Have you ever fired a gun?

[bingybongy]

My list-
Gat gun
Webley senior .177
A shotgun
That's it

[Writhing]

Dads old air rifles
Lee Enfield.303
SLR
Various .22
A big, scary revolver. Not sure what it was but I was only 14 at the time.
L85a2
Glock
Minimi
GPMG
Ak47
Barret .50

[mister_ee]

just a few :-

various air rifles/pistols
.22 centre fire
.303 SMLE Lee Enfield
SLR
Thompson M1 Submachine gun (gotta love Las Vegas)

[98elise]

BonzoG said:

In my last year at school, we went to Faslane on a Navy recruitment day. We each got to fire 10 rounds, prone, from an SA80. All thought we were complete hot shots, then one of the Marines supervising demonstrated his service pistol - same range, but from standing. Put us in our place!

Again with school, we spent a week at HMS Collingwood. This doesn't count at all in the context of the thread, but we were given an indoor demonstration of a Phalanx training unit, and they let me press the button to spin it up. Felt good.

I've fired Phalanx many times. A 1 second 50 round burst is very loud

[Hard-Drive]

In my 40s now but I used to shoot at school and I was pretty damned good at it (one of the few sports I ever was any good at!) Shot at Bisley many times and I was one of the top 100 shots in the country at the time. Never really shot much since which will always be a regret.

My list

L81 A2 7.62 iron sights target rifle (I even remember "my" rifle, A3699)
Cadet Weapon (single shot 5.56mm SA80 without the SUSAT sight)
LSW
SA80
.303 SMLE
Bren
GPMG
SA80 converted to .22
Various Anschutz, Vostok and even a Martini .22
Since school fired Browning & Glock pistols and had my first go with a shotgun on a stag do clay shoot.

Best experience? I was shooting when the Cadet Weapon was being introduced, and the SMLE was being phased out. We had an awful lot of .303 to fire off. Cue being stood up in a pit on the firing point at Ash ranges IIRC, with about 30 full magazines, a Bren gun, and a big grin. Oh that was fun!!!

[PowerslideSWE]

Swedish Home guard, so yes.

Glock 17/19
K-pist M45 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_m/45 during conscript military service as a lad
AK4B (G3A3) Assault rifle, my favorite, very accurate and packs some punch, a beast HG standard issue
AK5B (FN FNC)
KSP58 beltfed 7.63 machinegun (FN MAG58)
KSP90 (FN Minimi)
PSG 90 (L96A1 AW) Sniper rifle

Carl Gustav recoilless rifle with dummy round with full driveload

AK47, just a few rounds though

Double barrel shotgun, unknown variant for clay pidgeon shooting.

Had my mitts on a PKM from an old soviet APC but never got to shoot it.

Edited by PowerslideSWE on Saturday 1st October 10:21

[Fozziebear]

Been very lucky to have had access to a range of real firearms, list below.

SA80/L85
SLR/FN
SMG
GPMG
M16/M4/Demarco
AK47/PKM (all the Kalashnikov range from 5.56 to 7.62 belt fed)
HK range MP5 to G36
Mossberg to Spaz12
IWI range Jericho to Tavor

Also used LAW and AT4 which is a party starter!

Still using AK variants for work,

[Mannginger]

L98 and L85 rifles
Numerous .22 target rifles
.357 target rifle
40mm Bofors (Gunnery course with the CCF - whoever thought putting a 15 year old on one of those was a madman)!

[FN2TypeR]

I visit Houston for work and several of the chaps at the place I go to own guns, one of them, the manager, has a safe that is bigger than my fridge freezer than has about twenty five of them inside, numerous pistols both old and new, including a rotten old Russian revolver from the 1920s that is an absolute bh to fire, two shotguns, several rifles and an AR15, I've visited the range on three occasions with him and other staff members and fired most of them apart from the shotguns, although I fired one of those on a shooting excursion when I visited Prague with my brother last year.



1927, seven shot revolver from Russia, the barrel must have been knackered as the bullets were tumbling in mid air and hitting the paper target at odd angles, I believe that is called "keyholing". The trigger action was awful too, it was really hard to fire.

