I was at the local range doing a little stress relief, when a bunch of businessmen came in. I was packing up so I backed out of the bay and watched for a few minutes.
They were Japanese, (Dragontooth?) and obviously there was a lot of respect going on. They had rented two bays and after a little discussion, one after the other of the businessmen took off their jackets and fired (looked like a stainless S & Klinton .38 with a 7 inch barrel. They all quietly watched and what was probably the big boss came (he was older than the rest and everyone moved aside to let him shoot) He fired a couple rounds, then they all applauded politely. I couldn't figure where the rounds were going...they were shooting at 21 feet at a B-27 target.
Then what was obviously a young man junior to this group was encouraged to shoot the gun. First round in the 10 ring, second one same place...A collective sound sort of like a low moaning came out of the group.
There was a young attractive lady who was standing in the background...the wife or girlfriend? The young man was immediately sent to the other bay to show the young lady how to shoot while the rest of the group stayed to play up to the older man.
Since they were speaking Japanese, i couldn't figure it all out without subtitles. Sorry. Dragontooth? What is your interpretation?
Another time when I was visiting a local range, I was starting to unpack when I saw this young man in dark glasses, the wraparound type non-shooting ones, stood with his left side facing down range and his body parallel to the baffles...from time to time, he'd jump into an isoceles stance, deep squat, and make shooting noises. He'd do this a lot of times, then finally he'd cock the pistol and touch a round off, but the recoil would push his hands up until he pointed the barrel at the ceiling and he would almost lose control of his weapon. It sounded like a 9mm.
I repacked my gear keeping my eyes on him all the time, went outside to alert the rangemaster, then left.
One time I saw a very brave (or very foolish) act, but since it worked, it was very brave and foolish.
There were three guys on the range with one guy going into rapid fire with no control over his weapon after he fired the first round.
The first time, one of the rangemasters announced over the loud speaker, "No rapid firing."
The second time, a range master came onto the firing line and said quietly to the threesome that the range did not permit rapid firing.
The third time, the same range master came and ask the violators to pack it up. He wasn't packing, but he executed the sweetest disarm that I've seen on the big mouth of the group.
When his buddies turned with their firearms in their hands, I heard about six or seven hammers get eared back and as I looked, there were several guys from their positions on the firing line, who had their guns at low ready facing the direction of the bad boys. I was impressed...Here's a bunch of shooters',strangers to all,but sharing the shooting sport in common, ready to back up the range master.
They packed up and left in a huff, after paying the range fees of course.
Anybody else have any stories about the times they've been to the range and seen such goings on?
They were Japanese, (Dragontooth?) and obviously there was a lot of respect going on. They had rented two bays and after a little discussion, one after the other of the businessmen took off their jackets and fired (looked like a stainless S & Klinton .38 with a 7 inch barrel. They all quietly watched and what was probably the big boss came (he was older than the rest and everyone moved aside to let him shoot) He fired a couple rounds, then they all applauded politely. I couldn't figure where the rounds were going...they were shooting at 21 feet at a B-27 target.
Then what was obviously a young man junior to this group was encouraged to shoot the gun. First round in the 10 ring, second one same place...A collective sound sort of like a low moaning came out of the group.
There was a young attractive lady who was standing in the background...the wife or girlfriend? The young man was immediately sent to the other bay to show the young lady how to shoot while the rest of the group stayed to play up to the older man.
Since they were speaking Japanese, i couldn't figure it all out without subtitles. Sorry. Dragontooth? What is your interpretation?
Another time when I was visiting a local range, I was starting to unpack when I saw this young man in dark glasses, the wraparound type non-shooting ones, stood with his left side facing down range and his body parallel to the baffles...from time to time, he'd jump into an isoceles stance, deep squat, and make shooting noises. He'd do this a lot of times, then finally he'd cock the pistol and touch a round off, but the recoil would push his hands up until he pointed the barrel at the ceiling and he would almost lose control of his weapon. It sounded like a 9mm.
I repacked my gear keeping my eyes on him all the time, went outside to alert the rangemaster, then left.
One time I saw a very brave (or very foolish) act, but since it worked, it was very brave and foolish.
There were three guys on the range with one guy going into rapid fire with no control over his weapon after he fired the first round.
The first time, one of the rangemasters announced over the loud speaker, "No rapid firing."
The second time, a range master came onto the firing line and said quietly to the threesome that the range did not permit rapid firing.
The third time, the same range master came and ask the violators to pack it up. He wasn't packing, but he executed the sweetest disarm that I've seen on the big mouth of the group.
When his buddies turned with their firearms in their hands, I heard about six or seven hammers get eared back and as I looked, there were several guys from their positions on the firing line, who had their guns at low ready facing the direction of the bad boys. I was impressed...Here's a bunch of shooters',strangers to all,but sharing the shooting sport in common, ready to back up the range master.
They packed up and left in a huff, after paying the range fees of course.
Anybody else have any stories about the times they've been to the range and seen such goings on?