>sorry but we have a no singles policy at this range
>>29908363
fuck you guys I have my own range
>>29908363
>HowToLose90PercentOfYourBusiness.jpg
Seriously, anytime I go to the range there's tons of fucking singles
>>29908410
lucky you..
>>29908428
Personally, I'd never go to the range by myself unless I'm alone and nobody else will be there. It feels wrong.
>when you got in winter and the wood stove isn't even being tended
>>29908456\
wood stove? whee the fuck do you go shooting
I always go to the range by myself. Working overnights and not having any friends doesn't leave me with other options. At lease getting to the range as soon as it opens means very few idiots to deal with.
>>29908363
/tv/ pls go and stay go
>get lane
>its right against the wall
>eat brass the whole time
why does this happen to me every fucking time I go shooting?
>>29908447
I never go unless I'm the only one there, or I stay far away from them.
>shooting handgun
>Asian guy walks up to bench next to me
>make small talk as best I can, I was gonna leave soon anyway
>he sets up a paper plate target with a bullseye sticker in the middle on my stand 25 yards out and one on his that's 5 out
>wonder if it was for me, didn't ask
>last mag, decide to shoot it anyway, figure I'll miss because I'm not very good
>dead center of the sticker
>"OOOOOOOOO, GOOD SHOT!"
>luckiest shot of my life
>>29908363
Wanna go on a date then bb?
Ranges are intolerable. When I moved from basedwoods western Colorado to further from basedwoods western Washington I just started driving a fucking hour to woods to shoot. Ranges are for cucks
My pistol range won't rent to singles unless they're members who've been there multiple times. It's been a few years, but when I got my membership I had to sign up, shoot with a friend for the day, and then the next time I came back I was allowed to rent on my own. (I was noguns at the time BTW, and a lot of why I got the membership was because it included free rentals, so I could try a shitload of guns to see what I wanted to buy.)
They had a whole bunch of rental gun suicides back in the early-mid '00s, so I guess that's why they were pretty strict about it.
They don't give a fuck about people with their own guns, though.
>my range doesnt allow my eagle
What? thats an inalienable right.
I-I thought this was going to be a dubs thread?
>>29908569
holy shit. r u me?
>>29908788
Landed dubs, good job.
This is now a fuck off MURRICA thread.
>>29908649
I dunno, my range has a really nice shotgun set up. You pay for a clay token (and range fee if you don't have a membership) put the token in a machine, the machine turns on the system. From there you walk out to one of 5 stations that house a wirelessly connected microphone. Yell at the microphone and the thrower throws a clay. You can have up to 5 people going at once.
>>29908758
Only one store in my area rents, and they actually had a suicide last month. My friends and I agreed it was probably due to the shitty service. That being said, a newer (as in less than 2 years old) store is planning to move locations and rent post 86 MGs in the future. They're a much smaller store but they aren't entirely fudd like one other store, haven't had someone commit suicide like the other one, and aren't Ranch and Home either. I just hope that once they move they'll expand out of the tactical market for a wider variety.
>>29908788
well ok
>>29908844
And in doing so you landed dubs.
Fuckin' witnessed.
My range enacted this policy for singles who rent and don't have their own guns (in NJ, that means they don't have a firearms ID card or something along that lines).
Reasoning is cause two people in a month committed suicide on the range so they had good reason. I still go alone with my own funs all the time. It's assumed I'm not going to the range to kill myself if I can do it at home whenever I want.
>>29908844
Fucking checked.
>>29908649
>tfw nearest range is an hour away
>tfw nearest woods are well over two hours away
>tfw there were good woods to shoot in once, but they got turned into no shooting zones because people didn't clean up their shit
>>29908363
Do ranges actually have a no singles at all policy? Like not just for renting, but you need a man date? Holy cuck.
Protip that is for people who don't own guns and want to rent
As someone who shoots at 2 ranges where people have an heroed in he last ~10 years I am ok with it
>>29908886
I thought this was relatively common for rentals.
No singles for BYOG is retarded.
>>29908886
It's just for renting. Any range that starts turning away gun owners and LEOs will be closing before the end of the year.
>>29908863
My rental range is pretty un-fuddyl, but it's probably because they're in the middle of a major metro area, and half of their clientele are cops from the local PD. (It's a small, relatively wealthy city in the middle of a much bigger and poorer one, and the department overall is pretty tacticool and the cops who join it are pretty /k/.)
