shot a gun for the first time yesterday
 

so i went to an indoor shooting range yesterday with a buddy of mine. it was a pretty interesting experiance. i wouldn't quite say i "liked" it, but i definatly did not dislike it. i think if maybe it had been cheaper i would have liked it more, but for the price i guess it just seemed to go too quick. it's kinda funny, when we first walked into the firing line area, even with the ear muffles on, everytime someone shot it was startling. then once i shot, i stopped noticing the noise from the others.

definatly a cool experiance, thought i'd share.

Shooting can be great fun. If cost is a major concern, get a .22 rimfire handgun. You can shoot all day for pennies and it can be a lot of fun. We used to take silhouette targets to the range (practice targets that have silhouettes from rifle competition printed on them, warthog, turkey, etc), and have informal shooting contests. Whoever got the most hit in a certain time had lunch bought for them by the rest. That sort of thing. With .22's it's much easier on the pocket.

Myybe next time try an outdoor clay range it is fun to hit a moving target

if i could find one of those in my area, i'd definatly be in. skeet shooting was my favoirte part of the old apple IIe game "summer games!"

Skeet shooting is a blast! (no pun intended) Probably my favorite thing to do with a firearm. :P

Skeets fun...I have a lot of fun with a .22. Cheap, easy, honest fun. Bigger calibers are fun, but not necesary to just kill a sunday afternoon.

I havent been to a shooting range yet...ive done archery but...but its not the same.

Damn! I just hate the ihigh prices on ammunition here in denmark. 40 rounds of 6,5*55 FMJ Norma Goldentarget, will easily cost me something like 11 dollars. .22 is quite a lot cheaper thoug... depending on the manufacturer and quality. 50 rounds for 3.67dollar... that's at least more acceptable, but it's only half an hour of targetting. :/

yeah, the skeet shooting is fun. and it's relatively cheap. $3.00 for a box of 25 rounds, and at the shooting range, $5.00 for a round of 25 skeet. i'll shoot 2 or 3 rounds, so $16, or $24 bucks. and it can last around an hour depending on how busy the range is. good times!

I've just got into going to the shooting range, and yeah, the big guns can be fun (was shooting a 44 magnum today) but the bullets are expensive, and you go through them pretty fast (seeing as loading a revolver is a lot quicker than loading a magazine).

Next time I am going to shoot a 22 or a 9mm or something smaller.

you really dont even need to goto a range for skeet / trap shooting....me and a buddy of mine just bought our own launcher u can get em for under 40 bucks....and a box of pigeons are like 7 bucks.......


its cheap and fun...

yeah Todd, yer right. a friend of mine has a wilderness pass for the area up around Big Bear, CA. he took me out there once and he had a cheap little hand launcher for like, 10 bucks or something. and yeah, a box of 100 or so pigeons is cheap!

me and a friend went shooting his dads guns a few weeks ago.

had a ruger 9 mill, h&k .45, and a sks .722

lots of fun, shot full cans of diet soda (hehe, always hated diet soda)

but we forgot to bring earplugs, so our ears were ringing for days afterwards....

word from the wise: always wear earplugs :)

If you just want to shoot at targets and have fun, try out a .22 rifle. They are much more accurate and easy to shoot than a pistol, and around here (Texas) you can get 550 rounds for under 10 bucks. My girlfriend and I like to take it to the range and shoot the metal silhouettes. The PING! you get when you hit one is very satisfying.

I like to shoot clay skeets too but I only have a 12 gauge and it's a little much for repetitive shots :) (Range doesn't allow rifles on the skeet range.)