and don't forget the ro'sQuote:
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Ranges are full of gene-lacking, socially in-ept groups of strange fuckers who are too blinkered in their ways to give an intelligent enthusiast, prompt to the point, all round advice.
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and don't forget the ro'sQuote:
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Ranges are full of gene-lacking, socially in-ept groups of strange fuckers who are too blinkered in their ways to give an intelligent enthusiast, prompt to the point, all round advice.
I've dropped a roo at 4500 M .... i loved my .50 cal browning, very upset i had to hand it in.... $15 a round too
Same as bike forums when your the new guy on the block but its a start untill you get enought understanding to make your own way...Quote:
quote:Originally posted by NakedTurboBusa
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Ranges are full of gene-lacking, socially in-ept groups of strange fuckers who are too blinkered in their ways to give an intelligent enthusiast, prompt to the point, all round advice.
Going to the right range to talk to the right people is almost unpossible but the more people you talk to the better off you'll be .... having said that PM NakedTurboBusa and find out from a teacher of the art because ill just tell you to get a muzzle loader and once your into it people would think you'd have been better off taking up crack:D;)... My favorate rifle is 200 years old and has a crazy history ...[8]
Cool man thanks for the links [8D]Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Bitchfish
For future reference the "I want to whinge about guns" topic is here: http://www.streetfighters.com.au/for...TOPIC_ID=13840 :D. Now as Bo said, have you got any advice for old mate? Here's a couple of links for you
http://www.nioa.net.au/default.aspx
http://www.foxsafe.com.au/
http://www.buffaloriversafes.com/
The best advice I'm getting so far is from you lot, and one or two decent chaps out on the range.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by latheboy
Got to the range and talk to as many people as you can, most of them will offer you a shot, and go with one of them to the local gun shop and shoulder as many different rifles as you can. What feels good for me will be different for you.
And if you want to go hunting DONT get the shiniest rifle you can, reflection is a bitch.
I wouldn't have thought to "molest" the weapons so to speak and see what feels right, thanks for the tip!
I'm not one for bling either. Nearly every time something involves being painted, or a colour is to be chosen. First thing that comes to mind is matt black! Guy who had my ute before me bought about 20 cans of the shit from bunnings and went to town on it.
PM on its way, thanks for that [8D]I'm lacking severely in the technique side of shooting accurately, I'm only going on advice I got from the trainers on the weapons courses I did in cadets.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by NakedTurboBusa
mmmmmmmmm ...Im not really good at many things, my riding is average, however, I have instructed (13 years) a lot of current serving SF snipers etc. It is something Im really good at....... if you want advice without all the wank----- send me a PM and I will point you in the right direction....
cheers
Pete
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Ranges are full of gene-lacking, socially in-ept groups of strange fuckers who are too blinkered in their ways to give an intelligent enthusiast, prompt to the point, all round advice.
As I replied above, theres one or two allright people out on the range, but MAAaaaaaaaan theres some imbred fuckers walkin around with guns. I can pick them a mile away though, I just try to stay clear of them and ignore them when they are doing the whole "n00b, I know everything" shit, but just make bigger idiots of themselves.
I don't know how half of them manage to operate a vehicle to GET to the range, let alone feed and dress themselves!
At least there was a mean set of tits out there today worth looking at.[8D]
Thats exactly what I am thinking of doing. Probably go out to the range for a lazy day of shooting if I want to take mates n stuff without having to make a full day of going somewhere closer to home to shoot.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by BOHEMION
Pete's the best bloke to speak to mate!
This is why you join a club to get ur licence sorted then do your own thing.
its almost a 2hr drive south to where we have arranged to go shooting on my mates property!
Otherwise it would be .22's at the folks joint, (so its quiet..er) but after today, and how insanely F'ing ghey .22's are. I refuse to even waste my money on one for my first weapon.