[Evanivitch]

All a bit gucci but my limited shooting:

Accuracy International AW .308
Accuracy International AWM .338 Lap Mag
Bren L4 7.62 NATO

[rb5er]

Colt45
Desert Eagle .50
M16
M249 SAW. What a beast.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

what i can remember
various 9mm .22 and shotguns

imi .50
s&w 500 8"
ar15
ak-47
mp5
various glocks 9mm .45 .380
flint lock
Percussion
winchester 73
springfield trapdoor 45/70
colt saa 45
Sharps rifle
357 magnum
44 magnum
s&w 460 magnum
19ll 45 acp
beretta m9
m-1 garand
colt m4
remminton 870

[Matt Harper]

chopper602 said:

BigS said:

And whilst in Orlando, paid a visit to a range there (don't remember the name of it, I know there's a few Florida residents on here, so hopefully a vague description of it being across the road from a Florida State Corrections, with a bail bond place nextdoor, may track it down)

Sounds like Reigs gun shop

We're off to the Sunshine state in the summer and visiting a range is one of the things I want to do. Young mr.chopper602 (11) is very keen on this idea too (quite into guns as I was when younger). I've already e-mailed a suitable range and everyone is welcome with photo ID and the prices seem very reasonable (rent a lane, then rent a gun - swappable, then buy some ammo and targets - easy!). So Disney and dolphins for the mrs and guns for me!!

Nah, not Reigs (which is on Orange Blossom Trail) - he was referring to The Shooting Gallery on W 39th - close to the intersection of Interstate 4 and John Young Parkway - and as stated, directly opposite Orange County Jail - convenient for the inmates, if they ever stage a break-out.

It's a nice, kind of 'under the radar' range, used less by tourists than the others in metro Orlando.

I am lucky, in that I have access to a local law enforcement range that is 1) huge and 2) outdoor. The increasing incidence of suicide at rental ranges, coupled with the added risk of close proximity to firearms-naive tourists waving loaded guns about means I have stopped using those type of facilities for anything other than buying ammunition.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

matt im back in florida yet again in may what range do you recommend previously ive just used the orlando gun club. anywhere thats got a good range of rentals maybe full auto that isnt too overpriced? looking at 3 of us 2 have shot befor one has never so it be good if they can offer slightly more hands on for him rather than "there take the gun and go shoot" without showing him how to do it safely

[DuraAce]

Various rifles, M16, SA80, Diemaco etc. Barrett M82 was good fun though!

[Joey Ramone]

Lee Enfield 303
Mauser 98
Sten
Bren
Thompson sub machine gun
And my favourite, the mighty MG42

[RemaL]

until I went to the US I have never shot anything apart from a air rifle years ago

My 14yo went to the shooting range with me and shot a Clock 17 Suppressed. MP5 and M4 commando

I did the first 2 but the full Size M4 and Mossburg Pump action shotgun

was amazing

[creampuff]

I haven't been shooting for over a week, which is a relatively long time for me. Haven't been to church for a couple of months which is even longer, so tomorrow being Sunday morning the choice will be between god and guns

Anyway, stuff I've shot:

Handguns:
9mm pistols - lots of them, various including Walther, Glock
Colt 45
22LR auto pistol, can't remember maker
38 snubnose
38/357 revolvers, various
30 carbine pistol - that was a good one, fires carbine cartridges, i.e. the stuff you would put in a carbine

Rifles/carbines:
22LR semi autos - lots of them, mostly Ruger 10/22s in various shapes but also a few others.
22LR bolt actions - few of them too
22LR lever action
22LR target rifles - very accurate, you can put 5 bullets in the same hole smaller than a 5p coin.
38/357 Marlin lever action
AR-15 - in several shapes
.308 semi auto
M16 select fire - I think only ever fired one or two of these
AK-47 select fire - several of these
H&K MP5

Shotguns:
side-by-side
overunder
pump
Never tried a semi auto shotgun

Stuff I'd like to try:
.338 lapua, maybe the Accuracy International one on a nice long range as well
6mm class (e.g. the 6.5 Creedmoor) tack drivers
.303
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
Some Nazi stuff

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You can also shoot all of the above rifles and shotguns except the centerfire semi/fully autos in the UK, but even in those cases you can shoot a bolt action version.

Edited by creampuff on Saturday 1st October 18:38

[V8RX7]

I'm unsure what the situation is now but I joined the Army cadets at 12 and went on various Army bases for 1-2 week "adventure holidays" as far as I was concerned.

This included shooting:

.22 target rifle
.303 Enfield
9mm Pistol
9mm sub machine gun
7.62 Light machine gun
7.62 General purpose machine gun
7.62 Self loading rifle

It was great fun !

[Kawasicki]

Air rifle BSA superstar mk1 - a gazillion shots, new spring once a month.
My dad's side by side 12 gauge shotgun, an Astra from Spain.
Then...
FN FAL (super easy after the air rifle)
Steyr AUG
Bren gun
Then I joined the Uni pistol shooting club...
A few .22 pistols, then a S&W .357 mag, then a .44 mag.

I like shooting..though I've shot nothing for more than a decade. I've recently moved to Germany and I've been asked to join the shooting club. I might just go along for a look. The air rifles interest me a lot.