>>29908886
I haven't heard of that. Local range has a no singles policy for rentals after some people an heroed, but if you bring your own gun you're fine.
>>29908363
No one got the joke.
In fact, I had to check the url to make sure I'm where I think I am.
You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
>>29909016
Probably because its not as uncommon as you thought.
>>29908569
My nigger, thats my exact thought. But i go to muh desert range not my local range.
>>29909045
Sorry anon.
>>29908363
>range
citycucks get out REEEEEEE
>>29909016
>>29909032
It's a stupid /tv/ meme about 'singles only' policies that never existed in theaters. OP is a fucking faggot and doesn't realize gunranges have these policies because stupid millenials keep killing themselves.
>>29908821
I've often wondered if some of the other lone 20-30 somethings I see at the range might be fellow /k/ommandos.
>>29909043
It would be awesome if I had some random public land close to me that I could use. I have private land about 90 miles away, but it's too much of a hassle for the work week.
>>29908502
not that anon, but all the outdoor ranges around here (Northern Ontario) have shooting shacks with stoves so you don't freeze in the winter
>>29908886
it's a /tv/ meme
>>29908363
>using a range
>paying actual money to shoot your guns
Lmao
>>29908569
Are you me? Also, I got into shooting when no one I knew hadguns and while there's always my brother, I love him but he's basically a NEET and a degenerate
>>29908579
poor decision making
>>29909190
I wish I could live in the middle of nowhere and still make a living, but sadly it's not an option in my field.
>>29909191
I'm trying to get my oldest little brother more in to shooting. He usually only shoots around hunting season. My youngest brother says he's interested, but has been acting shitty recently and I'm not rewarding his faggotry.
>>29908579
That feel
I went shooting today at an indoor range just to test the reliability of some new magazines I got
Got the wall lane, and a few cases plopped right onto my head.
>>29908844
I landed double dubs. True action hero.
>>29908363
>be me
>be rso
>the week after i was hired, someone shot themselves at our associate range.
>>29909308
Accidental or intentional?
>>29908578
Wtf
Are you daft?
It's a real policy Google it
>>29909329
intentional. Its happened at the one i work at too, like a year or so before i started working there.
>>29909378
I figured that's what you meant. Did they use a rented firearm? I can't imagine a gun owner going to a range to commit suicide.
>>29908569
I go to the range alone but always end a trip somehow chatting with other guys there
>>29909258
I am actually only one hour from innadesert.
T. California resident
>>29908363
ranges that take up that policy have had a lot of OR fear suicidal people.
Usually those ranges allow you to rent or shoot if you already own a gun so it isn't $10+ammo cost for easy suicide gun vs hundreds.
>>29909428
Ah, I'm actually in SoCal myself. It's at least a couple of hours to parts of the desert where I can shoot, though.
Actually, since you're in the state, do you know anywhere good to go shoot 1000+ yards safely and legally? My friend recently got a .338 rig and we haven't found anywhere to really stretch its legs.
>>29909178
why don't they just have... heating...?
>>29909850
>why don't they just have... heating...?
>but all the outdoor ranges around here
Why don't we just build a giant heater so outside isn't cold during winter /sci/ ???
>>29909850
Stoves are heaters...
>>29908598
Similar story anon
>take friends out to the local outdoor rifle range
>new shooters
>allofmyfear.jpg
>do my best to explain safety rules, general >range protocol and etiquitte
>at the bench now, target set up at 50yards
>show them how to load nugget, safety, etc
>aim up a shot, explain how to aim
>take the shot, nail the target so dead in the center im baffled myself
>friends look at me in awe
>try to play it cool
>"wow that was a pretty good first shot, whose next?
>friend proceeds to not even print on the paper
I'm a member at 2 ranges I have 24/7 access. I occasionally shoot by myself but it's much more fun to turn up on club days I get to talk funs in between shooting my funs. It's also a good opportunity to fondle other peoples funs.
Today I try French shooting ranges for you!
> the "tir sportif" = competitive shooting, is a pretty obscure hobby here, pretty hard to find even the adresses of the ranges if you live in bumfuck nowhere
> Thing is, getting registered in one of those range is the only way to get semi auto firearms
> Be me, 26, white but still young
> All the ranges I try to go they don't even bother and serve me the "we can't accept new members" bs
> I find one range, everyone is pretty chill and cool, fudds everywhere but friendly.
