Shooters vs Competitors.

ZVP, this tale of "exclusivity" at that range is something I thought I'd never hear of. We get new shooters all the time....and we welcome each and every one of them! Our shoot last Saturday had 29 shooters total with 8 of them being under the age of 18 and 4 of them shooters who'd never shot at our range before. Our range is at a private club range, but there have been several times that "other" shooters who happened to be out there shooting their semi-autos, skeet or whatever have "wandered" over to see what we were up to. They were, in each instance, asked if they wanted to borrow a gun or two and take a shot at it!

Exclusivity? Somebody needs a stern talkin' to.....:mad:
 
Exclusivity

Troubles like this need time to go away. A stern talking to or complaint won't work.See, the powers that be are the clique... Sometimes you have to just grit your teeth and let things pass on their own.
I am hoping that in future staff appointments happen the little group will get nibbled away!
This is the only part of the Club that has bad manners, the rest of the club is generous and always takes on newcomers!
We are open to the public and charge only $!5 to shoot for a day. It promotes new membership and is a way to get to shoot at the entire club's facilitys (except one...).
Sorry for venting.
ZVP
 
Hello, Years ago at our club, we had an informal Sat. morning sporting rifle league..open to any rifle, any sights. Off-hand at 50yds. sitting, prone & bench at 100yd. Perhaps 8 to 12 members shooting. Rules were simple, no shooting coats or gloves, but sling was permitted. One year, one of the hard-core high-power match shooters asked to shoot with us.."just for practice" He was allowed to suit up in his Creedmoor Sports hard back coat, glove, the whole works. He agreed to eliminate himself from any prizes or trophy. Well of course he always was top shooter each week. And at end of match? Guess who walked away with trophy & armfull of prizes...no one said a word about this. Got the feeling it was an "inside job" but it sure left a sour taste in my mouth.
 
I'm enjoying the heck out of this thread . . chuckle, chuckle :)

I used to shoot competition and grew tired of all the things you guys are talking about . . . now I'm a "lone wolf" too.

Competition is good . . . and I'm not knocking those that shoot in competition matches . . . if you like it, then I say "go for it".

As I'm reading the posts though . . I got to wondering . . . I can't help thinking that as we all grow older . . . . well, maybe the competition thing doesn't seem quite so important and we aren't concerned with who has the "longer gun barrel" . . . so to speak.

After shooting 50 + years, about the only thing I could compete in is an "old fart's match" . . . you know, the one where everyone gets a bright red shiny apple for a prize IF they can hit the target . . . . :D
 
There's a group of 'mature' folks (boys and girls) who get together for an informal 'match' every Monday morning at our club. They shoot for a couple of hours, try each other's guns, eat donuts (probably forbidden to most of them), drink coffee and tell really big lies. Then they go out for breakfast.

It's real tough competition - shoot what you brought, rifle or pistol, everyone from the same firing line (usually 15 yards), one guy acts as RSO but all are very strict about safety. The only real rule is that you can't use the same target as anyone else - every target must be different. I asked about that and was told that they used to be very competitive about scores and it got a little ugly sometimes - threatened to break up the meet. So, they made it impossible to compare the scores. Everyone was literally shooting only against himself. They actually have a little cabinet with several different targets in case anyone shows up with a duplicate of someone else's.

They call themselves 'The Geezers'. They're thinking of setting up a Thursday afternoon trap or skeet league but are struggling with how to come up with enough different target presentations.
 
That sounds like my kind of shoot! I like the idea of using the different targets . . . . now if you'd really like to screw somebody's head up . . . you could shoot their target from your spot . . . :D
 
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