You can't have .50 cals? - That would be like telling me to hand in my car or bike, aint fuckin gettin it out of my kung fu grip.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by latheboy
I've dropped a roo at 4500 M .... i loved my .50 cal browning, very upset i had to hand it in.... $15 a round too
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Yeah mate - I came into the bike scene (and forums) knowing full well I had to ask stupid questions and cop a bit of shit to know what I know now, its the same with cars, only it used to fuck me off when smart ass know it alls got their jolly's making fun of you instead of just answering a damn question.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by latheboy
Same as bike forums when your the new guy on the block but its a start untill you get enought understanding to make your own way...Quote:
quote:Originally posted by NakedTurboBusa
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Ranges are full of gene-lacking, socially in-ept groups of strange fuckers who are too blinkered in their ways to give an intelligent enthusiast, prompt to the point, all round advice.
Going to the right range to talk to the right people is almost unpossible but the more people you talk to the better off you'll be .... having said that PM NakedTurboBusa and find out from a teacher of the art because ill just tell you to get a muzzle loader and once your into it people would think you'd have been better off taking up crack:D;)... My favorate rifle is 200 years old and has a crazy history ...[8]
Fuckers get like that with me I just don't bother askin any more questions.
Muzzle loaders look like the type of thing you'd need patience for? I reckon those old OLD rifles are awesome, would love to have a crack at one.
Whenever I want to refer to poofters from now on, I'm gunna call them 'Muzzle Loaders' ;)
That's gunna piss Ivan off sooooo bad... [}:)] :D
Just renewed my QLD A&B class licence. Gotta be a member of SSAA but don't have to attend any shoots or join a club. Valid reason - Recreational hunting. You do need a letter from the owner of a property of over 40acres in size giving permission to shoot there for recreation and also get them to write in feral animal control. Otherwise, go over to Cleavers and cough up $110 for a hunting authority on their property Lesmoir. Don't expect to ever get to shoot out there cause there is something like a 4 year wait and it is entirely at their discretion if they let you onto the property. Just easier not to bother.
Figure buying a rifle like buying a bike. Look for wear and tear in the chamber, bore, muzzle crown, marks on the finish of the metalwork and stock, bowed stocks that are touching only one side of the barrel, and so on. Most you can try running a folded abnk note under the barrel between it and the stock to check if the barrel is free floated if they tell you it is although some newer ones use a pressure pad at the end of the stock to tune the barrel but are free floated behind that back to the receiver.
You don't wanna buy the first you see and remember to ask to see the new ones first. Start at the most expensive and work down. You'll soon figure what's what. Then go onto the s/h ones. problems should stand out a mile. If they don't want to show you a particular feature on a rifle, avoid that rifle.
Normally, it's a good idea to be licenced before going in to shop for a gun. Smoothes the process.
Mate, whatever you choose you have to complement it with one of these bad boys:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsV50T5uEyw[/youtube]
Awesome tips mate, thanks for that, I'm still tryin to get my head around all the lingo so I don't just look like another derro paint sniffer wandering into the gun shop for a look.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by OZ750L
Just renewed my QLD A&B class licence. Gotta be a member of SSAA but don't have to attend any shoots or join a club. Valid reason - Recreational hunting. You do need a letter from the owner of a property of over 40acres in size giving permission to shoot there for recreation and also get them to write in feral animal control. Otherwise, go over to Cleavers and cough up $110 for a hunting authority on their property Lesmoir. Don't expect to ever get to shoot out there cause there is something like a 4 year wait and it is entirely at their discretion if they let you onto the property. Just easier not to bother.
Figure buying a rifle like buying a bike. Look for wear and tear in the chamber, bore, muzzle crown, marks on the finish of the metalwork and stock, bowed stocks that are touching only one side of the barrel, and so on. Most you can try running a folded abnk note under the barrel between it and the stock to check if the barrel is free floated if they tell you it is although some newer ones use a pressure pad at the end of the stock to tune the barrel but are free floated behind that back to the receiver.
You don't wanna buy the first you see and remember to ask to see the new ones first. Start at the most expensive and work down. You'll soon figure what's what. Then go onto the s/h ones. problems should stand out a mile. If they don't want to show you a particular feature on a rifle, avoid that rifle.
