Everybody has "rights" but few have courtesy. Joe
Another Range Experience
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hangnoose
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THAT STINKS!
& you really did not do anything any normal person should have done. Hopefully next year you won't wait until the last minute, and have to deal with idiots like that. IMO the only thing weekends at a public range are good for is checking out the scantily clad trophy girlfriends, dumpster diving for all the stuff people throw away like: brass, ammo boxes, high viz target dots, stripper & moon clips etc.
& you really did not do anything any normal person should have done. Hopefully next year you won't wait until the last minute, and have to deal with idiots like that. IMO the only thing weekends at a public range are good for is checking out the scantily clad trophy girlfriends, dumpster diving for all the stuff people throw away like: brass, ammo boxes, high viz target dots, stripper & moon clips etc.
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the one range i go to is strict on rules , but very friendly i like going there the range officers help you if you need it, will even spot for you a very personal bunch. but if if you act like a blank and ignore rule s 3 strikes your out at least for the rest of that day very rarely happens
Retired LTC USAR
US Veteran
But those of us who have been in the military know how a range should be run. We know what "up and down range" and "point in a safe direction at all times" mean. Maybe they can't read the signs....maybe we should text them the rules? And then again there are those "know it all's" and those who believe "I don't have to go by the rules"!
Arik
Member
While I would prefer to live in the middle of nowhere so that I can shoot of my porch I would gladly use any state game land that's free of range officers. This is why I drive an hour and a half out of my way to range with no Nazis instead of using the one that's one mile from my house
Brian41
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I feel for the OP and having to deal with idiots like that.
I go to a private range that has rules and range officers that enforce them. Being retired I go during the week when nobody much is there. Even so some idiots slip through the gaps but are quickly taken care of.
I have my own little range out back I shoot at too and love having one. Sometimes though it's nice to go to the range and shoot with others. Most are real interested in my revolvers and 1911s as you don't see so many these days. I've been commended for my shooting before and explain a lot of it has to do with the gun's accuracy and not me.
I go to a private range that has rules and range officers that enforce them. Being retired I go during the week when nobody much is there. Even so some idiots slip through the gaps but are quickly taken care of.
I have my own little range out back I shoot at too and love having one. Sometimes though it's nice to go to the range and shoot with others. Most are real interested in my revolvers and 1911s as you don't see so many these days. I've been commended for my shooting before and explain a lot of it has to do with the gun's accuracy and not me.
Who is clueless?
A guy about 35 shows up a public range with 3 kids. No target, no target holder, no ear protection for any one, bolt action .270 rifle, and new box of factory ammo.
I am shooting an XP-100 in 223 Rem, the muzzle blast and noise can be described as intolerable. Two other shooters besides my self are shooting. He wants to know if he can have one of my "copied" targets? I asked him what he was going to do with it, seeing as he didn't have a "target holder" and laying it on the ground wouldn't work.
He shoots at the dirt berm 125 yards away for 2 shots. I fire XP once. It is 10:15 AM. He asks me how long I'm going to shoot. I look at my watch, look at him, and reply, "About 3:30 or 4:00 PM" He acknowledges that my gun is really loud. I inform him that there is no problem shooting it with ear protection -- I'm using plugs and muffs.
He gets very angry, packs up, and leaves without saying good-bye. I picked up his 2 pieces of fired brass.
He didn't do a very good job either of supervising the children. 
A guy about 35 shows up a public range with 3 kids. No target, no target holder, no ear protection for any one, bolt action .270 rifle, and new box of factory ammo.
I am shooting an XP-100 in 223 Rem, the muzzle blast and noise can be described as intolerable. Two other shooters besides my self are shooting. He wants to know if he can have one of my "copied" targets? I asked him what he was going to do with it, seeing as he didn't have a "target holder" and laying it on the ground wouldn't work.
He shoots at the dirt berm 125 yards away for 2 shots. I fire XP once. It is 10:15 AM. He asks me how long I'm going to shoot. I look at my watch, look at him, and reply, "About 3:30 or 4:00 PM" He acknowledges that my gun is really loud. I inform him that there is no problem shooting it with ear protection -- I'm using plugs and muffs.
He gets very angry, packs up, and leaves without saying good-bye. I picked up his 2 pieces of fired brass.
He didn't do a very good job either of supervising the children. eyegots2no
Member
At an old public range near hear----they had a RO that would pick up rifles on the bench that did not have the actions open WHILE the shooters were downrange.
I told the management that their RO was a goon and they needed to get smart real fast.
I told the management that their RO was a goon and they needed to get smart real fast.
