GARYC24 3 #1 November 14, 2005 I went to one this weekend. Never attended one before. Used a 22 rifle, 16ga and 12ga shotgun. I missed to whole target w/12 ga on second shot.~! Had some good laughs! Haven't shot a gun since 1980! Had a good time..$2 beers. hosted by American Legion. Anyone else go to shoots, etc.? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #2 November 14, 2005 QuoteHad a good time..$2 beers. Nothing like mixing alcohol and firearms!!! Just kidding Nazis! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GARYC24 3 #3 November 14, 2005 (they handed out ammo to you at the target area, no one could bring your own ammo) And after shooting standing around drinking beer smoking cigars, talking to cops..ahh..and all legal! hahahaha. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #4 November 14, 2005 What is a turket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #5 November 14, 2005 QuoteWhat is a turket? Its a female turkey. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #6 November 14, 2005 QuoteWhat is a turket? A female turkey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #8 November 14, 2005 QuoteYou beat me. You should have put the lotion on your skin! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #9 November 14, 2005 Weirdos. Sorry Gary. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #10 November 14, 2005 It puts the lotion on it's skin unless it gets the hose again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #11 November 14, 2005 QuoteIt puts the lotion on it's skin unless it gets the hose again. I didt have a hose. she called us wierd! Oh, and so as to not completely hijack this thread: I used to shoot all the time, at least once every other weekend. Rifles, pistols, shotguns, muzzleloaders, etc. Most just a gathering of friends to sharpen our skills, and talk guns for a little while. I never did anything in comps. I know one or two on here that are top notch shooters.Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #12 November 14, 2005 QuoteI know one or two on here that are top notch shooters. I suck..............that's why I carry a SAW. I figure I should hit SOMETHING by the time I get through a 200 round drum. QuoteI used to shoot all the time, at least once every other weekend. Rifles, pistols, shotguns, muzzleloaders, etc. Revenuers coming around your still again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #13 November 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteI know one or two on here that are top notch shooters. I suck..............that's why I carry a SAW. I figure I should hit SOMETHING by the time I get through a 200 round drum. Quote Thats why I like shotguns, with 00buck you dont have to be good. QuoteI used to shoot all the time, at least once every other weekend. Rifles, pistols, shotguns, muzzleloaders, etc. Revenuers coming around your still again? Sombioches better stay away from my shine! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites swedishcelt 0 #14 November 14, 2005 A shotgun for a turkey? Is that normal? You don't get yourself a turkey full of holes? I just thought one used a bow & arrow or 22. At least that is what I always used. If you aim carefully it should be just fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites yardhippie 0 #15 November 14, 2005 QuoteA shotgun for a turkey? Is that normal? You don't get yourself a turkey full of holes? I just thought one used a bow & arrow or 22. At least that is what I always used. If you aim carefully it should be just fine. a .22 for turkey round here would just piss em off. Back home we had two seasons Spring and Fall. Fall was always archery, and Spring, gun. I know hunter using 3.5" magnums for turkey, them birds is hard to kill sometimes.Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #16 November 14, 2005 QuoteA shotgun for a turkey? Is that normal? Yes.............you aim for the head as not to ruin the rest of the bird. 3 1/2 in Mag Turkey load gets the job done nicely. Not much is good to eat on a wild turkey except for the breast though. Just for clarification "Turkey Shoot" does NOT refer to the shooting of actual turkeys anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ashtanga 0 #17 November 14, 2005 I kill my turkeys the old fashioned way. Poison Frog Darts. I get on my frog and when the turkey comes I swipe the dart on the frog and throw it at the turkey. Works everytime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #18 November 14, 2005 Stop licking the frogs!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Nutz 0 #19 November 14, 2005 You people have got to stop it! Everyone in the office is looking at me cause I keep busting out laughing. "Don't! Get! Eliminated!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites swedishcelt 0 #20 November 14, 2005 Is it targets now? Damn, I did grow up in the boondocks... No, no, I was getting hunting confused with the shoot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnRich 4 #21 November 14, 2005 Quote(they handed out ammo to you at the target area, no one could bring your own ammo) What was the reason for that? Did they have doctored loads to make it less likely that you would shoot well and win the prize? Or was it simply to ensure that all participants had the same ammo to level the playing field? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites yardhippie 0 #22 November 14, 2005 QuoteQuote(they handed out ammo to you at the target area, no one could bring your own ammo) What was the reason for that? Did they have doctored loads to make it less likely that you would shoot well and win the prize? Or was it simply to ensure that all participants had the same ammo to level the playing field? Your gun would make much more of a difference than generic everyday ammo vs. custom shells. IMHO. Now if your talking some off the wall no-name ammo, they you could have a problem.Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GARYC24 3 #23 November 14, 2005 Reason was because no one was allowed to walk up with their own ammo. ammo was handed to you at the target area. When your not up at the target (10 people, 10 targets) all guns were not loaded. You show up and leave with no loaded guns. If anyone showed up with with ammo they were escorted off. As far as I know it the ammo was not reloaded shells, bullets, etc..they had what you needed. They been doing this for many yrs. On a special note, earlier in the day, they did however kill a rattle snake and parents were told not to let them wander around, because there are snakes out there and they don't play back very well! Some other guy took the snack home and ate it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnRich 4 #24 November 15, 2005 QuoteReason was because no one was allowed to walk up with their own ammo. ammo was handed to you at the target area. When your not up at the target (10 people, 10 targets) all guns were not loaded. You show up and leave with no loaded guns. Ah, so it was just a safety procedure. Got it. That makes perfect sense. USMC boot camp did the same type of thing. Anyone leaving