Ferraris and Firearms, Scoot and Shoot

I'm in. At a place I used to work, our entire department used to go on outings to the range. My manager can hollow out a dime at 100 yards with a .22 rifle - no joke. I've seen the targets.

 

Sounds fun! I don't think I can fit the .50 in an F-car though so we'll have to play with other toys.

 

Bet you tell all the ladies about the 'big gun', eh Ben? hehe

 

Just mount a tripod on your roof. Think we'd end up with a police escort?

 

HaHa for a second there I thought you were talking about shooting while driving! Brings me back to good ol' Chico CA. Nothing like a twelve pack of Steinlager, a dirt road, and a twelve gauge, Hahahaha. Yes I was not to bright back then; luckily nobody was hurt. Sounds interesting!

 

joyriding

 

Anybody been to the Los Altos Rod and Gun Club? It's a huge outdoor range
off Skyline Blvd.? It's been years since the last time I was there, I remember
we used to bring all kinds of plastic bottles and aluminum cans for targets.

http://www.losaltosrodandgunclub.com/

 

Sound good to me Actually an unopened soda can will give you more thrills as they
are pressurized. Also, IIRC when I was there last time they were allowing people to do
rapid firing.

 

Please count me in. I don't have a F-car (Factory Five Roadster) but I used to practice quite a bit.
I asked this on another forum and got some political mixed-anti-gun stuff posted. I ignored it but this place seems to be cool with it.

If it happen's let me know where.

Steven's Creek Rod & Gun is also another outdoor range.
Not sure if Winchester Range off of Bernal and 101 is still there.

I really wished Sharp Park was still open but it's closed down now due to some muntions found in the back of some yards; the drive would to it would have been a GREAT precursor to a shoot.

I have a .44 and 7mm T/CU barrels for my Thompson I'd like to reload.

 

That is a fun range. They used to let you put anything out on the open range so on any givin trip you would see Watermelons to car doors being shot up with semi auto fire. I was there abot 20 years ago and a guy brought a Cannon he made it in his machine shop. They shot a dish washer with it and it blew a hole through both sides, very exciting stuff to watch. I wonder if it is stil open.

 

If my memory still serves me, there were a few accidents at this range too.

 

I'm down. What about the range in Lincoln

http://www.lincolnrifleclub.com/outdoordescription.html

 

I know that back in the 80's they allowed people to bring alcoholic beverages past the check in gate! Customers would sit nearby in the parking lot and have a few beers while they watched people shoot . One or two days things got a bit sloppy, so they outlawed the alcohol. There may have been other accidents but this happens from time to time. I won't name any names of ranges but I know of 2-3 in the bay area that have had accidents over the years for miscellaneous reasons. Most ranges enforce the rules well, but on any given day experts or novices can make a mistake. I recall being at a range in San Jose and the Range Master had to remove a few shooters because they repeatedly did not follow the rules or direct verbal requests. Neither of the shooters spoke English, so it was difficult for them to understand .

 

It'd be nice to have a "group" session. I recall one incident in an indoor range where a couple of young "kids" were actually "playing around" with a rifle; no range master in the booth area but they have a closed circuit TV, however, I got a little concerned and told them to please NOT point that anywhere but downrange. I told the range master as I was leaving.

Another incident involved Sharp Park where one guy ignored the rapid-fire rule. He was warned 2 times on the bullhorn before they ceased all firing and yelled at the guy who argued back. You should of saw everyone else that did put down their weapons but didn't remove their hands from their firearms until they were sure things were under control.

And let's not forget the incident at Targetmasters a number of years back. Had he decided to also "take others with him" before taking his own life, it could of been a really bad scene. Thankfully, he just wanted to kill himself.

At least as a group, we'll get to know one another. I'm always on-guard whenever I practive with the rest of the public; sometimes these idiots act very juvinile holding their pistols at the horizontal positions actiling like somemthing out of a 'gangsta' movie.

 

I haven't shot anything in years and don't have a gun but count me in.
Maybe I can borrow the 357 again from a friend. I'd like to try a rifle though.

 

A little unrelated, but I didn't realize how impossible it was to get a CCW here (especially in santa clara county)... unlike where I'm from (arizona)

 

i could bring my model t and a colt walker and do a putt and pop....

 

Hahhaahah wanna see my Cannon?

 

I'm in...When and where?
I have several trap & skeet long guns as well as Sig's .40, 9mm, 357's, Browning 22's, etc. for range useRESPONSIBLE AND SAFE shooters to "borrow"
I usually shoot at the Martinez Gun Club for trap, but for rifles/handguns I have been going to Vaccaville's indoor range.
I'm open for new venue's...