surprise at the Range

[e3mrk]

My Brother and I were at our favorite shooting range the other day and heard the beautiful sound of a full auto rifle in the next stall,The range had purchased a MP-5 and a Sten sub machine gun for rent,After we were done shooting I paid the bill and one of the owners told Me they were getting a Chicago typewriter(Thompson with the 50 round drum magazine)
I cant wait to shoot that. It's expensive $50.00 + ammo but what the heck You only go around once in life so why not enjoy the trip.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Our range has several full auto choices. They are $20 plus range ammo to the general public. Members just pay for range ammo. They are rarely used.

 

[Arik]

I rented one at the range back in 2001. The fastest $160 I ever spent! I don't remember the amount of ammo but it was 3 or 4 stick mags worth. Fun rifle!!

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[coltle6920]

I don't reload but if I did I guarantee every piece of brass would be coming home with me.

Now if it was on someone else's dime that would be different story.

 

[Frank46]

Friend does weapons training for some of the local police departments. Walked into a local indoor range and there he was shooting a H&K MP% with a silencer on it. Grabbed a 50 round box of 9mm and a set of ear muffs. Best fun I ever had with my clothes on. And my buddy who was with me missed the whole thing. Frank

 

[Tom S.]

Reminds me of a video I saw years ago of Mike Dillon firing his quad 50 caliber mount. With a cycle rate of 550 rounds a minute times 4, there was a lot of expensive brass raining down from that thing! At the time, military surplus 50 cal was around $1 a round. So a minutes worth of firing was around $2,200. Now days, I think they are up around $3 or $4 a piece.

 

[vonn]

Couldn't see feeding a 50 cal but a M-60 would be really cool to have. SHTF situations with lots of zombies! Awesome fire power that is man portable.

 

[sureshotbob]

I have fired my buddy's Thomsons a 1928 and M1 also his Uzi with and without the suppressor also his M50 Riesing. The only one I ever owned was a Cobray M11 .9MM that I set up with a collapsible M16 stock and a top end set up with MP 5 sights I also installed a slowfire kit that got it down to 650 rpm instead of the 1200 rpm.
They all were a lot of fun to shoot.

 

[tattooo]

They are allot of fun to shoot but man do they drain your wallet.

 

[old tanker]

The nephews turning .303 MkVII ball into noise and hot water!

 

[dougb1946]

My local indoor range has a selection of 9mm, 223, and .30 including a belt fed on a tripod. Also a few Soviet block types. Watched a guy shoot a mag of 9mm in about 3 seconds. Hit the target (7 yds) twice but had a big grin. If that doesn't do it for you, he has a few tracked vehicles to drive through the wood and over cars, including an English tank. All it takes is money.

 

[UncleEd]

Funny, I remember that in Chicago at a boy's confirmation or
bar mitzvah a Thompson machine gun with 50-round
drum was gifted as a right of passage.

You hayseeds seem like a deprived lot.

 

[kimporter]

buddy of mine has a mg-42,talk about fun

 

[rwsmith]

Cool, but to me.....

.... they are a novelty. I didn't realize how much ammo I'd shoot just going to semi auto. A 'burst' of full auto would have me at the reloading bench for a long time.

 

[bigwheelzip]

I didn't realize how much ammo I'd shoot just going to semi auto.

I know! Sometimes I slow myself down by loading three rounds at a time in the mags.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Like my teenage boys....... love um; but can't afford to feed them!!!!

 

[BAM-BAM]

I know! Sometimes I slow myself down by loading three rounds at a time in the mags.

LOL as a frugal man of Scottish heritage ......

I never got an AR until I was about 45....... when I learned .223/5.65 ammo was $180/1000 vs $18-22 for 20 rounds of other centerfire rifle ammo.

I have 20rd mags for when/if the SHTF...... 30 rounders for TEOTWAWKI and 10round mags.......... for everything else!!!!!!

 

[rwsmith]

Me too, not more than...

I know! Sometimes I slow myself down by loading three rounds at a time in the mags.

Not more that 7 or 8. Like one of those 1911s that don't hold 'enough' rounds.

 

[Coaltminer]

Subgun

Sorry, no interest. My former boss, now deceased since 2003, bought Calico 9mm semi auto, 100 Rd. drum. Worked fine, *** ya gonna do with it? Waste of ammo
Rd.

 

[zzzippper]

I've shot a number of full auto; M-16, MP5, AK47, FN FAL, and British medium MG. The only one I didn't like was an AK with a folding wire stock. That one hurt. The full wood stocked version was fun.