Number of wheelgunners at your range

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I think there has been only two times that shootin' bro' and I have NOT been the only wheelgun shooters at our local range. Never more than one other.

I've also noticed a fair amount of interest from folks my age (32) and younger in our six-shooters. It's like they've never seen one outside of a museum or something.

Anybody else noticed this?

--Shannon
 
I've noticed that too... Mostly glock 9mm's and 1911 .45's. I don't like shooting my autos at the range. The range masters and sweepers have a tendency to steal my brass before I can collect it :mad:

Besides, an auto is a robber-stopper. You only need to really be good enough with it to hit torso center-mass at household ranges. How often do you really need to practice to do that? Maybe a couple of mags a month?

A revolver on the other hand... That's nearly as accurate as a Thompson Center Contender. No floating barrel, no barrel bushing, nothing to rattle around and screw up the shot.

I'm 27, I've got 3 revolvers and want at least a couple more. I've got friends that all have revolvers ranging from .22LR to .454, the oldest of which is 30. The revolver has a young fan base, I think they just tend to shoot out in the desert, in the mountains, or out in the countryside. Out of my gun buddies, I am the only one with a range membership.
 
Nah. I'd say 50% of the folks shooting handguns at my range on a given weekend have brought at least one sixgun along. Single Sixes, CAS guns, and various S&W .357s/.38s seem especially popular. Every so often I'll notice (i.e., hear!) a big-bore enthusiast with a Model 500 or a Super Redhawk.

I'd say 10 to 15% of the handgun shooters at my range bring only revolvers (this frequently includes me).

I confess I do take a certain quiet enjoyment when I can use my wheelguns to handily outshoot a twentysomething plastic-pusher in the next lane. (Sometimes I can't. And BTW not that I'm all that old myself.)

But it's all good anyway. Fellow shooters are fellow shooters, whatever they like to shoot.
 
At my local indoor range we do a "tactical Tuesday" night. Think of it as "IPSC SUPER Lite". It's all just fun and light games. Anyways, I am the only revolver shooter there - the other shooters all use auto's, mostly Glocks.

On normal gun nights, pretty much a guarantee that out of 14 lanes only one or two have revo's in them.
 
At the range where I shoot, well, I'm usually the only one with a wheelgun. There is 1 other wheelgun regular who does CAS practice. All others are pretty rare.

I'd say that no more than 10% of the shooters bring revolvers.
 
How many of you folks are shooting at indoor ranges? Mine is outdoors, though I occasionally visit indoor ranges in the area.

Revolvers seem more common at outdoor ranges.
 
Outdoor ranges are cheaper to go to... also have longer lanes. I wish I was closer to the nearest outdoor range. About a 25 mile drive for me. The indoor range is a mile and a half away, but only goes out to 75 feet. It is air conditioned, though, which is nice here in 110 degree weather.

What's funny, is I bought my m1a there and they keep pestering me to bring it in and shoot it there! Maybe it's so they can steal all my .308 brass and I lose the ability to hit anything beyond 25 yards because I screwed my sights up shooting at short-range targets... I see people bringing in scope-sighted AR-15's all the time and I just wonder "why?!?"

Oh, well...

I go to the outdoor range maybe once a month or so... The indoor one once a week... There are maybe 30 lanes at my range, but I very rarely see a revolver and it's usually a 4" or shorter .38. Very rare to see .44 or larger there, except me. At least in my experience.

When I go, I usually take my .22 taurus and either my sp101 or redhawk, once in a while one of my autos, but less and less recently. Getting tired of chasing brass.

The indoor range seems to be very combat-oriented, whereas the outdoor range attracts more hunters.
 
I've gotten used to being something of an anachronism at the range. I only tote the 2" and 3" K-frames out to the target halls these days.

Whether it was in GA, MD or now in Central/Western NY, it seems that those of us who use the wheelguns are in a very exclusive club.

My favorite game to play is turn the sneers into gasps, or make a little money on people's prejudices.

It's always fun to rapidly empty that cylinder, eject brass, reload, and empty another 6, and have two very tight groups while the other spray-n-prayers have ragged, jagged faultlines arching across thier B-27s.

Many people seem to have forgotten how quickly a revolver can be reloaded by someone who is well-practised. Good trigger discipline, proper sighting, and technique will make up for sloppy rapid fire any day.
 
I shoot at the NRA Range in Fairfax.

Semis do outnumber the wheel guns normally, but I've NEVER been the only revolver shooter there. Usually, if the lanes are full, there will be 3 or 4 others who have at least one revolver with them.
 
I am usually the only one shooting revolvers. I usually bring at least one semi and a couple wheelguns. I am competing with autos, but revolvers are where my heart is really at.
 
I shoot every weekend year rd, this means below zero any weather doesnt matter. We shoot at outdoor range with roof over head. Most of the time we have 10 or 12 wheelies we are firing. I,m 52 and gettin younger every day. Now don,t get me wrong I have numerous semi,s and you want to see center shot out of target try a kimber. Wheelies have class, and just feel good in hand, plus it,s about only gun I will carry ccw. Pull, point, shoot, don,t worry about safty being on, or did I drop clip. Wheelies rule semi,s drool !!!! :D
 
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