Would You be Against Shooting a Gun at a Range

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Why is "doing something that you like" a waste of time?

Not at all, but it seems a shame to work so hard at developing a skill simply to let it fall into decay.

I have no fear of guns nor am I anti guns. I am anti certain people owning guns. People who are responsible and look at the gun as a tool I think should be allowed to own them. People who are fanatically obsessed with them to the point of insanity shouldn't.

So I have no problem with rational people shooting guns at gun ranges, including myself.

So, if you had the opportunity you would go shoot a gun at a range?

If I liked the people at the range, sure. You see, its not guns I have issues with so just the guns wouldn't be enough to keep me away but if there's a bunch of jerks at the range, I wouldn't want to be in the same room with them.

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Many years ago when I kept rifles I shot them at the local firearms club (of which I was a member). They had a shooting range where the rifles could be discharged safely.

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I don't use the local range much, it's easier to shoot on my land and I don't need to remember the current combination to the ranges lock at the fence.

I own 10 acres of empty property 5 minutes from the gun range buttressed against a mountain. I can slidefire, use explosive targets and shoot messy zombie targets there... where if I did it at the gun range, I'd get banned/arrested. That said, I'm only using it in the late spring into early winter and that's why I'm building a micro-gun range into my new home.

More accurately a "shooting parlor" up to 22LR/25acp that will be about 90 feet long to plink in the off months and when I'm bored. It's will be heavily vented with two industrial vents and I'll use mostly green ammo for breathing safety. It will accommodate up to two shooters at a time, mostly my wife and myself.

Some folks have backyard archery ranges, a backroom shooting parlor is a similar concept. A good bullet stop, proper venting, soundproofing of the room and making sure it's legal in your area is pretty much it. It's not an expensive build, and a garage or basement can be used in suburbia if not a backroom. Lucky for me we have a storeroom planned behind the garage and south wing of the house where it will be discretely tucked away.

A 22.cal revolver shooting 22 LR Super Colibri has no gunpowder, and makes very little noise and unlike a automatic does not need gunpowder to cycle the weapon. Wax rounds are another option for revolvers, and much greener as no lead will get airborne, and lastly low powder 22 and 25acp rounds are possible though I'd try to get lead free, or reduced lead. Be aware that sounds are much louder indoors, and even with hearing protection it's best to stay with light calibers, or wax rounds so to protect your ears. Not to mention, it also works as an indoor airgun range, crossbow range and archery range..

Kind of a new take on home on the range...

What about airborne Lead Styphnate? That stuff can't be the best stuff to breath indoors.

A guy I went to school with turned me on to those things, he used to shoot at a phone book set up at the end of a hall in his apartment during the commercials while watching TV. They also shoot very well out of some pump action .22 gallery guns, though those things can be sensitive to cartridge length, so YMMV. Or, you could just bite the bullet and fill out the paperwork and send the ATF their $200 and shoot suppressed, the wait time is ridiculous, but the convenience is pretty high.

Anyone ever shot one of these bad boys?

I never understood the draw of bullpup designs. Having the action next to your face seems dangerous to me, not to mention the problem with transitioning between right and left handed shooting.

I have a shotguns that's a bullpup...don't shoot it much and dislike the trigger. I prefer a collapsible or folding stock if size is an issue.

Nah, having the action there is perfectly fine, the problem becomes smoothly connecting the trigger, which sits much further away than in a conventional design. As to the appeal, it's all about the ability to fit a full size barrel into a package with an overall length similar to that of a short barreled carbine, or to make a carbine the size of a sub-machinegun. I'm surprised it took this long for someone to make a bullpup shotgun, the design is especially advantageous in the kind of close quarters that a defense oriented shotgun is designed to be used in.

I'm an operator -- don't really have much experience with internals outside of cleaning and minor repairs. My concerns are mostly related to a dislike of explosions and cartridges in my face. Intuitively, the action back that far makes me nervous; whether my nervousness is justified or not is a different story.

Shooting is one of the few sports I am good at, and I very much enjoy going to a firing range. I just wish I could afford to go more often.

Regarding noise: I wear two layers of hearing protection - both earplugs and headphone-type.