No revolvers in the PNW?

[sigp220.45]

I just joined the indoor range in my town, though I've been there as a guest a few times.

I've never seen anyone other than me shoot a revolver.

I went a couple of days ago to shoot a 1939 Colt OP and a Smith Victory Model .38 Special. The only other person on the range was an old dude like me, shooting a plastic .22 auto. He would load all his mags, then shoot them rapid fire at a target at the ten FOOT line. He finally made a coaster-sized hole in his target, surrounded by plenty of strays.

I wheeled my target down to the 25 yard line and started shooting. He made a few overly-loud coughs at the smoke my factory .38s produced.

We wound up at the checkout getting our membership cards back at the same time. He showed the young guy his target and said, not bad for 15 yards, huh?

Not my business, but I see it a lot. I'm usually the only one to send my target all the way to the backstop. If you can shoot at the 25 then you can shoot at the 7. The inverse is not necessarily true.

 

[CajunBass]

I shoot at a local indoor range, and since my wife and I usually use the handicapped range at the end, we don't see too many other people, but I suppose most of them are shooting plastic semi's but I just don't pay that much attention to them. I shoot a semi myself sometimes, but even my semi's are "old school" (a Hi-Power and a Model 39-2). I've never had anyone but one of the range officers comment on what I'm shooting, and he comes over just to see "Watcha got this time?".

I do most of my shooting at 7-15 yards as do most other people it seems. Beyond that, the sights get sort of fuzzy. I'll run it out to twenty-five enough to convince myself it's not a really good idea. When my wife shoots I'll pull them in to five and even three yards. She's handicapped, and shoots either leaning against the bench, or sitting on her walker. Either way she's not real steady. She's safe mind you, she just still enjoys firing a few rounds.

We can't shoot lead bullets at this range, which annoyed me at first, but after shooting plated bullets a while and finding out how much cleaner they are, I wouldn't go back to lead if I could. My revolver brass I dump into a container I bring along, and my semi-auto brass, the range guys sweep up for me and dump back into my range bag. I always end up with more than I fired.