> Only thing is the club president only signs me in if I agree to do actual competitive shooting
> Meaning he wants me to buy a 1k-ish pellet air rifle before even signing me in
> Tired of all that bs
> I get a 1858 black powder and didn't ever stepped in a range since
Quite shame really, as long as they'll only allow old fucks my fellow frenchies will keep loosing their shit at the slight mention of the word firearm
>mfw all my local ranges are gay and only allow pistol calibers
I have to drive about 30 minutes to get to public dnr range where you get a mix of regular shooters, retarded fuds, or fuckers who bring the whole family and proceed not to keep track of their snot nosed kids.
>>29908863
That happened in my area last month too.
For the love of fucking tell me you live in Huntsville
>>29909336
Only if you're renting is it a normal policy
>>29908863
When you yell at the microphone do you have to say pull or is it just registering your voice?
I have a range 15 minutes from me, but I never use it. Last time I went, I brought both my AR and my AK to make sure their 100 yard zero was still on.
"You shooting 7.62x39? Can't let you on the 100 yard range unless it's coming out of an AR. AKs are just to inaccurate to get on paper at that range."
And so now I drive 40 minutes instead, and smile approvingly when the idiot range gets flooded every time it rains here.
>>29909928
How do you suck that bad that you can even hit the paper? My first time I went to the range I got a majority of my shots in the head and neck and one shot in the shoulder.
блин
>>29910456
He thought an iron sighted relic firing 7,62x54R at 50 yards was a good introduction to firearms. I can only imagine his friends are just as incompetent as he is. I say imagine because the story never happened.
>>29908363
That's okay this is my double
>driving to gravel pits
>want to go fast
>HOV Lane is empty
>Sorry no singles
>shooting anywhere other than private land and innawoods
>>29910500
Ouch
>>29910076
This kind of shit makes me wonder if antigun people infiltrated the shooting sports to engender a "no newfags allowed" attitude.
Sometimes I feel like they try it here in Burgerland. You have my sympathies, Frenchman.
>>29908363
Lucky I brought a double.
>>29908363
thats cool my boyfriend likes to shoot too
>Want to go shooting
>Pay a girl $500 to join me for 2 hours
>Range staff are suspicious
>Ask her a few questions
>Discover she's not really my friend
>Refund my membership fees to her
>Ban me for life
>I call the cops
>Cops laugh at me, tell me neither the girl or the range owes me a refund
>Jacked up alpha cop offers girl a ride home
>Puts his arm around her
>Makes me more mad than anything else because she told me she had a no touching rule during our trip
>Realise later that she never returned my Mossberg
>Court rules it was a 'gift' and lets her keep it
>See girl with cop walking into the range a few weeks later
>His hand is firmly grasping her ass
Shit's never fair.
>>29909067
He rolled the year that we BTFO hitler and Hirohito and saved the world. That's got to count for something.
>>29909378
You work at shoot straight in casslebury?
>>29911045
Pic?
>>29911045
I know this never happened but I heartily kekd at the thought of someone this autistic
>>29910076
>>29910989
What the French anon is describing sounds a bit like the shooting club scene in parts of the US.
I don't think it's intentional, it's just that those clubs & competitive shooters can get autistic and cliquish.
We're just lucky in the US that we get start shooting without having to satisfy some autistic competition scene.
>>Go to a steel shoot in the middle of nowhere, bring 6" .357 magnum. Pay entry fee.
>>People are weird and kind of unfriendly.
>>Everyone has $1000+ gigantic weird-ass single shot pistols.
>>My adjusted combat sights totally unsuitable for such tiny targets.
>>Even when I hit the steel, my full-house magnum loads often won't knock it down.
>>Don't want to buy a $1000 rifle/pistol hybrid that looks ridiculous and would be useless for anything else.
>>Want to shoot CMP high-power matches.
>>Need expensive rebuilt WWII rifle to even compete in most of the matches.
>>To buy expensive WWII rifle at somewhat reasonable price requires shooting club membership.
>>All club memberships in area closed.
>>29910488
>Not teaching people to shoot with a firearm that has:
>A very simple, basic action anyone can learn
>Again, simple iron sights
>a cartridge more interesting that 22lr
>you don't care if they drop it
U R SOOOOO DUUUMB.
>>29909388
Not that first anon, but probably. That's why ranges have a no singles policy for renters, they don't want people using their facility as a futurama-esque suicide booth. If you own your own guns, you wouldn't travel to a range when you could off yourself in the comfort of your own bathtub, and if you're there with someone else, it's unlikely that the two of you have a suicide pact going.
