Which Type Of Shooter Are You?

[Maser 2,012]

I'm a rapid fire guy because I love to rapid fire my pump shotgun!

 

 

[MO Fugga 412]

I'm the guy waving my gun around like a jackass because I prefer to have the range to myself.

[Historian 14,812]

I'm the guy who shows up at sunrise and leaves before everyone else gets there.

[Zonny 2,444]

I’m a straight shooter.

[Huaco Kid 11,368]

The quick.

[Joshhtn 218]

A slightly above average marksman...

[aomagrat 914]

I just go to shoot, not socialize. I don't talk to anyone, and I hope no one talks to me.

[Swampfox762 60,305]

I'm a Both eyes open shooter and I sight only with the front site when I'm practicing "Real World" shooting on a man target at 20 ft.

Now, If I'm out at my buddy's with the shotgun and the AK,...THAT's fun shootin.  How many people Are NOT Both eyes open shooters?

[aomagrat 914]

2 minutes ago, Swampfox762 said:

I'm a Both eyes open shooter and I sight only with the front site when I'm practicing "Real World" shooting on a man target at 20 ft.

Now, If I'm out at my buddy's with the shotgun and the AK,...THAT's fun shootin.  How many people Are NOT Both eyes open shooters?

I'm both eyes open with a handgun and one eye open with a rifle.

[minervadoe 2,730]

12 minutes ago, Swampfox762 said:

How many people Are NOT Both eyes open shooters?

Me.

I take pictures of my targets and post them.  Does that make me the Social Media Guy?

Ruger Redhawk .44, Right Hand best on October 15, 2020 - seven yards

 

Ruger Redhawk .44, Left Hand best on October 15, 2020 - seven yards

[MO Fugga 412]

13 minutes ago, aomagrat said:

I'm both eyes open with a handgun and one eye open with a rifle.

2 eyes for a scope at 1x for sure.

[Walt Longmire 10,220]

Range? I own a gravel pit. It's filled with lead.

[GT4494 402]

Not one to talk much about it.  Did take the son in law out once to try his guns.  He was raised in the woods hunting and shooting and was very surprised when he was out shot. 

[minervadoe 2,730]

Gabby people during cease fire are usually a welcome addition to a range session.  But, people that try to talk to me while I am trying to shoot will experience a cold shoulder as I demonstrate my powers of concentration.

And people that want to try my guns get treated as if they are invisible from then on out.

One time at the range there was a group of young professionals clustered around whichever one of them was firing their rent a gun.  One of them was squatting down right were my Glock 20 likes to throw its brass.  I told him that he might want to move for that reason and he looked at me like, "What a stupid old man."  **** him, I just started putting rounds down range and when I went to look for my brass, he was gone and the brass had obviously been deflected from its normal trajectory.  Oh well.  Newbies who won't listen suck.

[Wyzz Kydd 941]

Indoor range?  Maybe once every 10 years.  I shoot every Saturday, in competition, outside.  I'm none of those guys.  

[crockett 3,961]

Grumpy reloader and ballistics nut, all the way at the end of the range. Comes first, leaves last, didn't say a word.

 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by crockett

[holyjohnson 6,392]

the type that can do all of that and not be asked to leave because i don`t shoot in indoor ranges much anymore.

99% of indoor ranges ban any practical shooting Techniques.

 

last indoor range i was in had a sign on the wall in the Shop that said.

No Draw shooting.

No Rapid Fire.

No Tac-Reloads.

No Cross Lane Shooting.

they literally had yellow boxes painted on the floor that you had to stay in.

Range was Empty, but i couldn't go in because i wasn't wearing eye and ear Pro.

 

since i moved and the cost and scarcity of Ammo i haven't done much shooting at all though.

[Rellik 1,213]

I'm  the kind of shooter that Jeanne needs. 

[Swampfox762 60,305]

2 hours ago, aomagrat said:

I'm both eyes open with a handgun and one eye open with a rifle.

I'm both eyes open, rifle or pistol.  My mind closes off the eye that ain't "focusin".

[Swampfox762 60,305]

1 hour ago, holyjohnson said:

the type that can do all of that and not be asked to leave because i don`t shoot in indoor ranges much anymore.

99% of indoor ranges ban any practical shooting Techniques.

 

last indoor range i was in had a sign on the wall in the Shop that said.

No Draw shooting.

No Rapid Fire.

No Tac-Reloads.

No Cross Lane Shooting.

they literally had yellow boxes painted on the floor that you had to stay in.

Range was Empty, but i couldn't go in because i wasn't wearing eye and ear Pro.

 

since i moved and the cost and scarcity of Ammo i haven't done much shooting at all though.

True.  Most "Ranges" now days, are just to check out a pistol.  No serious "training" can be done there.

[Eric 40,143]

I am the guy who sets up to shoot his 1911 and five minutes later a retiree sets up next to him with to test-fire five rifles he just had fitted with muzzle brakes, 4 of which are belted magnums. This is of course is at a range with a corregated tin roof over the firing line. I pack up and GTFO after ten rounds from the first muzzlebraked  rifle, a .300 H&H Magnum.

That happened to me once in PHX, at Ben Avery. The concussion from that freaking rifle was like getting hit with a padded baseball bat.

Anyway, I am the kind of shooter who prefers few or no other shooters in the immediate area when he shoots.

[Swampfox762 60,305]

2 hours ago, minervadoe said:

Me.

I take pictures of my targets and post them.  Does that make me the Social Media Guy?

Ruger Redhawk .44, Right Hand best on October 15, 2020 - seven yards

 

Ruger Redhawk .44, Left Hand best on October 15, 2020 - seven yards

Seriously, that's some SERIOUS accuracy.    I can pull "All Black" at 20 ft...with maby a flyer, shootin from a weaver stance usin the front site only and with both eyes open.

[Brad 306]

The poser for sure. Ha.

Edited December 2, 2020 by Brad

[Dynactus 187]

This thread got me thinking. I usually shoot in my back yard, or pretty close to it. I'm usually by myself. Now when I shoot I'll be wondering what type of shooter I am. Probably the shooter that doesn't shoot often enough. Need to work on that.

[Eric 40,143]

14 minutes ago, Swampfox762 said:

Seriously, that's some SERIOUS accuracy.    I can pull "All Black" at 20 ft...with maby a flyer, shootin from a weaver stance usin the front site only and with both eyes open.

I once hit a chemlight stick on a target berm 600 meters downrange with the first burst of an M-60 at night. True story. It was a night shoot for M-60 gunners. There were target berms with a cluster of hinged silhouette targets on each, at ranges from 400 meters to 1,000 meters, on each firing lane. Each berm had a chemlight staked to it, to mark it. I hit the chemlight on the 600 berm with the first burst, which splattered the glowing green crap up onto the targets, before I adjusted a little and got the targets. It was very cool looking. It looked like Predator blood.