What is this thing? I've never seen anything like it. It looks like a ray gun from outerspace.

My Enfield .303 received a lot of attention yesterday at the range. I was mostly impressed by a young man (maybe 13-14 years old) who approached me and new quite a bit about the gun.

You must be a yng'n, right?

Son, that's a genuine Buck Rogers Atomic Ray gun! I got mine for Christmas back in the late 1940s; looked just like this one. When you pull the trigger, it activates sparks in the atomic amplified regeneration activator on top, just like a cigarette lighter. It has a cigarette lighter flint and wheel. That creates a red glow in the windows there. Pulling the trigger back further gives an audible "POP" and the atomic disintegration ray goes forth from the muzzle, obliterating anything in its path (if you have an active imagination).

These are very nostalgic collector's items now. I have one that's fully functional and am the envy of every old f*rt I know when I show it.

I actually have two "ray guns." Here's the other one:



John

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Rifle wise , my 8MM Turkisk Mauser and for handguns its my 10MM S&W 1006 with my special old school Norma level loads . I actualy got asked to leave an indoor range once .

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Yesterday I went to a Sporting Clays Event fundraiser for our Boy Scout Council. I took my J.C. Higgins model 20 12 gauge shotgun with a pachmyer power pac choke attached. It was given to me by my Grandfather. Had a lot of questions after the rain quit. Awesome day other than the little bit of rain.

The younger guys at the range notice the AK-47.

More experienced shooters ask about the Apache Black and Chrome pre-serial number Nylon 66 ~ or that green plastic Remington.

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probably my Thompson

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My 460 S&W Mag gets everyone's attention.

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It always boils down to my SIG P229 Sport in .357SIG with big straight up compensator. Something about the report and shockwave always includes a, "What the hell are you shooting?" response from someone. It's amazing, because I shoot a lot of different stuff at the pistol range. Always folks want to know about that one. It is a fun gun for sure. Just ordered a 9mm Bar-Sto barrel and springs for it, for a little cheaper shooting. Other than compensator, it's pretty plane Jane, so it always seems funny to me, the attention it gets.

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The one in the middle:

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In my over 30 years of shooting firearms in indoor ranges I have never been approached by any one stranger either directly observing or commenting to me on the type of firearm I am shooting. I have owned and shot at many local ranges various types of interesting guns over the years and, I guess now strangely enough since it's brought up, not even once was I ever accousted with regard to any of my personal firearm displays. Incidently, I've never witnessed it happening to anyone else whilst patronizing an indoor public gun range.

I think talking to strange shooters at an indoor range is considered rather forward in the least and rude or even brash in the extreme. Especially if you are commenting, even positively, about their personal handguns. I thinks it is much akin to striking up a conversation in a public washroom with the guy next to you in the urinal while taking a piss.

I believe, for whatever fundamental reason, it's seen here in the ChicagoLand, Illinois area as a potential homosexual overture which is something to be avoided at all costs. Even if it means detering the possible exchange of ideas about particular or peculiar held firearms.

Here you may looky, but no talky and definitely no touchy. (Unless you know the guy) At an indoor range you talk to no one. It's a solitary affair. Eyes straight ahead, be safe and mind your business.

Now...an outdoor range is vastly different. Outdoors open, more laid back, lack of vertical barriers, many people walking about, etc.. Things are more extroverted and the environment more conducive to pleasantries and commentary, some of which may be less than pleasant, especially if the other guys don't like your stuff.

It's a strange and funny world out there, this polite "gun culture." Whereas everything said and done must be backed up with your very life.

My Ruger 454 Alaskan, followed closely by my 629 Performance center (when hitting spinner targets at 100 yards with open sights) and Ruger SR-556 (for some reason, every time I take it to the range, someone corners me for 15 minutes to talk about it)

Mateba mtr 8 in.38 special.

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it's sad that you live somewhere that speaking to someone can be taken as a "homosexual gesture" ah,the beauty of living in the south

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without question....my snubby 460 mag.or 7.5" performance center 500 mag.

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This has been to the local range a few times just for kicks..The looks I get when I set it on that table are nothing like the ones I get after I've shot it..

Gee, I have spent more time talking to other members (and general public shooters) than shooting at times. If someone has a "neat" gun, we watch them shoot, and let them see us admiring their gun. Usually ends up with a "want to pop a few rounds?". I've made a lot of friends this way, and have let some shoot my guns also. I've also helped out a lot of newbies who was having problems, or, for example, bought a cool gun they should not have. (A guy had a 44 magnum he "had to have" but had never shot a pistol before -only rifles. I spent over an hour with him, going over shooting procedure, then he shot my 22 pistol, then my 9mm, then my .357mag revolver, then he felt comfortable shooting his 44. Afterwards we talked outside for a while, where he thanked me for my help, and told me if I had not done what I did, he probably would have sold the pistol and never bought another. I've seen him several times since, and he now has at least 4 different pistols.
Gun owners need to let others see we are "real people" and not all cold blooded killers like the media portrays. By being friendly to both shooters and non-shooters, we only help out the cause of the 2nd ammendment.

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I must say, that when I had my 5 Mosin Nagant Russian rifles, I always had everybody's attention when I shot them at the 25 yard indoor range. I also had a lot of people asking to shoot them, which I almost always let them do (After I watched them shoot their own guns).

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Mine's cool,





but not totally übercool like Paladin's. What a great piece!



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Yeah the nimrods around here have not seen many of these.

I'm glad I don't live there. I talked to everyone I meet no matter where it is. If they don't talk back from now on I'll just say "he must be from Chicagoland IL". Life must be dull in Chicagoland since you can't talk to anyone.

Medusa, as I call her. She's my Bushmaster BA 50BMG. I belong to a private club where it's usually not a problem. At the public range I try to get there early and get my shooting done because she always draws a crowd or keeps them away.