So my buddy talked me into going to the range with him today. Normally I just shoot in a field out behind the house but I figured why not it'll be fun. Got there got set up, my buddy decided that he was going to shoot his AR first before he grabs the bolt guns. All I have here is an 700 .308 in an AICS, so that's what I pulled pulled out first and got set up.
The looks you get at a range are priceless. The RO had to be late 60s early 70s and just glared when two 20 something year old kids walk up to check in. I didn't think much of it I get that look most of the time at ranges or competitions so I'm used to it.
As soon as the AR comes out, "no more than 10 rounds per clip!"and walked into a little building off to the side of the firing line. He only had 10 round mags with him so it was a non-issue. I get my 700 out and set up. There was only one other guy there he after he emptied his rifle he got up, and went to get the guy to call a cold range. (that was nice of him huh?) He came out called the range cold and we head down to set targets up. I glanced back when we got to the 100 yard line to see this guy about 2 feet from my rifle staring it, okay.. no big deal he's not touching it whatever. Walked up to 200 yards placed a few more targets and headed back.
The first comment I got from him when I got back was "so... what kind of elephant gun you got there?" Of course I got a huge smile and was like oh its just a little .308. "Oh.. really?" He called the line hot and walked back into his hut.
After about a hour I was starting to wrap things up a little and just for practice I always fire a 5 shot group as fast as i can work the bolt just to practice working the bolt, staying on target, recoil control, all that good stuff. My buddy decided he was going to switch rifles so he was in the process of casing his ar when I did this.
I had just fired the 5th round when the olé man comes bursting out of the hut. "I SAID NO RAPI...." and he just stopped when he seen that my friend was standing next to his cased AR by the bench. He looked like he was going to go off but didn't know who to go off on. there were only two rifles out, mine, with the bolt back and the other guy had a 7mag that was also a bolt. The look on his face was priceless, he just turned around and walked back into his hut.
I found it very entertaining. I didn't know rapid firing a bolt was against the rules or even considered possible..
Anybody else have similar experiences?
The looks you get at a range are priceless. The RO had to be late 60s early 70s and just glared when two 20 something year old kids walk up to check in. I didn't think much of it I get that look most of the time at ranges or competitions so I'm used to it.
As soon as the AR comes out, "no more than 10 rounds per clip!"and walked into a little building off to the side of the firing line. He only had 10 round mags with him so it was a non-issue. I get my 700 out and set up. There was only one other guy there he after he emptied his rifle he got up, and went to get the guy to call a cold range. (that was nice of him huh?) He came out called the range cold and we head down to set targets up. I glanced back when we got to the 100 yard line to see this guy about 2 feet from my rifle staring it, okay.. no big deal he's not touching it whatever. Walked up to 200 yards placed a few more targets and headed back.
The first comment I got from him when I got back was "so... what kind of elephant gun you got there?" Of course I got a huge smile and was like oh its just a little .308. "Oh.. really?" He called the line hot and walked back into his hut.
After about a hour I was starting to wrap things up a little and just for practice I always fire a 5 shot group as fast as i can work the bolt just to practice working the bolt, staying on target, recoil control, all that good stuff. My buddy decided he was going to switch rifles so he was in the process of casing his ar when I did this.
I had just fired the 5th round when the olé man comes bursting out of the hut. "I SAID NO RAPI...." and he just stopped when he seen that my friend was standing next to his cased AR by the bench. He looked like he was going to go off but didn't know who to go off on. there were only two rifles out, mine, with the bolt back and the other guy had a 7mag that was also a bolt. The look on his face was priceless, he just turned around and walked back into his hut.
I found it very entertaining. I didn't know rapid firing a bolt was against the rules or even considered possible..
Anybody else have similar experiences?