the firing line with ammo was in serious trouble. The Drill Instructors were worried about getting shot in the middle of the night, I think. But usually anyone attempting that was just trying to save up an extra round in the hopes of using it to replace a target shot that was a "miss", and hope that no-one noticed he was cheating with extra rounds. And I got caught up in that rule once. They had already issued us our ammo, but I needed a firing pin retaining pin on my M16. So they ordered me back to see the armorer for the repair. So then the armorer gives me hell for being in the rear with ammo on my person, even though the gun is unloaded. I caught hell for a while until I finally got a chance to explain how it happened. All of this for good reason, of course. At one point during rifle qualifications, we lined up at the armorer after shooting so he could check our trigger pull weight. He hooked up his gauge to a guy's rifle about four people ahead of me in line, pulled, and "BOOM". The gun went off, shooting the guy in line in front of him in the back, blowing his guts out the front, and he subsequently died. Big investigation. Somehow he had left the firing line with a live round in the chamber. The recruit didn't detect it himself. The safety officer didn't detect it when the recruit left his firing position. The armorer himself should have checked first before pulling the trigger. Three safety failures, one dead recruit. I'm sure someone's head rolled. 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swedishcelt 0 #14 November 14, 2005 A shotgun for a turkey? Is that normal? You don't get yourself a turkey full of holes? I just thought one used a bow & arrow or 22. At least that is what I always used. If you aim carefully it should be just fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #15 November 14, 2005 QuoteA shotgun for a turkey? Is that normal? You don't get yourself a turkey full of holes? I just thought one used a bow & arrow or 22. At least that is what I always used. If you aim carefully it should be just fine. a .22 for turkey round here would just piss em off. Back home we had two seasons Spring and Fall. Fall was always archery, and Spring, gun. I know hunter using 3.5" magnums for turkey, them birds is hard to kill sometimes.Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #16 November 14, 2005 QuoteA shotgun for a turkey? Is that normal? Yes.............you aim for the head as not to ruin the rest of the bird. 3 1/2 in Mag Turkey load gets the job done nicely. Not much is good to eat on a wild turkey except for the breast though. Just for clarification "Turkey Shoot" does NOT refer to the shooting of actual turkeys anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashtanga 0 #17 November 14, 2005 I kill my turkeys the old fashioned way. Poison Frog Darts. I get on my frog and when the turkey comes I swipe the dart on the frog and throw it at the turkey. Works everytime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #18 November 14, 2005 Stop licking the frogs!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nutz 0 #19 November 14, 2005 You people have got to stop it! Everyone in the office is looking at me cause I keep busting out laughing. "Don't! Get! Eliminated!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swedishcelt 0 #20 November 14, 2005 Is it targets now? Damn, I did grow up in the boondocks... No, no, I was getting hunting confused with the shoot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #21 November 14, 2005 Quote(they handed out ammo to you at the target area, no one could bring your own ammo) What was the reason for that? Did they have doctored loads to make it less likely that you would shoot well and win the prize? Or was it simply to ensure that all participants had the same ammo to level the playing field? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #22 November 14, 2005 QuoteQuote(they handed out ammo to you at the target area, no one could bring your own ammo) What was the reason for that? Did they have doctored loads to make it less likely that you would shoot well and win the prize? Or was it simply to ensure that all participants had the same ammo to level the playing field? Your gun would make much more of a difference than generic everyday ammo vs. custom shells. IMHO. Now if your talking some off the wall no-name ammo, they you could have a problem.Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GARYC24 3 #23 November 14, 2005 Reason was because no one was allowed to walk up with their own ammo. ammo was handed to you at the target area. When your not up at the target (10 people, 10 targets) all guns were not loaded. You show up and leave with no loaded guns. If anyone showed up with with ammo they were escorted off. As far as I know it the ammo was not reloaded shells, bullets, etc..they had what you needed. They been doing this for many yrs. On a special note, earlier in the day, they did however kill a rattle snake and parents were told not to let them wander around, because there are snakes out there and they don't play back very well! Some other guy took the snack home and ate it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #24 November 15, 2005 QuoteReason was because no one was allowed to walk up with their own ammo. ammo was handed to you at the target area. When your not up at the target (10 people, 10 targets) all guns were not loaded. You show up and leave with no loaded guns. Ah, so it was just a safety procedure. Got it. That makes perfect sense. USMC boot camp did the same type of thing. Anyone leaving the firing line with ammo was in serious trouble. The Drill Instructors were worried about getting shot in the middle of the night, I think. But usually anyone attempting that was just trying to save up an extra round in the hopes of using it to replace a target shot that was a "miss", and hope that no-one noticed he was cheating with extra rounds. And I got caught up in that rule once. They had already issued us our ammo, but I needed a firing pin retaining pin on my M16. So they ordered me back to see the armorer for the repair. So then the armorer gives me hell for being in the rear with ammo on my person, even though the gun is unloaded. I caught hell for a while until I finally got a chance to explain how it happened. All of this for good reason, of course. At one point during rifle qualifications, we lined up at the armorer after shooting so he could check our trigger pull weight. He hooked up his gauge to a guy's rifle about four people ahead of me in line, pulled, and "BOOM". The gun went off, shooting the guy in line in front of him in the back, blowing his guts out the front, and he subsequently died. Big investigation. Somehow he had left the firing line with a live round in the chamber. The recruit didn't detect it himself. The safety officer didn't detect it when the recruit left his firing position. The armorer himself should have checked first before pulling the trigger. Three safety failures, one dead recruit. I'm sure someone's head rolled. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
