Gunshop employee charged

[Sniper]

In the Uk my chosen event was "Long Range Pistol"

3 sighters and then 10 shots to count in 1/2 an hour

Distance 300 yards

Butt of the pistol allowed to rest on a sandbag, no other support

I regularly shot 6" groups but the top shooters could halve this.

What pistol were you using? I have heard of long range pistol before. Much longer barrel than standard though isnt it?

[Dai]

What pistol were you using? I have heard of long range pistol before. Much longer barrel than standard though isnt it?

I shot a Thompson Contender with a 10" barrel.

Chambered for 7mm TCU

Basically a .223 case resized to 7mm and fireformed.

A 130 gn head with H322 powder achieving a velocity of about 2000 fps.

[Sniper]

I shot a Thompson Contender with a 10" barrel.

Chambered for 7mm TCU

Basically a .223 case resized to 7mm and fireformed.

A 130 gn head with H322 powder achieving a velocity of about 2000 fps.

Cool. So its like shooting a minature rifle without a butt

[Dai]

Cool. So its like shooting a minature rifle without a butt

Oh yes. Recoil was fantastic. Made .44 mag look like a .22

[Sniper]

Oh yes. Recoil was fantastic. Made .44 mag look like a .22

Really? Thats amazing. I would have thought the recoil to be horrible.

/sarcasm

[geoffm]

You need an A class firearms licence to start with, so get her onto that, which takes a few months. Once she has it, she can apply for pistol club membership after turning up for a couple of supervised sessions. Your choices are pretty much limited to the Warkworth, Central or Waiuku (who meet at a range in Howick) clubs.

Correction - the Waiuku club shoots at their range in Waiuku. Also do rifle and a monthly fun shotgun shoot.
Geoff

[scumdog]

I guess you guys have seen the video of the fat Yank touching off a large pistol - and it flies back out of his hands into the distance?

Tried a 308 pistol, just a tad vicious for my liking.

[jrandom]

Correction - the Waiuku club shoots at their range in Waiuku. Also do rifle and a monthly fun shotgun shoot.

I know - but the Howick indoor range is hosting matches under the Wai-ook badge on Tuesday nights until the 'Howick Pistol Club' is successfully incorporated, and MDU isn't going to want to travel much past Howick, I don't imagine.

[jrandom]

Tried a 308 pistol, just a tad vicious for my liking.

I, er, 'made' a 380mm long 12-gauge a couple months back, just for fun. Crazy stuff. You wouldn't want to shoot it more than once.

(Chopped it to bits with the cutoff saw when we were finished playing, of course.)

[Finn]

In the Uk my chosen event was "Long Range Pistol"

3 sighters and then 10 shots to count in 1/2 an hour

Distance 300 yards

Butt of the pistol allowed to rest on a sandbag, no other support

I regularly shot 6" groups but the top shooters could halve this.

Lets see you try and claim "self defense" using this technique.

[Dai]

Lets see you try and claim "self defense" using this technique.

I wouldnt even be able to carry this pistol as a self defence weapon.

The only times I carried for self defence I used one of three pistols,

A model 1900 Browning in 7.65mm, 1911 A1 in .45, or a Charter Arms Bulldog revolver in .44 spl, 5 shot that weighed only 19 oz unloaded.

Never had to use them but at the time I was very glad I had them available.

When I went away on exercise I was encouraged to leave one of these for my wife to have if she needed it.

Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

[Xtat1k]

I wouldve loosed 2 shots, both head. You need to make sure pricks that do shit like that dont wake up to do it again.

Let me know if he needs some $$ dude.

3 for me just to be sure, 2 in the heart, 1 in the head. I think it was a 1911 colt he used so the other 4 rounds from the clip would just be for entertainment purposes lol

[jrandom]

the other 4 rounds from the clip would just be for entertainment purposes lol

With all due respect, if you think shooting someone is entertaining, you're fucked in the head.

[Dai]

With all due respect, if you think shooting someone is entertaining, you're fucked in the head.

Fish,

Dont know if this is a first but this time I am in complete accordance with yourself. Owning, carrying and using a firearm is a serious responsibility and I always have respected them. Accidents account for more firearms injuries than do intentional acts and one of the biggest methods of having an accident is lack of respect.

Not that I dont enjoy my shooting and have fun.

IMHO the popular entertainment medias have for too long glamourised the use of firearms. Even down to the level of cartoons. If people could see what the use of a firearm actually does to another human being then we would have less of these cavalier attitudes.

Sorry to preach but a nerve was struck.

[Xtat1k]

dude... joke