rant

[emmagee1917]

there were no kind of drills that I could see, they were just blasting away as fast as they could.

Well , even with all the above practice , I've been known to do a 50 or 100 round Thompson dump as well as a midnight 250 rd belt of pure tracer 30-06 FN long burn in one trigger pull ( which started 17 little brush fires on our range .....a club record that will prob'ly stand forever ) .
It was tension releaving , for sure .
Chris

[free1954]

Well , even with all the above practice , I've been known to do a 50 or 100 round Thompson dump as well as a midnight 250 rd belt of pure tracer 30-06 FN long burn in one trigger pull ( which started 17 little brush fires on our range .....a club record that will prob'ly stand forever ) .
It was tension releaving , for sure .
Chris

not my kind of fun, it bothers me to just piss away all that ammo. but glad you enjoyed it.

[bruce]

Re: OP. Understand. Nevertheless, the world has changed. Lots of folks go to the range who have no interest in more formal type target shooting. They are more tactical and action oriented. Fine. Years ago servicemen fired at bullseye targets. Nowadays their training is not shooting targets in another time zone but hitting reactionary targets at the ranges they will more likely engage with the enemy. Good. Such training is more practical. It has more utility.

The range of which I am a member has provision for shooting paper targets at 7, 15 and 25 yds. This is a improvement over simply having 25 yd. target frames. Membership has grown from about 125 to over 400; most of the new members much prefer the less formal shooting. Steel plates have been installed at 25yds. On the rifle range a plate has been installed at 200 yds. This is a good thing. Better will be when these plates are installed at shorter ranges as appropriate. It is no different than when the Army went from shooting at odd looking silhouettes of the post indian-war era to the more common bullseye targets. JMHO.

There is good reason to hope that the shooting sports will show a increase in participation. Young people in school or just married with small children do not typically have piles of disposable income. Guns and ammunition are expensive. Places to shoot are not easily found. Many local govt.'s are not sympathetic to the idea of building ranges due to the issues of land usage, objections of adjoining land owners, zoning, etc. It is a very good forward thinking idea for clubs/ranges to offer more than just traditional target shooting. Reactive targets, combat/tactical type shooting has a much wider appeal. Sincerely. bruce.

[John Sukey]

You are missing the point. The fact that more young people are getting into shooting.

[blackhawknj]

When people get all their instruction in firearms from movies and tv......

[free1954]

When people get all their instruction in firearms from movies and tv......

you may be right.

[ridgerunner]

They were learning, if nothing else, the operation of their firearms. They were also, getting a start into the shooting sports.

While, they may not fire their weapons in the same way you or I, do, they are still getting involved, and, they will probably, change their shooting styles.

My first handgun, was a little .22 single action, for fast draw, as much as anything. ( remember Paladin? ) Then I started using it for hunting. the year was 1957.

[free1954]

They were learning, if nothing else, the operation of their firearms. They were also, getting a start into the shooting sports.

While, they may not fire their weapons in the same way you or I, do, they are still getting involved, and, they will probably, change their shooting styles.

My first handgun, was a little .22 single action, for fast draw, as much as anything. ( remember Paladin? ) Then I started using it for hunting. the year was 1957.

there were some great leather rigs on those old gunfighter shows. encore western channel runs them all day long. if you like to see a lot of trapdoor carbines watch wagon train with ward bond.

[RED]

Old thread but I'm surprised that nobody has pointed out that most CCW and even many PD courses require you to qualify at 7 yards (21'). I think pistol practice at 7 or 15 yards is more important than starting at 25 yards. Dumping rounds down range at any distance may be entertaining, but not very educational.

[joem]

I did my CCW at about 7 yards I think. Not much of a challenge since I mostly shoot pistols at 25 to 35 yards and sometimes to 150 yards. I shoot for small groups except at 150 which is a challenge to hit a gong.

[free1954]

I shoot for small groups except at 150 which is a challenge to hit a gong.

probably the most fun you can have with a handgun. we used to have a big strip mine garbage pit close by when I was a kid. it always had a standing pond of water in it. we would throw empty bottles in the pond and then see how far away you could hit it. I miss that place. my favorite trash gun was a .22 stoeger luger. later on I got into the sillouette shoots with a TC contender.

[free1954]

thanks guys for all the replies. I guess I learned a few things. after all those years of practicing to rapidly draw my weapon and hit what i'm aiming at at any practical range, i'm to advance as close as I can and empty my magazine.
just kidding, i'm to old and crippled to rapidly advance, and as I said in the title it's just a rant.