.It was funny listening to him trying to convince the Lt. and I he had only fired 12 rds.
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The funniest thing I remember was when I was a kid many moons ago. We shot on our property and it could get kind of swampy so my dad would wear these large rubber boots. Shooting my 22 it ejected three hot shells into his boots. My dad turned into a German version of Ricky Ricardo, dancing and cussing in German, English and a few other languages not known to me.

Fifty years later I still think it was funny.
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Shot a DCM National Match with M1 Garand. It was hot and I wore a thin loose Tshirt and shorts. The 1st shot of the prone portion of the match, the shooter to the left of me let one off and it landed on my neck, which then rolled down inside my Tshirt to the middle of my back and stuck to my skin!

After 2 minutes of stupid human tricks and a 5 minute cease fire, I, bandaged and lubed up on the back, resumed my shooting with a collared shirt over my Tshirt, with the collar extended and a baseball cap turned backwards, so it won't go under my shirt. That has become my standard attire for M1 shoots!

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Pretty interesting how hot that '06 case can get isn't it? Made me quit wearing shorts to a match! Still hard to believe it gets THAT hot in that short a period of time.
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As a teenager my dad and I each had Remington 700s for our hunting rifles. We cleaned them to prepare for a trip to the range to sight them in. We get there - about 20 min away from our house. I pull mine out of the case. He pulls his out of his case and the bolt is gone. It turns out he had put it on the bench and proceeded to put a box over it - just to get the box out of the way. He totally spaced replacing it.

I learned a few new words that day. :-D

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Two stories come to mind.

Many years back we had a county owned outdoor range here. At the time I had Tues and Weds off and normally did my shooting on Wednesdays. I had become friends with the Rangemaster and generally it was an all day thing for me. I'd arrive when they opened and leave near to closing. When not actually shooting, I was generally seated in the office talking.
Anyway, early one morning I was just getting started on the handgun side of the range when I heard a very loud BOOM! down on the rifle end. My curiosity aroused, I wander down there to see what the heck that was. Met a real nice fella with a beautiful bolt action in .458 Winchester Magnum. He told me had hadn't had it long and was sighting it in. We had a nice discussion about it and I then went back down to the other end of the range to do my thing.
The place got busy and noisy for most of the day and I didn't pay much attention to the rifle side. About 4:00pm the place had pretty much cleared out when I heard BOOM! again. I looked and sure nuff that guy with the .458 was still there!
I walked down and the conversation went like this:
Me: "You're still here?"
Him: "Yep, but its about zeroed just right."
Me: "How many rounds have you fired through that thing?"
Him: "Six."

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I was set up on the handgun side. Two young punk types set up about two lanes over with their high cap 9mms. On the other side of them was a lane set up with a 4" Model 629 on the bench but no shooter in sight.
So the punks start blazing away. For the most part they are managing to keep most of their shots on paper at 7 yards. The annoying part was that the whole time they're running their mouths like "Yeah! We bad! Ain't nobody gonna mess with us!"
Right about then this gray haired lady in her 60s steps up to the 629. She loads six .44 Specials in it and promptly proceeds to take the X ring out of the target. She then unloaded the gun and walked away.
The look on the punks faces was absolutely priceless! I laughed my butt off!
BTW: I knew the lady. She was the Rangemaster's wife.

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Aloha,

As has been mentioned about getting hot cases in the wrong places.

In Hawaii most of us wear shorts to the range.

I was Sitting and the person on my left was standing shooting a semi auto 22.

Yep, one went into my shorts.

Amazing how one can Safely lower a gun and then Very quickly jump up to get the HOT case out of one's shorts.
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Hot brass can be an endless source of entertainment.
I've got a scar on the back of my neck from a piece of AK brass that went down my collar. I'm told I was quite amusing while hopping around trying to get it out.
Had another case once bounced down into the top of my hiking boot. Yeah that was fun.
I've lost count of how many times hot brass has found odd openings in my clothes.

Ladies please note: Always wear shirts with high neck lines or collars that button when shooting. I know its not funny to you, but men just can't help but find the brass-in-bra dance to be hilarious.
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As a FMF corpsman I had to go through Marine corps FMF (Fleet Marine Force) training. ALmost as bad as their boot camp but just not quite as long, I was on the rifle range qualifying with my trusty M-14.

When the DI found out I could not fire a rifle with both eyes open he had a conniption. I was able to demonstrate my ability but not unless I could close my right eye and shoot off my left shoulder.

I really thought he'd take my rifle away from me and shoot me with it. "YOU WILL LEARN TO SHOOT THE MARINE CORPS WAY OR YOU CAN TAKE YOUR ***** *** Back to the navy.

I fired Expert but I did it my way. I hate it when a trained killer is mad at me.
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I grew up on a farm and always had a BB gun, 22 rifle or 410 shotgun with me. First time on the range was Army with M14. Two things I remember: I had poor form but always hit(the DIs left me alone) and I had never seen people scared of a rifle until one guy cried at the range.

Two 500 S&W Magnum encounters. A guy came hustling onto the range with his just bought 500. He got ready to shoot and realized he had no targets...I gave him one in exchange for a chance to shoot his 500. Shortly thereafter, a big guy with a heavy mop of gray hair arrived, took out his new 500 and commenced to bang away without ear protection....HUH?

Too many stories...shooting at the range and an Asian banger walked downrange while I was shooting. A young man pulled his 22 rifle out of the case, pulled the trigger and shot a hole in the wall! Said wall having been put up 2 days before as a windbreak.

All the things I've seen, I lucky I'm not full of holes!
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I was at the range one day when a couple of deer hunters showed up with their new Marlin .30-30s. They were shooting at about 225 yards while leaning over the hood of a pick-up truck. Open sights.

After watching them shoot and walk out to their targets several times, my roommate and I started shooting his 6" M28. Bill had worked up a good warm .357 load. We set out a couple of gallon milk jugs, filled with water. We both blasted jugs, offhand, at 100 yards.

The deer hunters watched us, packed up their gear and left.
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This one was on me. My friend asked me to help his son sight in his new inline M/L with scope. He was just a few inches off so I tweaked the windage knob. Same point of impact. I tweaked it more and same results. He was loading 150 grains of bp which was a fairly hot load and the gun was recoiling pretty good and we were taking a beating.

I then noticed he had failed to remove the knob covers which just pushed on and not screwed on and we were twisting them and not the knob. Duh, some expert help here.
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