I remember one time German Synergy was amazed at someone wearing flipflops at the range. So I keep on doing that, hoping to see him there
I remember one time German Synergy was amazed at someone wearing flipflops at the range. So I keep on doing that, hoping to see him there
I've seen flip flops and a gentleman listening to his I-pod while blasting away with his Beretta PX4. I guess I've never felt the overwhelming need to listen to my podcasts while doing Dot Torture.
Originally Posted by LittleLebowski
I remember one time German Synergy was amazed at someone wearing flipflops at the range. So I keep on doing that, hoping to see him there
come on, if you can listen to lady gaga without wanting to keep firing until the slide is locked back, and you're still squeezing the trigger, then you're really doing a good job of handling external influeces.I've seen flip flops and a gentleman listening to his I-pod while blasting away with his Beretta PX4. I guess I've never felt the overwhelming need to listen to my podcasts while doing Dot Torture.
Actually, I had my earpro set up to play music from a Shuffle for a while. It was great. Drowned out a lot of the general BS going on all around, but wasn't nearly loud enough to block a cease fire call, etc.
I'm not the most social guy when practicing...
Can you repost your podcast on how to pick up Hungarian porn stars? Thanks.I've seen flip flops and a gentleman listening to his I-pod while blasting away with his Beretta PX4. I guess I've never felt the overwhelming need to listen to my podcasts while doing Dot Torture.
Also, if you use your phone as the audio source for the MSA Sordins, (or other connectable ear pro) it should cancel the music when the call comes in. (yes, not the same an all clear range call)
And using my sordins, while listening to music, doing some long distance shooting, I was able to hear the chain on the gate being slid before the gate was opened. Good to not "feel disconnnected" or isolated because of the ear pro.
Considering that I live in Las Vegas, that could be incredibly useful information. Thanks!
Speaking of music on the range...
At a place near my house, there used to be this range officer who would randomly walk up and down the line (no biggie, that was his job), and he would stop and "observe" people while singing in a high falsetto voice. Well, it wasn't really singing. It sounded more like Eddie Murphy doing his impression of James Brown. I think people would have told him to knock it off, but he was a massive, massive guy - about 6'6" and probably 240 lbs of solid muscle.
One time there was a beautiful Cold Gold Cup that wouldn't feed reliably (shocking, I know), and I kept resisting the urge to run over and offer my "expert" 1911 diagnostic services. Anyone who likes to tinker with 1911's knows what a powerful urge that can be. Anyway, they guys shooting the Gold Cup asked the RO if he knew what was wrong with the gun, and he offered to shoot it for them. He assumed an almost Seagal-esque weaver stance and fired a few rounds before proclaiming the problem to be that the grip thing was sticking up (the safety), and that it needed to be taped down. At that moment I'd had it, and I walked over and said that the RO was smoking crack, and I offered to take a look at the gun. You could tell immediately that the recoil spring was either shot, or had been replaced with something really light for purpose-built rounds (like a 9lb spring for steel matches). And they were using that spring to try to feed defensive hollow point ammo to the gun. There's yer problem, as they say.
Last edited by beltjones; 03-02-2011 at 11:44 PM.
Monday I watched 2 firefighters argue with the RSO about the rule at the NRA range forbidding human shaped targets. They actually told him it shouldn't apply to them as they are "law enforcement."
Couldn't shoot for shit either.
I've had that happen before and it wasn't pretty.
I've also seen a USMC major about lose his right foot during a carbine class because some buffet assassin was careless and fired a round into the ground inches in front of the major's right foot.
I'm sure I will think of other crazy things later.
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