Honestly, I feel like it's a liability thing. Ranges are still businesses, and they do have to take certain steps to legally protect themselves.
>>29909085
I'm not OP, but I got in the thread bec. I'd never heard about a no singles policy. I get it now, never really thought about people killin themselves with rental guns. I get it now though. Makes sense. I always shot at my farm, or a range with my own guns. Had never even heard about it before.
>>29911122
> they don't want people using their facility as a futurama-esque suicide booth
I can get it being a liability thing, but does that really happen enough to justify that as a reason?
>>29911132
Hes trolling you.
There is no such thing as a no singles policy.
>>29910113
Get a lever action in 357 and just cowboy their shit up
>>29909850
see>>29909905
Wood burning stoves are GOAT when it comes to heating. My uncle can keep his full size basement a comfy 75F in winter with just a wood stove
>>29911140
Not if you bring your own guns. Just took girlfriend shooting for the first time about 2 weeks ago and they had a big sign saying "singles must provide own guns"
>>29911132
It simply sucks from a business/employee standpoint to have someone die violently at your family-friendly business and have to close the range and clean up all brain and bone matter, and then deal with the PSTD'd customers and employees. To say it's bad for business would be an understatement.
IIRC it happened multiple times at a range in Florida.
>>29911132
Does it happen often? Probably not. One anon in this thread mentioned it happening twice in a year at one place though, so I suppose the possibility is there. And it's really up to the discretion of the range. Some places have a "singles must bring own guns" policy, while others don't.
>>29911108
Try to get into silouhette shooting
There's some autistic bolt action pistol folks at the national levels, but at local shoots you'll be more than fine with your sixgun. The scene is mostly
>friendly hasguns Hispanics
>hikock45-esque non-fudd old timers
>some crossovers from the CAS and handgun hunting scenes
Just remember to wear high boots or a leg leather if you plan on shooting from creedmore
>>29909190
>not supporting local shooting competitions
>not supporting local gunclubs
>huhrrr it costs $10 to use a range!
did you say this while spending how much on ammo every time you go shooting? Yeah. I thought so.
>>29910076
>>29910989
I was afraid it would be that way in Germany too, but I instantly found a nice club and some members were so nice to lend me their guns. Only weird thing was, that there were no real safety instructions as I expected it from many American videos etc. It's a bit far to drive, but better than nothing. Really hope I can spend some time in the US in the future.
>>29908363
I brought my own rifle, dude. If I wanted to off myself, I'd have done it before driving over.
>>29911268
It was an IHMSA match. I should have been more specific. Not like you describe, though. I probably was just unlucky.
The best competition experiences I've had was with local USPSA matches. Very welcoming group and I could shoot limited or revolver and be reasonably competitive.
>>29911165
>>29909905
stoves are for cooking
>>29908598
>Hitting a bullseye at 25m
>Luck
Man, you must have Parkinson's.
>>29911333
I know Germany has a really rich hunting and shooting heritage, anon. I hope you get into that and enjoy it.
pic: incredibly weird German combination gun. You never see these in the US.
>>29909928
>take friends out to shoot guns
>ALL of them are new shooters
you really should have a "one new shooter at a time" policy
>>29911333
Nice trips man. And if you ever do come to the Memphis TN/ North Mississippi area, I'd take you shooting. Got some farm land just a few minutes away. You making any real plans to come over sometime?
>>29911420
Damn, is the filename the name of the gun? Whered you find the pic? I want one.
>>29908579
I like to warm people to my right if I'm shooting something that I know will chick brass into their lane. I only have one gun that really does that, and generally when I warn people about it they choose a better lane.
>>29911408
Found the cityboy
>>29908569
I-I'll go to the range with you, anon.
>>29908923
>pretty /k/
Closet pedo autists with an unnatural desire to shit post on their custom firearms and online egos?
Seems about right.
I haven't shot my guns in over 6 months. I should probably go to the range soon...
>>29911486
http://www.fanzoj.com/en/gunroom/custom_built_weapons/other_rifles/triumphbock_drilling.html
>Prices not listed...
>>29911420
Yes we have a rich tradition when it comes to hunting, I really like the respect you show towards the animal after the shot. Although the culture is slowly dying. Combination guns like that can be found in most gun stores here, really quite interesting, I try to get my hands on one of them.
>>29911464
Thanks. I had some plans with a couple of friends, but the US is very expensive. I'm just a College student at the moment, but my university offers to spend one semester abroad, although I'm trying to join the German army next year.
