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June 21, 2006

Gun Annoyances

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 7:46 am

Yesterday, I went to the range. They wouldn’t let me shoot my AR-15, and I ended up having to rent an Uzi instead. Dammit. I never would have had this problem in California.

11 Responses to “Gun Annoyances”

  1. the Pirate Says:
    June 21st, 2006 at 12:39 pm

    We just go out to the desert, but I have to shoot other people’s AR-15s.

  2. AughtSix Says:
    June 21st, 2006 at 1:21 pm

    Most of the indoor ranges around here (Northern VA) don’t really like centerfire rifle much. (other than that one in Woodbridge where they’ll let you shoot a .50 BMG. Why you would want to shoot one on a 25 yard indoor range, I’ll never know. But you can) Or they make you use their frangible .223 at about a buck a pop.

  3. SayUncle Says:
    June 21st, 2006 at 4:50 pm

    Why wouldn’t they? Indoors?

  4. SayUncle » Pics please Says:
    June 21st, 2006 at 4:51 pm

    [...] Xrlq has an AR-15 (and trouble at the range). No pics? [...]

  5. Ravenwood Says:
    June 21st, 2006 at 6:11 pm

    The NRA indoor range takes calibers up to .460 Weatherby Magnum.

    Conversely, the Quantico range sometimes limits us to 5.56, when it can clearly handle much larger calibers.

  6. Xrlq Says:
    June 21st, 2006 at 6:22 pm

    Where is Quantico?

  7. Kevin Baker Says:
    June 22nd, 2006 at 9:03 am

    One of the reasons many indoor ranges don’t allow 5.56 is that the bullets have a nasty tendency to crater the backstop. The facility I shoot at has a 500m silhouette range, and they don’t allow .224″ caliber centerfire on that range – too much target damage. The minimum allowable caliber is 6mm. (No belted magnums, either.)

  8. Masked Menace© Says:
    June 22nd, 2006 at 10:42 am

    IIRC, Quantico is about 45 minutes south of DC. It’s a USMC base.

  9. Xrlq Says:
    June 22nd, 2006 at 10:43 am

    Ah, that explains why the name sounded semi-familiar. Does it have a range open to the public?

  10. Anwyn Says:
    June 22nd, 2006 at 11:54 am

    Quantico’s also where they train the FBI, isn’t it?

  11. DirtCrashr Says:
    June 29th, 2006 at 11:34 am

    Outdoor ranges are more fun!

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