Range etiquette

[1000meterstare]

2 weeks ago I was at the range and did my business with my Mosin-Nagant and AK at the 200 and 100-yard lanes.  Then I went to the 25-yard lane (3 benches per lane) and prepared to shoot my .45 acp pistol and these rude, ignorant redneck phucks shooting their AR gave ME a dirty look (for infringing on their incompetence, I guess).  If you are that incompetent you have to shoot an AR at 25 yards get the hell off the range!!!  Maybe they were just pissed 'cuz I did better with my .45 than they did with their rifle.  In-breeding makes you dumb, I guess...

[UnBroken]

what sucks even more is when the asshole staring you down is the range master's brother or something, then when you tell him " if you stopped looking at me and looked at your target, you maybe able to hit it" then you are told to leave and never come back.......( this happend to me ) 

[Reaver]

Oh, man I got a good one. So My wife was engaging targets at 15 yards and she finished her mag and dropped the slide. Set the pistol down on the bench, and out of know where a  Female old lady strolls up yokes up the pistol flags my fucking face, Racks the slide and says, " never leave the slide closed when your done shooting " to my wife like I wasn't even there then I said " If your going to give advice why not, not do it while pointing the gun at my FUCKING HEAD! "
then she set the glock down and strolled off to her husband.

I was sure to mess up that bitches shots with my Socom for the next hour till they left.
the way I see it, treat people with respect as humans untill they prove otherwise. Then treat them as swine.
RvR

[thatGuy]

Hey dude, I practice with my AR more at 25 feet than 100yards.

But I never go to a range to do it so I guess I am good.

[EJR914]

I practice my AR and AR to pistol transitions and reloads at 25 yards, to think that I will never get in conflicts that are that close is just silly.

For one, my AR is my main home defense weapon.  Hell that's probably more like 10 or 15 yards at most.  Nothing wrong with it.

I also take my AR to the 100 yard range as well for those longer shots, but for getting really quick shots and quick transitions on the range, the 25 yards is perfect. 

[UnBroken]

I practice my AR and AR to pistol transitions and reloads at 25 yards, to think that I will never get in conflicts that are that close is just silly.

For one, my AR is my main home defense weapon.  Hell that's probably more like 10 or 15 yards at most.  Nothing wrong with it.

I also take my AR to the 100 yard range as well for those longer shots, but for getting really quick shots and quick transitions on the range, the 25 yards is perfect.

When i was in fallujah, my ssg would always tell us" dont worry about getting the distance shot's. Most of this shit is door-to-door....  i read in a report afew years ago on the same fight... it said the most common shot was taken from 50 yards or in, most where 35 or in... its good to know your AO...if your in urban, practice in 50 yards. if you are in a rural area....push your weapon100,200,500 yards. they make us do it in the USMC 5 weeks into basic.....am i saying everything is like the USMC, No. what i am saying is that you need to know what you can do with your weapon, push it to its limits because there is no reset button in a war zone.

[1000meterstare]

Unbroken, you know I live in a rural area...

[thatGuy]

I'm also keeping it rural but one of the things they said in MagPul Art of the Tactical Carbine that really stuck with me is that you start up close and get your basic handling skills covered before you go to longer range shooting because as range increases so does the time you have to think. Not that I don't work with my rifle at range but I want to know what I am doing up close where time is important.

[militaryman84]

I have to agree I do more work at 25 yards or less than long range these days but then again my range is my front yard so I do what I want. Or if I'm lazy maybe just shoot from the sofa out the front window

[Kobalt]

Thats how Im doing it.

[mountainredneck2051]

this sure makes me glad i never been to a range before, out here out etiquette is if you see someone, drive till your all alone and shoot

[disposable]

i'm lucky my range is quiet. we have about a 1000 some members, most iv seen on an off day is 5 including myself (sat. is cowboy shoot and steel plate) and never at the same shooting area as me. they also have 3 shooting lanes that you can do what ever the fuck you want. i always get dirty looks cause i'm never shooting from the bench like all the other old folks there.

i also live in the city..but i can drive 20 min and be in the middle of nowhere. so short range and long range is important when training for my AO.

[WhiskeyJack]

i had this old guy one day shooting a 22 mag at the far end of the range. we signal him we are goin downrange and he replies affirmative. so wee roll dowwn. while resetting targets he starts popin rounds on his freakin lane. i wouldve thought an older member would know not to do that.

[EJR914]

i had this old guy one day shooting a 22 mag at the far end of the range. we signal him we are goin downrange and he replies affirmative. so wee roll dowwn. while resetting targets he starts popin rounds on his freakin lane. i wouldve thought an older member would know not to do that.

That's when you just calmly walk over there, but then when you get to him, you just pistol whip the ever living shit out of him.  LOL just kidding, but this video illustrates exactly what I would want to do to an idiot like that.  A ricochet could have easily hit you and killed you. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n90zKQpeFI

Like I said, that video perfectly shows what I would want to do in that situation.  Idiot.