Have you ever fired a gun?

promethius

yeah fired some shotguns in the uk.

then in the US i went to a range and fired a number of weapons, was a glock handgun, an m16 with a laser sight, some other ones i don't remember.

one stood out, the magnum 44 which i asked for due to the dirty harry links.
jesus i've never got such a fright when i fired it. all the other guns were not as powerful as i'd imagined but this thing was like a bomb going off, fired one shot and wanted to go home, managed to pluck up the courage to empty it. i'm 6ft solid guy and i couldn't control it in any meaningful way. scary but great experience though :-)

Dr conrad murray

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOqZULXymyU

yes, i fired the styr assault rifle when i was in the FCA/RDF

aaronjumper

Not a proper one. Just pellet guns and the like. I would like to though. You offering?

Cassidy28

I try and get out to shoot pheasant a few times every season whenever i can, its very relaxing and the springer loves it aswell.

loobylou

Shot a seal about 35 years ago. On mature reflection I still feel guilty.
Never shot a living thing since.

Mance Rayder

My Dad hunted alot, He thought me how to service the (licenced) shotgun and I did this quite a bit. I shot it a few times, the recoil used to hurt my shoulder as I was only about 12. He supervised me of course.

wyndhurst

M16 & 9mm Handgun in Las Vegas
AK47, M4 Carbine & assorted WW2 bolt action rifles while in Virginia.

Great craic once you get over the initial fear. Was shi**ing myself the first time I fired live rounds from an assault rifle. The range was full of mad bastards toting all sorts of gear.

greenpilot

I have a licenced Ruger 10/22 semi-auto which I use for competitions....not allowed use it outside the range though....

downwithpeace

Yes and my aim was terrible every time.

girl in the striped socks

Yep, shotguns & rifles.
Don't know the names of them though. I never really took that much of an interest.
I think there's two locked away in the gun safe.
Shooting rabbits or foxes is not on the top of my list of things to do.

annascott

Yes. Clay pigeon shooting.

Nodin

Cassidy28 wrote: »

I try and get out to shoot pheasant a few times every season whenever i can, its very relaxing and the springer loves it aswell.

...and pheasant doesn't taste bad at all, at all either.

Mance Rayder

mmm pheasant ...Rabbit....:)
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Tar.Aldarion

just airsoft and paintball, no real ones yet. Brother does have a few hundred euro voucher for the shooting range though ^^

Teyla Emmagan

No, though a small part of me would like to, in a firing range or something though, never at a living being.

Don't really know where the urge is coming from as I'm terrified of guns. Even a cop at an airport with a gun scares the life out of me.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I'd like to be able to carry a piece with me when I go about my daily business, I believe its a good persuasion tool while dealing with difficult people.

CountryJoe

An AK47, expensive enough though.

ProudDUB

DON'T READ THIS IF YOU ARE AN ANIMAL LOVER.


When my nephew left college and was doing his "I couldn't really be arsed looking for a job just yet" tour of Asia, he came across a bunch of, lets call them " local entrepreneurs" in Vietnam. They had a boatload of US army weaponry & ammo left over from the war. They operated near the temples and whatnot that tourists go to. Their sales pitch was that for X amount of dollars they would give you Y live animal to shoot at until it died a very dead death. The more money you were willing to pony up (no pun intended) the bigger the guns and animals got.

Nephew claims he blew a water buffalo half way to Australia come with a rocket launcher, or what ever those things are that are supposed to shoot down helicopters. Said local entrepreneurs allow no pix to be taken of these shenanigans, so nephew has no proof of his deeds. But I have been itching to jump on a plane to Vietnam ever since.

I know, I know, I'm a horrible person. :rolleyes:

Sugar Free

Fired an AK47 on single shot before. Almost had to lean into the thing to counter the recoil, feck knows what it would have been like on full auto!

ToddyDoody

I didnt fire one per say.. Gave it the option of voluntary redundancy (which it accepted)

riseown

I didn\t for sure.

treborflynn

plenty a guns here in the safe beside me in the bedroom, only for hunting and sporting purposes tho.

charlemont

Fired a Gustov machine gun several years back, Its old and heavy with a strong kick back and it used 9mm bullets, I fired some handgun but I'm sure the ammo was only pellets It was indoor anyway so it obviously wasn't real bullets.

Jimoslimos

Sindri wrote: »

You were in 'Nam?

Yep! You don't know man, you weren't there!

Think it was an M-?6? or something I fired, semi-auto type, not sure. Also wanted a go at an AK-47 but didn't have the time.

Manic Moran

InTheTrees wrote: »

I've been very tempted by one of these.

Or a HK, but they're about a grand more expensive than the SIG.

http://www.hk-usa.com/civilian_products/mr556_general.asp

The SIG has the best trigger I've ever encountered on a non-match rifle. Beautifully smooth. Inside it's the closest thing to a precision-built AK-47 you'll find. Mine is an early version with the somewhat ugly and decidedly heavy 'fishgill' foregrips, you might be better off looking for a 'classic' version or one of the aftermarket rail systems. Only reason I've not done the latter is that I didn't have a couple hundred to spare on it recently.

Folding stock is also more traditional and looks better than the collapsible on mine, unfortunately California's laws are a bit unfortunate and I'm not allowed use one.

NTM

2ndcoming

This is reminding me of that chant from Full Metal Jacket.

"This is my rifle, (grabs crotch) this is my gun,
one is for fighting, one is for fun!"