Normally, it's a good idea to be licenced before going in to shop for a gun. Smoothes the process.
I think up untill I get my licence I'll have a real good look around, which will give me plenty of time to sus out what suits me.
I paid for club membership already, cause I wasn't too sure if where you shoot (regarding written permission on someone elses land) was subject to rules about the proximity of neighbouring properties/zoning, etc. Its all kind of semi rural out here, but further down in the border ranges is where we would be shooting anyway.
And well at least for the next year or so the range fee's and gun hire is cheaper :P
LOL!, holy dead grandchild who wandered in after having a bad dream batman.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Cruisecontrol
Mate, whatever you choose you have to complement it with one of these bad boys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsV50T5uEyw
Sounds about right for how paraniod I am about someone wandering in under our bedroom (garage is under there, its happened before)A few times I'v almost done a micky flip out of bed and out the window in my jocks with half a pool cue, after hearing some prick down stairs.
But that little device I'm guessing would definately up the dead burglar stats!
Am I right in assuming this product is encouraging a loaded weapon to be stuffed under there?
I'd fuckin shoot myself in the shins getting into bed!
I'm interested in hearing more about this. PM's OK if a public forum is unsuitable.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by NakedTurboBusa
I have instructed (13 years) a lot of current serving SF snipers etc.
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quote:Originally posted by Neo Dutch
I'm interested in hearing more about this. PM's OK if a public forum is unsuitable.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by NakedTurboBusa
I have instructed (13 years) a lot of current serving SF snipers etc.
imagine if your missus was making the bed and by accident blew her fucking leg off cos of that fuckin dumb ass piece of equipment i mean FFS what will those stupid fuckin yanks think of nextQuote:
quote:Originally posted by Cruisecontrol
Mate, whatever you choose you have to complement it with one of these bad boys:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsV50T5uEyw[/youtube]
They did say it wasn't recommended for homes with kids.
Do ya reckon you could sneak one of those into your house and your wife wouldn't know about it?Quote:
quote:Originally posted by BANDITROD
imagine if your missus was making the bed and by accident blew her fucking leg off cos of that fuckin dumb ass piece of equipment i mean FFS what will those stupid fuckin yanks think of next
As long as you didn't walk it through the kitchen you'd prolly be ok
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
The Back-up is flawed - in a bedroom, you'd want a sawn-off, not a long barrel.
x3 - 13 years teaching at that level would certainly mean you knew which end of a rifle is which plus as well as picking up a few other tips.
Myself, I've grasped the concept of which end the hurty thing comes out of and it's best not to be there when it does and that I can hit generally in the area I was pointing at.
All jokes aside, after 13 years instructing professionals at that level and the intense focus that needs to be developed at that level to understand what you are doing and why, you would have a wealth of knowledge that would certainly be unattainable by the general hunter/shooter. Have you ever considered writing about it? There's a lot of info out there but not a lot of it is good or relevant. Maybe a how to (or how not to) manual or guide or even just a book of annecdotes about your experiences? Maybe just pointing people towards the right information as an unbiased source? That is if it can be written about being probably on the edge of needing permissions or clearances to reveal it? After having both Grandfathers, a Grandmother and Father pass away, I am now realising how much knowledge/information they took with them that I cannot call on anymore.
Myself I would call a fair shooter. Rabbit head at 50m or body at 100m reliably. I've noticed myself that my skills have blunted from what they were when I was 20 or so. Not having the time and/or opportunity to shoot regularly has been a lot to do with it but also picking up a few bad habits and forgetting technique also contribute. Done a few range sessions over the years but don't shoot competitively. Probably wouldn't hurt to do a bit more range work but iron out the problems when I do. Sorta know enough to tell good from bad with guns and equipment but never to proud to ask questions either.
Could do waaaaaaaaay worse than listening to what Naked could tell you IMHO.
Naked... What's your take on sites like sniper.com? (if it's still around?)
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