If you want to shoot any assault rifle that's fine imo. But I think you should be required to register it at your local range and then be required to leave it there.
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If you want to shoot any assault rifle that's fine imo. But I think you should be required to register it at your local range and then be required to leave it there.
I would be all over that idea. Transporting and storing rifles is a pain in the ass. They would need areas where people could strip and clean the guns before/after shooting as well.
Looks horrifying doesn't it. That was my thought when I saw long range rifles at a gun shows 16 years ago. Why would anyone want or need a sniper rifle was my thought. These days guns like this are very popular with sports shooters and gun enthusiasts.
Looks ideal to take out big game from over 400 yards out.
That surely could be accommodated by upping the fees a little.
The fact that you're for it shows most gun owners are responsible and willing to compromise. I've had this discussion at length with my father in law (I said uncle earlier because I was talking to my uncle lol) and he's of the same mindset.
Its good up to 800-100 yards in .308, and maybe 1,200+ in Creedmore. Too heavy to lug around hunting or shoot standing though. Its a bench or prone rifle mainly.
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That was my first thought.
That’s a bolt action rifle chambered in .308 and 6.5mm or 6mm Creedmore. Ideal for long range hunting out west or for competition target shooting.
I wouldn't want to carry it far. Its mainly designed and sold for range use. I have it in .308, mainly because I am a miser and the ammo is cheaper. The range only has 1,000 lanes at the moment so .308 is OK. Might switch the barrel out for Creedmoor when they open up the new 1,500 yard lanes.
Looks horrifying doesn't it. That was my thought when I saw long range rifles at a gun shows 16 years ago. Why would anyone want or need a sniper rifle was my thought. These days guns like this are very popular with sports shooters and gun enthusiasts.
Sure does and I can see why it’s popular. I’m not a weapons expert, so don’t really know what it does other than shoot. But imo, hunting rifles should be restricted to 5 clip magazines and bolt action only.
I have always been into shooting even in the UK. Mainly used to shoot modified air riffles in the UK but did occasionally shoot shotguns and a Beretta 9mm. Obviously moving to the US opened up a whole new world of shooting to me. However I would happily say goodbye to all my paper killing machines if that is what the law required.
That's a sensible policy that I would agree with.
Well then you should know what is good for the goose....
It's a joke. Lighten up. I fish and got stung by a weever and the first thing I said was karma, the fish got its own back. But even so that goose was just flying around he didn't ask to be shot so I have no problem saying karma Tbh.
Nothing wrong with hunting imo.
Sport/ trophy hunting though I completely disagre with.
What exactly is meant on here by “trophy hunting”?
I eat everything I shoot and catch... but if I kill a large buck, or catch a monster largemouth bass, I’m having it taxidermied too.
With a scope, mag, ammo, tripod, strap etc it is well over 15 pounds. Its not that easy to shoot standing up. The balance of the gun is all wrong for hunting really. Unless you are in a den shooting prone.
Hunting out on the plains, I figure you’d shoot prone anyway. 15 pounds would be pushing what I’d be willing to carry to do a stalk hunt.
Wouldn’t work for me anyways... I need a lefty bolt.
Trophy hunting is killing something just for the purpose of being able to do so. Like big game hunters or bear hunters that just want to prove humans are the top of the evolutionary ladder and can shoot like a coward from how ever many yards away with a big gun.
Personally anyone that does that should be forced to fight with nothing but a kfc spork. See how big their bollocks are then.
I reserve the same disgust for anyone who goes marlin or shark fishing too. And for puddle dipping carp fishermen. You fish to eat or you don't fish at all. Simple.
If the animal isn’t going to be eaten, then I am completely against killing it.
Exactly mate. And you were in before my edit. I see no difference with fishing either. But as we have discussed many times you are a responsible hunter who actually does so for the right reason other than just killing something.
Yeah I don’t understand at all the thought process behind killing an animal to just let it rot.
If you aren’t going to eat it yourself, the meat would be happily accepted by local shelters, food kitchens, etc.
That is my thought.
I know, I was just trying to make sure I knew what was meant by “trophy hunting”.
I know that some folks go over to somewhere like Africa and kill a big game animal and take a trophy and let the meat rot... but some go over, kill a big game animal, take a trophy, and eat some of the meat and donate the rest to a local government or tribe, etc.
Exactly my feelings too.
I say this as I'm at sea now
but we have quotas on much of our catch. I've said for years that any overcatch we get should be iced up and landed as normal and then given to schools and hospitals and homeless shelters. Or auctioned and the money given to the NHS or Shelter or the like. The exact same as any out of date or near out of date stock from stores and supermarkets. It's abhorrent how much we waste. Especially in the UK and US.However that's for another thread. Don't want to derail this one.
Two different scenarios to me.
The owner of Jimmy John's is the shit I can't stand.
I am only in favor of hunting if you don't have a convenient supermarket nearby or to humanely cull animal population. I just couldn't pull the trigger unless my life depended on it.
What did he do?
Some people were raised doing it though.
And tbf my father in law hunts on private property and only certain times. He cleans the meat and we eat it knowing there's no steroids in it etc. To me personally I feel more guilty eating KFC knowing how they treat their chickens.
The animals he hunts have lived a free life in their natural habitat.
If this is getting of subject I'd suggest we move this to a different thread @Carolina Red.
Its still on subject in context of the US and why guns are more prevalent.
Nah because the tangent will take it off topic completely and it's not just limited to the USA. Your post about not hunting with a supermarket close will take us way off track because to be honest there's a lot wrong with that comment and as I said, not specific to the USA either. The same as trophy hunting is going off topic too.
Back on topic....
It's unreal this is even in discussion. The USA is Batshit at times. This is one of them.
The crazy thing is there are more manufacturers of them now. The day after the Vegas shooting they were around $200 on gun broker. When the talk of a bad came they went all the way up to $1,000. For a while none were for sale. Now they are all over the place again and you can get them for $150.
1) Where’d you find a WSPA news story!?! That’s my local news channel
2) Now do y’all see what I mean when I say we’ve got some crazy ass people around here?
1) Where’d you find a WSPA news story!?! That’s my local news channel
2) Now do y’all see what I mean when I saw we’ve got some crazy ass people around here?
Bringing out the y'all. I like it
I follow that poster on Twitter mate, he's often reporting or commenting on gun related stuff and he was recommended to me a year or so ago I think. And Yeah, ya'll surrounded by crazy for sure.
That guy is based out of a news station in Charleston (North Charleston sees a crap ton of shootings) but the story he linked to is out of a news station based not 5 miles from my house.I follow that poster on Twitter mate, he's often reporting or commenting on gun related stuff and he was recommended to me a year or so ago I think. And Yeah, ya'll surrounded by crazy for sure.
Blacksburg is a tiny little down about a half hour away towards Charlotte, NC that has had a big problem in recent years with meth labs.
Honestly doesn’t surprise me that somebody up there made a church roof into their own personal Alamo.