The firearm thread

**Mr Merde** · 23rd September 2008, 23:37

Originally Posted by Curious_AJ

as you can see i am in none of those... mainly coz i was the camera lady... however, i had fun doing it... mmm film... and shooting was fun too... though i must admit i'm shy of missing as i hadn't been shooting for at least 8 years... however, I now remember why I started in the first place!

^_^

Thanks Chris for making me do it... lol.

*is a ning nong*

Didnt have to try too hard.

Glad you enjoyed yourself young lady. It was a real pleasure meeting you for the first time.

I know my pup (Tanner) liked you also as he hasnt been patted by one person so much.

DOnt forget that you are all welcome back any time. It gets easier and quicker to get to the place the more you travel the route.,

Chris

**deanohit** · 24th September 2008, 12:23

Awwww damn, I'm jealous of all you guys now!

But hey, happy days, I was reunited with all my other rifles and shotguns when I got back down to my mates here in Blenheim last night and got them back off him.

Fun times are coming!

**Curious_AJ** · 24th September 2008, 14:03

Originally Posted by Mr Merde

Didnt have to try too hard.

Glad you enjoyed yourself young lady. It was a real pleasure meeting you for the first time.

I know my pup (Tanner) liked you also as he hasnt been patted by one person so much.

DOnt forget that you are all welcome back any time. It gets easier and quicker to get to the place the more you travel the route.,

Chris

as it was a pleasure to meet you!

lol Tanner's a lovely dog, and ofcourse, being me, I can't resist cute animals.

I think in the future I might be interested in looking at more shooting, however, it's a toss up between guns and archery for me i think. Both of which I used to do in the past when I was younger, but ran out of the space when we moved over here.

**Wolf** · 24th September 2008, 14:32

Originally Posted by Curious_AJ

it's a toss up between guns and archery for me i think.

I love both. When I did an archery course, our instructor encouraged us to find our own most comfortable anchoring point that we could easily replicate, rather than saying "thou shalt draw the bow back to here and anchor here".

Firearms or archery - either is a lot of fun. Wouldn't mind trying crossbow at some stage.

**Curious_AJ** · 25th September 2008, 18:48

Originally Posted by Wolf

I love both. When I did an archery course, our instructor encouraged us to find our own most comfortable anchoring point that we could easily replicate, rather than saying "thou shalt draw the bow back to here and anchor here".

Firearms or archery - either is a lot of fun. Wouldn't mind trying crossbow at some stage.

that's pretty awesome, you do need to find what you're comfortable with, it applies to both guns and bows.

mmm crossbow... looks like fun!

**sAsLEX** · 25th September 2008, 20:33

Originally Posted by Curious_AJ

mmm crossbow... looks like fun!

Crossbows are banned from hunting with in alot of DOC land, normal bows are less restricted...... though being a vet nurse type I doubt this would be of too much concern to you?

**Wolf** · 25th September 2008, 20:46

Originally Posted by Curious_AJ

that's pretty awesome, you do need to find what you're comfortable with, it applies to both guns and bows.

mmm crossbow... looks like fun!

I found three fingers below the nocked arrow (none above) and middle finger touching the corner of my mouth was the best place for me. It placed the nock pretty much directly below my (weak) right eye and thus made it easier for me to sight. Still had to shut my left eye to stop me from using it, which is not ideal, but I have to shut my left eye when using a rifle as well or it over-rides my right eye's view over the sights. With a pistol I can have both eyes open as I sight with my left eye.

**Curious_AJ** · 26th September 2008, 14:36

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Crossbows are banned from hunting with in alot of DOC land, normal bows are less restricted...... though being a vet nurse type I doubt this would be of too much concern to you?

you're right. I'm not much into the hunting aspect (though still an interesting thing to learn for reference later *files away*) I'm more into the target aspect of things. Same goes with if I was to start shooting regularely. Though if I was to get a gun licence I think it would be me trying to get a pistol one (coz I'm difficult) I like using hand guns ^_^

Originally Posted by Wolf

I found three fingers below the nocked arrow (none above) and middle finger touching the corner of my mouth was the best place for me. It placed the nock pretty much directly below my (weak) right eye and thus made it easier for me to sight. Still had to shut my left eye to stop me from using it, which is not ideal, but I have to shut my left eye when using a rifle as well or it over-rides my right eye's view over the sights. With a pistol I can have both eyes open as I sight with my left eye.

yeah I find that I have to close my left eye as well, particularely if I'm wearing my glasses (long-sighted) as one of them is worse, I can't remember which, it's really weird with being long-sighted. Though I prefer to be aiming with no glasses on as I can see more clearly that way. I found that I had to hold the bow quite far from my body when firing and also, with aiming (no sight on the bow itself) I had to be pretty much level with my eye line though if I touched my face in any way I found the arrow went *SHWING!* into a tree about a meter from where I was trying to hit. go figure lol.

**Mr Merde** · 27th September 2008, 11:50

Just a quick message.

The four of you who visited my place last weekend.

Remeber the flock of turkeys accross the valley.

They just made the mistAke of walking around on the firing point of my range.

There are now 5 less of them walking around the fields now.

A 12 guage pump action works really well at 20 metres.

3 of which are going in to the freezer to replenish the foodstocks.

7-8 kilos each.

Chris

**Mr Merde** · 27th September 2008, 12:08

God awful noise outside.

Popped onto the deck and there is now four of the damm things just walking around on the lawn.

They are just grazing with the chickens. Never seen that before. Very weird.

I'll leave them alone.

Must keept the stocks up.

**The Pastor** · 27th September 2008, 14:56

Originally Posted by Mr Merde

God awful noise outside.

Popped onto the deck and there is now four of the damm things just walking around on the lawn.

They are just grazing with the chickens. Never seen that before. Very weird.

I'll leave them alone.

Must keept the stocks up.

if you need a hand killing animals give me a bell

**Indiana_Jones** · 27th September 2008, 18:58

For people that like guns, movies, and both together, and want to find out what a certain gun used was, this site is pretty cool.

http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title..._Judgement_Day

-Indy

**doc** · 27th September 2008, 19:06

Originally Posted by Mr Merde

God awful noise outside.

Popped onto the deck and there is now four of the damm things just walking around on the lawn.

They are just grazing with the chickens. Never seen that before. Very weird.

I'll leave them alone.

Must keept the stocks up.

GE free, I presume.

**jrandom** · 28th September 2008, 11:11

Originally Posted by Indiana_Jones

For people that like guns, movies, and both together, and want to find out what a certain gun used was...

The answer is usually 'Franchi SPAS-12'.

(I've had a day out with one, and you wouldn't want to take the thing duck shooting; it weighs about 15kg. Feels like it, anyway.)

**Curious_AJ** · 28th September 2008, 11:45

Originally Posted by Mr Merde

Just a quick message.

The four of you who visited my place last weekend.

Remeber the flock of turkeys accross the valley.

They just made the mistAke of walking around on the firing point of my range.

There are now 5 less of them walking around the fields now.

A 12 guage pump action works really well at 20 metres.

3 of which are going in to the freezer to replenish the foodstocks.

7-8 kilos each.

Chris

i dare say that cuts down heaps on food costs?