First time firing a gun

[Bod]

I fired a gun for the first time at a shooting range a couple of weeks ago. I only wanted to do it to find out what the crack was and I just don't understand the love and excitement. What freaked me the most was buying 50 bullets in a supermarket for a mere $7 with less grief than buying beer. I can't believe that age 34 I have to show my passport as did anyone stood near me even if they weren't buying beer. My travelling companion was even asked to speak french lest he was carrying a fake french passport.

Driving on the wong side of the road in an automatic though, now that's scary.

America is freaky.

[FirstMate]

That's interesting. So wait, you where in the US and buying the bullets when they asked you to do that?

Little confused as your profile says you're in the UK, that's all.

What did you think? What kind of gun did you fire?
I've shot a .22 rifle and a shotgun a couple of times. Always wanted to try and handgun or something. Just to see.

It's weird, actually doing it, isn't it?

[Sethomas]

My friend's family owns a gun shop, and according to him women have better innate ability to aim well because of pulse rate and blood pressure and girl magic. Because of that, he advises his customers to never take their wives to the range unless they want to be embarrassed!

[DamnthatDavid]

I just got 80 rounds for my M44 rifle, and have about 60 rounds of 9mm laying around the house somewhere. Going to go shooting again soon.

[Bod]

I was visiting the Minnepolis/Chicago/Milwaukee when it came up during a drunken July 4th Party that I'd been to a hick bar, driven on the wrong side of the road, ate at various fast food joints, bought a cowboy hat, visited the Mall Of America and ridden western style on a horse. All that was left to do was fire a gun and then I was practically an american!

Apparantly I shot a Ruger P95 DK

[Dole]

Driving on the wong side of the road in an automatic though, now that's scary.

Eek! Thats what the wife is going to have to contend with shortly on our honeymoon...any advice bod??

[Bod]

I would say start somewhere really quiet, because Americans also have freaky road signs and traffic lights. The hardest part is changing your habits when looking behind you before you pull out or manoeuvre, you naturally look one way and you have to think about where you're looking a whole lot harder. So drive somewhere where it's open without too much pressure if that's possible.

[Dole]

So driving straight out into Union square in the middle of san Francisco is not such a good idea....oh well! Cheers mate

[Dr. Boogie]

Originally Posted by Sethomas

My friend's family owns a gun shop, and according to him women have better innate ability to aim well because of pulse rate and blood pressure and girl magic.

I had a firearms instructor say that same thing about women being better shots, but that was because they listen to the instructors when they're talking about holding the gun, assuming the correct stance, etc.

Also, it's probably worth mentioning that the instructor was a woman.

[Bod]

you may not agree if you saw the video of me shooting, it says fuckwit all over it.

[Crimson Ghost]

Accuracy is all about consistency. Do the same thing each time and you will be consistently accurate. I shoot all the time and can't understand why people think it's so hard. Squeeze, don't pull. Breathe twice; hold wile exhaling second breath, fire. Do this in memory of me. This is the Word of the Lord.

[Trash]

Originally Posted by Bod

I was visiting the Minnepolis/Chicago/Milwaukee when it came up during a drunken July 4th Party that I'd been to a hick bar, driven on the wrong side of the road, ate at various fast food joints, bought a cowboy hat, visited the Mall Of America and ridden western style on a horse. All that was left to do was fire a gun and then I was practically an american!

Apparantly I shot a Ruger P95 DK

Nice gun.

[DamnthatDavid]

Aye.

Squeeze slowly, the first 3-10 rounds should suprise you when it fires.
After that, you know when the gun trigger shoots, and you can start practicing breathing out before shooting.

Breath out and hold. 3,2,1, fire.

Oh, and the hell with your backward britishness. The rest of the world drives on the right side of the road. Only you and the Japs drive left.

What is with you Island nations driving left? you think your better? Well, let me tell ya something. America, while gun happy nutters, has kicked both you and the Jap's Ass in Wars.

heh, jk. Hope you had a blast visiting us on our day of independence from the hated redcoats.

[Bod]

Countries that drive on the left:

Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bophuthatswana
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Ciskei
Cyprus
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
St. Vincent & Grenadines
Seychelles
Sikkim
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St Kitts & Nevis
St. Helena
St. Lucia
Surinam
Swaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands
Venda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Reason being because in ye olde days you carried your sword in the right hand and needed it handy lest the person you passed wanted a fight. Those that travel on the right tended to have been invaded by the left handed Napoleon.

[Grislygus]

That thar's some good research.

[DamnthatDavid]

You might fight with your righthand, but you cross-draw from the left.
So women stand to the right, leaving you the open space on your left to draw.

But honestly, how many of those countries you listed truely matter?

And Hong Kong is a city.

[Bod]

I know, only the USA matters...

[Juttin]

"AMERICA IS #1 AND ALL LEFT-SIDE DRIVERS ARE COMMIES "


THAT is why I hate this country

[sadie]

i've never driven on the left-hand side of the road, but i've driven my mom's imported mail car with the steering wheel on the right-hand side. i think i'll be okay to drive a rental when we go to europe.

i haven't shot a gun in more than 20 years, and that was my daisy b.b. gun. :O

[DamnthatDavid]

heh, I just giving you a hard time Bod. I honestly don't care about it.

[Bod]

Oh yeah, I know, you come to expect it here.

[Juttin]

The quiet-est gun I'd think of firing in the suburbs is my automatic aerosoft ( b.b.) STG.

But I don't have a tank or ammo for my paintball gun, so I just clean it out every day.

[thebiggameover]

Originally Posted by Bod

I was visiting the Minnepolis/Chicago/Milwaukee when it came up during a drunken July 4th Party that I'd been to a hick bar, driven on the wrong side of the road, ate at various fast food joints, bought a cowboy hat, visited the Mall Of America and ridden western style on a horse. All that was left to do was fire a gun and then I was practically an american!

the mid america shit is not western. come to arizona if you want to ride a real horse and shoot real guns....

[Bod]

Well next time I was thinking Arizona and Texas. Got friends to harrass there too.

The thing that cracked up up the most - lots of things did - was the amount of americans that asked me to keep on talking, about anything, they just loved hearing the accent. Weirdos.

[DamnthatDavid]

Aye, we love accents. Except asian, mexican, russian...

Anyway, I have noticed this also. I have a strange accent which I picked up due to my parents thinking it was cute when I misspronounced words and never correcting me in my youth.
People think I'm from another country at times.