In answer to your question, yes, I've fired the old man's .22 a few times at the yellow "high voltage" sign on an electricity pole in the field behind our house, it was when we we were getting new windows at the back, had a great crow's nest over the windowsill!

Poccington

Manic always wins these kind of threads :pac:

The weapons I've fired/used

Steyr
M203
GPMG
SRAAW
I've thrown grenades
84mm Gustav
GPMG SF
60mm Mortar
81mm Mortar
Bren

To anyone on this thread that's fired a 1911, I hate you.

Rangi

poccington,is that the Colt 1911A1? Fired thousands of rounds through them. One day I was up the range and an old fella gave me a bag of about 300 WW2 dated rounds and said "Get rid of them will ya",so I happily obliged.

Fired many,many weapons,but an interesting and memorable one was a Boys anti tank rifle,unfortunatley it had been rebarrelled to .50bmg

gbee

point three o three full metal jacket.

Molloys Clondalkin

Galil
Barak
Jericho
corner shot
Uzi (1958 with wooden stock )
Uzi (1988 with folding stock )
Tavor
xm177
Mag
colt 1911 (was my fav)
some tinkered m4 variants
same as above but in long barrell ar180 hacks


recieved a .22 in the arm
and never even seen a desert eagle

Molloys Clondalkin

Manic Moran wrote: »

The SIG has the best trigger I've ever encountered on a non-match rifle. Beautifully smooth. Inside it's the closest thing to a precision-built AK-47 you'll find. Mine is an early version with the somewhat ugly and decidedly heavy 'fishgill' foregrips, you might be better off looking for a 'classic' version or one of the aftermarket rail systems. Only reason I've not done the latter is that I didn't have a couple hundred to spare on it recently.

Folding stock is also more traditional and looks better than the collapsible on mine, unfortunately California's laws are a bit unfortunate and I'm not allowed use one.

NTM

Move to arizona!!

veritable

Have had the pleasure of firing a .38, .45, 9mm, AR-15, as well as the 1945 Soviet SKS45 rifle.

Rangi

I own 2 SKS's,one is still in the factory grease. The other is WELL used!
Unfortunately they're in another country,but i get to visit them and rest of collection every few years.

veritable

A friend of a friend had the SKS in a range in Chicago. It was difficult to keep the aim down for a novice like me but it felt good to fire.

looksee

In my yoof (around 1965) my church youth club went to the local army barracks and were allowed to use their practise range (rifles, not sure what sort :rolleyes:) Just another of those things that would not happen these days.

Rangi

They're great on the goats. Fave rifles of mine I have culled goats with are SMLE,Mini-14,and SKS.

Agricola

How surprising. In a forum full of teenage and early 20s city slickers, many of whom havent yet had relations with a woman, the vast vast majority have fired a gun! :rolleyes:

God I love internet bullshít!

mattjack

A .22 a few times, my old winchester and a few other shotguns,Gustav SMG and BAP both 9mm.

Ben Hadad

Only ever fired a Kalashnikov rifle. The crazy Pashtuns didn't give me anything for my ears though, so my left ear drum was ringing for about three days.

veritable

Agricola wrote: »

How surprising. In a forum full of teenage and early 20s city slickers, many of whom havent yet had relations with a woman, the vast vast majority have fired a gun! :rolleyes:

God I love internet bullshít!

And I love your complete absence of funniness. Find another thread to troll.

looksee

Agricola wrote: »

How surprising. In a forum full of teenage and early 20s city slickers, many of whom havent yet had relations with a woman, the vast vast majority have fired a gun! :rolleyes:

God I love internet bullshít!

No, the vast majority who responded have fired a gun. Its a bit non-news to reply and say you haven't.

daingeanrob

i have, nothing special. have a few friends big into shooting, not for me.

storker

Yes, if a Brown Bess flintlock musket counts (powder only, no ball).

Stork

downwithpeace

Agricola wrote: »

How surprising. In a forum full of teenage and early 20s city slickers, many of whom havent yet had relations with a woman, the vast vast majority have fired a gun! :rolleyes:

God I love internet bullshít!

I've had more relations then guns shot, wouldn't change the ratio either but if your calling people on stuff it helps to be correct, are you?

mattjack

Agricola wrote: »

How surprising. In a forum full of teenage and early 20s city slickers, many of whom havent yet had relations with a woman, the vast vast majority have fired a gun! :rolleyes:

God I love internet bullshít!

Wrap yourself up in your Power Ranger duvet and off to sleep with ya....

bitemybanger

Shooting is a huge part of my life both in and out of work. Rare a week would go by without getting out shooting.

Witcher

Yes, shotguns/rifles/pistols, nothing like a bit of shooting:pac:

A.Nolan

Agricola wrote: »

How surprising. In a forum full of teenage and early 20s city slickers, many of whom havent yet had relations with a woman, the vast vast majority have fired a gun! :rolleyes:

God I love internet bullshít!

unlike women, you don't have to chat up a gun to fire it

gbee

A.Nolan wrote: »

unlike women, you don't have to chat up a gun to fire it

Greece, it, oil it, lint it, load it, charge it, squeeze it .......... BAAAMMMMMM

Doc Ruby

Agricola wrote: »

How surprising. In a forum full of teenage and early 20s city slickers, many of whom havent yet had relations with a woman, the vast vast majority have fired a gun! :rolleyes:

God I love internet bullshít!

Ah no some of us have maintained, used, abused and been handed all sorts of weapons.

Some of us have even fired them to the detriment of our fellow human beings.

Such is life.