Nice day at the indoor range.

[coltle6920]

Went today for my weekly shoot. Still having minor FTF issues with a couple firearms. Seems that the mag spring is too strong to allow for a full load. Leaving out one round seems to solve the problem but I'm hoping that over time things will break in.

Now for the fun part. The indoor range I go to has 8 lanes for members and 8 for the public. You can shoot any handgun but only 22LR rifles. It's almost like shooting in your basement.

As I signed in two young men in fatigues were already on their way inside. I try to give people space so I took a lane at the oposite end. I started out with my PMR30. It's loud and spits brass all over. As I started to load a second mag I saw a shadow behind me. It was one of the soldiers. He was looking to see what I was shooting. When the noise is loud and you're able to keep shooting without reloading for a while it tends to draw the attention of others.

I explained to him what I was shooting and offered to let him shoot it. He was like a young boy getting a Daisy rifle for Xmas. He shot half the mag and went back to his lane. A minute later both of them showed up. I let the other soldier shoot my gun and the grins were ear to ear.

A little while later I went over to their lane to see what they were shooting. They had a SIG 45acp, a Springfield 45acp and a Henry 22lr rifle. I got to shoot the handguns and went back to my lane.

Before leaving I went over to thank them for sharing but also to thank them for their service to our Country. I didn't ask their names and probably will never see them again but it turned out to be the best day of my life.

 

[Truckman]

You can meet the nicest people at an indoor range...I built the first one here in Montgomery County...It became a place for the shooting community to gather and socialize regardless of the weather...They were fun times...I hear the owner/operators now are all business......Ben

 

[bigwheelzip]

You can meet the nicest people at an indoor range...

Been that way often at our local SCDNR outdoor range as well.
We were there last week to finish setting a 50 yard zero on a new red dot optic on a new 7.62x51 bullpup. It kicked too much for me to finish the setup due to last year's rotator cuff surgery, so I asked hubby to finish the sighting.
I was overheard by the shooter at the next bench, two lanes away. He was a large older man with long grey hair and a long grey beard, there with a young boy, probably his grandson. He came over to me holding a Henry lever rifle in .22LR, and said that he overheard me saying my shoulder hurt, and he had this rifle I could use if I wanted to, that wouldn't hurt me to shoot.
What a sweetheart, and representative of the kind southern gentlemen that seem the norm here.


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[Greyman50]

Had a similar situation years ago at one of our MG shoots. Had one of my 03’s , M-1 and M1-As there. Couple of N.C. NG range safety guys came by to look at the old weapons. They saw my 03 and M-1 and asked about them, if they could look at them. Told them sure and here’s some ammo to try them out. They were like kids at Christmas.

 

[coltle6920]

This was the first time that there was actually someone else there when I was. I usually go on Mondays. Monday is ladies day and I hope to hook up with some rich cougar.

 

[Golddollar]

This is like the time that one of the attendants at the indoor range near my brother saw that I was shooting an old Luger pistol and he was really overjoyed when I let him put a couple rounds he acquired through it. I told the more complete story before in a thread that I started (FUN DAY AT THE RANGE). I try to not pass up any chance to share our enjoyment our sport with others.