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Navin R Johnson
It has been probably more than 15 years since I've fired a gun, so this is my first posting in the firearms thread, I think. First relevant one, anyways.
My work set up a networking mixer with another firm and we went to a local gun club. It was a themed event, circling around "weapons that changed the world", with the emphasis on WWII guns, but included some modern ones as well.
Forgive my lack of knowledge on names, but as I recall the lineup included:
Thompson 45
MP40
Mauser K89
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
AR15 (M4 Configuration)
AK47
45 Caliber (pistol)
9MM
SAW
and a couple of others with names I've forgotten.
Needless to say it was an awesome time. The first gun I shot was the Mauser... it was funny because I was a couple of minutes late and two people already had bruised shoulders (I was sure to verbally abuse them about it, too). So my first shot in over 15 years, first gun has a fair amount of kick, and what do I do? Put two in the head (of the target paper), one in the neck, and two in the chest - all in a perfect I shape. Worked right down the body. Felt good to know I could be somewhat accurate - of course this is a particularly accurate rifle so the gun probably gets most of the credit.
That was probably my favorite one to shoot. Of course the saw was fun, the AK47 was a good time since it required a bit of focus to eliminate the kick (I think I'm one of the only people in the group who held the trigger in full auto and lit up the paper target). There was one other more modern weapon (for some reason the name brings to mind Desert Storm) and either it or the AR15 had a sight on it with the orange triangle (CoD prepped me well...). That was awesome to use. If I was to buy one now I'd probably try to get an M16 with a similar sight.
I didn't care for the pistols much - they are probably the more practical ones as far as what you'd keep for protection, but just not as fun. I've seen Top Shot so I know you can trick shoot and do pretty cool things, but for me the fun was in the rifles, especially the classic bolt action. Just fun.
So I have no delusions of grandeur about my firearm abilities, but it was a good time, and to light up the target the way I did on the first bullets fired was quite a thrill!
Figured I'd share the fun.. :assaultri
My work set up a networking mixer with another firm and we went to a local gun club. It was a themed event, circling around "weapons that changed the world", with the emphasis on WWII guns, but included some modern ones as well.
Forgive my lack of knowledge on names, but as I recall the lineup included:
Thompson 45
MP40
Mauser K89
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
AR15 (M4 Configuration)
AK47
45 Caliber (pistol)
9MM
SAW
and a couple of others with names I've forgotten.
Needless to say it was an awesome time. The first gun I shot was the Mauser... it was funny because I was a couple of minutes late and two people already had bruised shoulders (I was sure to verbally abuse them about it, too). So my first shot in over 15 years, first gun has a fair amount of kick, and what do I do? Put two in the head (of the target paper), one in the neck, and two in the chest - all in a perfect I shape. Worked right down the body. Felt good to know I could be somewhat accurate - of course this is a particularly accurate rifle so the gun probably gets most of the credit.
That was probably my favorite one to shoot. Of course the saw was fun, the AK47 was a good time since it required a bit of focus to eliminate the kick (I think I'm one of the only people in the group who held the trigger in full auto and lit up the paper target). There was one other more modern weapon (for some reason the name brings to mind Desert Storm) and either it or the AR15 had a sight on it with the orange triangle (CoD prepped me well...). That was awesome to use. If I was to buy one now I'd probably try to get an M16 with a similar sight.
I didn't care for the pistols much - they are probably the more practical ones as far as what you'd keep for protection, but just not as fun. I've seen Top Shot so I know you can trick shoot and do pretty cool things, but for me the fun was in the rifles, especially the classic bolt action. Just fun.
So I have no delusions of grandeur about my firearm abilities, but it was a good time, and to light up the target the way I did on the first bullets fired was quite a thrill!
Figured I'd share the fun.. :assaultri
