What's your shooting like?

Discussion in 'Weapons, Technology & Equipment' started by Ron Goldstein, May 1, 2007.

  1. Kitty

    Kitty Very Senior Member

    Will somebody please let me fire a gun?
     
  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Kitty, go join up!
    You'll get to fire one for real in a dusty country like Iraq or Afganistan.
     
  3. Kitty

    Kitty Very Senior Member

    I'm too old apparently and I'm not allowed to join up as I have hayfever. They insist that sneezing whilst firing a live round is a bad thing. Gits.
     
  4. David Layne

    David Layne Well-Known Member

     
  5. Kitty

    Kitty Very Senior Member

    Okay! Now will somebody please pay my air fare?
     
  6. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    "take this suitcase, I will follow on the next plane"...
     
  7. Kitty

    Kitty Very Senior Member

    Why do I feel rather suspicious? And i recognise that smell from the case......
     
  8. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Looking back at some of the old threads and thought I'd give this one a bit of a bump.

    Have only just noticed that the Smith & Wesson revolver got a mention, when I was in the 4th QOH that was permanently in my holster even though I can't remember ever firing it.

    Nice to have a little piece of nostalgia to start the day :)

    Ron
     

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  9. sebfrench76

    sebfrench76 Senior Member

    That's brilliant!!Thank you to shareit with us!
    A question:it seems to have numerous sheet,hehehe....
    What about the other ones?
     
  10. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

  11. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    I hated shooting in the army mainly because you had to clean the bloody thing afterwards - I did a CMCQ course ASAP so sort that problem out.

    I always remember being on some Mickey Mouse range in Kosovo to shoot a APWT. The Range was being run by a RSM who was a bit of a tool and was no fan of mine or vice versa.

    Word spread amongst my muckers that a had a can of oil based spray that was designed to be sprayed in shot gun barrels to help reduce carbon build up thus making it easy to clean after use. The instructions said use sparingly :lol: The can was discreetly passed around and squaddies being squaddies completely drenched their rifles gas parts in this oil based liquid.

    We all lined up and the RSM gave the command 'Load' followed by 'Prone posistion, Down!' and finally 'Ready !'

    There was a brief pause whilst everyone 'test and adjusted' onto their targets and then the RSM gave the final command before firing- 'In your own time, go on !'

    Almost simultaneously ten squaddies opened fire on their targets and with the RSM standing behind us down wind he was immediately engulfed in smoke from the rifles caused by the oil based lubricant burning much to the amusement of the MT/ED Troop of the Squadron. Which was followed by a screaming/coughing voice from within a cloud of smoke 'CPL NEWSON !'

    I think I got five extras for that incident :lol:

    Apparently civilian de-carbon products are not designed for military weapon systems :unsure:
     
  12. gunbunnyB/3/75FA

    gunbunnyB/3/75FA Senior Member

    when i was in my old FA unit we only had a few guys (4) in it who liked to fire the browning M2 .50 cal, i was 1 of them so we would get to shoot all the 25 round belts,so we ended up with 4 guys with expert badges on the .50 and around 179 who didnt have any thing on it. i later q'ed expert with the M9 when i became an mp.
     
  13. leccy

    leccy Senior Member

    It is so easy when in a situation to open fire not fully noticing your surroundings.

    I was training on a CQBR prior to deployment in NI with my Sqn. It had electric pop up targets, sound effects simulators and even exploding cars, post boxes and brick throwing machines.
    We were still equipped with SLR's and were issued blue plastic 7.62mm low power rounds (which often required us to re-cock the weapons manually). They were supposed to be safer to use for training (although they would still go through the flak jackets we were issued for training).
    While we were patrolling we came under simulated MG and rifle fire along with a wall mounted post box explosion (the front flew off and hit one of my patrol).
    I was in the middle of the street and saw some movement in a window which I identified as a shooter (it turned out to be a target dummy with a large electric drill held across the body).
    I got into the kneeling position and returned fire with 3 rounds. After I fired I then looked outside of my rear sight and realized (much to the shock of my mate who was stood about a foot from the muzzle of my rifle) that I had just fired all three rounds between his legs.
     
  14. Wills

    Wills Very Senior Member

    Drew reminded me of an exercise on Thetford SPTA a moon or two ago. We had been out a few days, in the wet and nasty, my mates SLR with BFA -blank firing attachment was jamming, I said for **** sake oil the bloody thing. 'Can I use some of yours? No, he had not filled his oil bottle. Use some margarine from the tube. The engineer in me saw it as a lubricant after all we used to screw cut threads with coconut butter and carbon Tet mixed. Later all of us happy bunnies in our trenches were attacked again, the platoon sergeant jumped into Wingnut's trench (so named for the listening gear he was issued with -lugs) we heard what the feck is that? Wingnuts fire stick was smelling like the bins outside the cookhouse. When I look back we had some hilarious moments.


    NI training in the fort near Lydd Kent, a mock up of a street in NI - SLRs with .22 conversion tubes fitted (HK), patrolling- live rounds from fixed weapons would be fired over your heads and figures would appear in doorways, windows etc. The debrief, you lad have you intentions of going to heaven when you are promoted to glory? Yes Sir! Well you are in trouble the last shot from your patrol sent the priest on an advance party to the same place - oops! It was all filmed and played back, all the smartass critics -did ye nae see the man was in the cloth?'
     
  15. KevinC

    KevinC Slightly wierd

    I think I fired about 20 rounds in my two years of national service. As Andy said, cleaning the rifle afterwards was a pain in the butt. I suppose the big brass thought engineers don't need to shoot at anything.

    On the other hand I did go through several hundred kilograms of plastic explosives :)
     
  16. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    When I look back we had some hilarious moments.


    Ditto
     
  17. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    I discovered this Smith & Wesson Model 625 under the tree last Christmas.

    As you can see, I missed the target comlpletely.:icon-mrgreenbandit:

    JT

    Nice. a .45 with half moon clips? Very 'WWI-ish' :)
     
  18. WhiskeyGolf

    WhiskeyGolf Senior Member

    What's my shooting like? At least I can hit a bullseye :D

    Unfortunately the last time I was firing a gun the magazine I was trying to put in malfunctioned and bits flew all over the place. Wasn't me. :unsure:
     
  19. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    I can't begin to count the number of rounds I've fired over the years from many different civilian rifles and one sporterized Lee-Enfield. Despite being proficient with most of those and bagging several deer and moose, my favourite is still my old Browning over/under 12 gauge.
    The number of ducks or grouse at the end of the day, vs empty shell casings, was a most reliable scorecard.
     
  20. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

    You know what chaps, this thread has made me realise I have never held a real gun in my life.

    My shooting is ok, not very good from a dead ball situation however.
     

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