>>29910360
what an awesome rendition of the "penis!" game that could be
>>29908363
>It's a good thing I brought twenties then, huh?
>>29908363
I don't even have a gun, I'm just browsing
>>29908579
I was once sighting in a Sauer 303 and the casing bounced off the wall, right back into the ejection port, but turned 180°.
>>29911420
That's a Bockdrilling.
One shotgun barrel and two rifled barrels of the same or different calibers (as seen in your pic).
With it you always have the right shot for everything you can hunt here.
>>29908844
Amazing
>>29911537
Hyuck Hyuck Hyuck
>>29908363
>I sat in the parking lot for an hour last time i went to the range, my cousin was suppose to meet me but never showed up.
>I finally figured he was never showing and shot by myself for an hour.
>I ended being the only person by themselves.
>shoot my moist nugget and marlin 336 but the marlin seizes up because it sat in drywall for a decade.
>pocketspaghetti.jpg
>cousin calls me up 4 hours after the fact and tells me he over slept and drove his buddy to do some errands.
>live in Central Oregon
>drive 10 minutes in any direction
>go target shooting on blm land
I don't see the appeal of designated shooting ranges. Of course if that's your only option then so be it.
>>29912521
Why didn't you just text him after 15 minutes of waiting that you were starting without him? Why not just call him instead of waiting for an hour? What the fuck am I reading?
>>29910113
My WMA (what it's called in Georgia) range isn't horrible but it has fucking range officers nowadays. Two of them are decent, one is a goddamned cunt but I know which days he doesn't work. My LGS is expanding and they're going to have an indoor range soon, so I'll probably use that more often because even though it'll cost cash, it'll be closer to my house by a decent bit.
>>29911132
Happened at a place in Atlanta area earlier this year, it happens here and there.
Probably will never happen in a small town range. Keep in mind that the one in Atlanta gets a lot of traffic and I think this is only the second time it's ever happened.
>>29912178
>With it you always have the right shot for everything you can hunt here.
I guess if you're just going out to see what you can shoot, or only want to have one gun that works.
>>29912675
i did call him he wouldn't pick up, tried messaging him and still no luck. Called his brother make sure he didn't get drunk or some other form of fucked up. nope he was just an asshole. ill take my other cousin next time. I would take one of my friends but they are either out of state for college or they joined the military.
>>29908363
Happened to me the week after Sandy hook, except the Fulkerson said they weren't renting till after. Xmas. His coworker just handed a couple a basket of two rented handguns, bullets eyes and ears. At least be honest!
I drove to another range and shot a rented Walther p22. Thus I started my new hobby.
Norcal here, only one range close to where I am and it's got a FUDD vibe to it. Last time I was there the no-singles policy only applied to renting if you didn't bring your own guns. What kills me is the "1 round every 2 secs" type of shit. Like I get it, people need to not be retards but that should be up to the RO. Employees are pretty nice though. My only complaint is it's a pistol range so not only is my 30-06 verboten but I got pay $1 a round for frangible 5.56.
They did start cleaning the place a bit more after a fire started while I was reloading a mag. This is why we don't use steel bullets or bullets that contain steel indoors.
>can only shoot at ranges where I live
>no holster draws
>no rapid fire
>no fun
>>29910889
get cardboard cut out of cris costa nigga
My state missed a letter in my first name on my LTC, took me 6 months for someone to notice. The school registrar of all people.
>>29913782
Are you coming to the meet next month?
>>29914339
Probably not comrade.
>>29913961
feels bad man
>>29908569
I just go to the range way at night an hour before they close.
I'm pretty sure the employees think I'm nuts anyway.
>>29913961
I never understood this. I live in new york and my range has none of these rules. Where the fuck are you worth a range that had rules like that. Please say California or Jersey i don't think i can handle anywhere else.
>>29908363
When it comes to a lot of gun ranges that rent guns, not allowing single people to rent guns makes sense. Some will even take down two "best people to call" on the application, and give them a ring before renting a gun to someone.
If you have any idea how often people actually blow their brains out in a gun range, and the amount of liability/insurance is involved with running a multimillion dollar facility, you would understand. When it comes to someone killing themselves in a gun range, it isn't really a matter of if, it's more of a when.
Hell, they are starting to build ranges with quick ways to segment off areas once somebody does do it.
>>29916057
NJ fag here and you're allowed to do holster draws at every range i've ever been to. You need to take an additional safety course if you're not a LEO but only once, then they mark your port with a red tag anytime you want to and you're good to go.
