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03RangerXLT · 01-08-2008, 09:54 PM

So do any of you have any traditions for going to the firing range?

When I first started shooting (2003), my roommate and I would always have to go to Wlamart first (ammo), then to a gas station out in the middle of nowhere to get our range pass for $2 (for the Natinal Forrest range, Tuskgeege, AL). We would also each get a can of Hi-C, a box of Boston Baked Beans (candy), and a bag of chips for each of us. Then we would blast on some targets. Ans always, if we took someone with us, we insisted they take part in the tradition too.

Now-a-days, I have a new tradition. I work for a sheriff's office in GA these days. When i go to the agency range on my days off, I stop at the gas station near my house and get a pack of cigerettes. Then I drive to the McDonalds near the HQs (and range) and get two of the largest cups of coffee I can get. Then I proceed to the range where I give a cup of coffee to the range master, a great corpral, and smoke a cigerette with him. Then I proceed to shoot and enjoy myself.

So how about you guys?

Cogz · 01-08-2008, 10:02 PM

Me and my friends call them "ATF" days.

We start at the range - (firearms)

Then go to the bar for a beer and cigar. (Alcohol and Tobacco).

Haven't done it in awhile though - I have been going to the range solo for about a year now. Been talking to my friends about going again soon.

-CH- · 01-08-2008, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Cogz

Me and my friends call them "ATF" days.

We start at the range - (firearms)

Then go to the bar for a beer and cigar. (Alcohol and Tobacco).

Haven't done it in awhile though - I have been going to the range solo for about a year now. Been talking to my friends about going again soon.

i like that! One of my friends and i do just about the same thing when we go shoot sporting clays....ends up taking most of the day

mpak87 · 01-08-2008, 10:41 PM

I shoot with a small group of fellow college students, and we have several range traditions. However, we don't always do all of them every trip. If we were to do every range tradition at once, it would go something like this.

We stop at Bi-Mart and get a couple bags of ranch flavored Munchies and a case of Shasta Root Beer on the way to the range. We drink one Shasta each and generally shoot the rest. If it's winter, the skinniest people start complaining that it is way too cold.
There is also the standard grumble about finding a new shooting spot, as something always happens there that makes us want to switch. It is either too cold, too snowy, too rainy, too infested with crazy people, or too short of a distance to shoot. Yet we continue to go there because it's free and close. Complaining about how much the spot sucks, though, has become quite the tradition.
On the way back, we listen to and sing along with mainly Blood Hound Gang, Disturbed, Godsmack and Metallica songs, culminating in Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, with everyone singing at the top of their lungs. Then we go to Wendys, and tell bad jokes until our girlfriends call wondering where we are.

tomfoolery · 01-09-2008, 03:38 AM

i have no real range traditions....the only constant is a gun with lots of ammo, ear plugs, and me.

**Grip** · 01-09-2008, 11:08 AM

i dont have any traditions, i shoot alone.

rockerz71 · 01-09-2008, 11:11 AM

No traditions, I shoot alone as well, but the ATF thing sounds like an idea I might have to steal

03RangerXLT · 01-09-2008, 09:31 PM

I actually enjoyed some of my tradition today. Coffee, cigerettes, a ROMAK -3 (Romanian dragunov), a Walther P22, Springfield 1911, and my GLOCK 22.

ROFL XD · 01-09-2008, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mpak87

On the way back, we listen to and sing along with mainly Blood Hound Gang, Disturbed, Godsmack and Metallica songs, culminating in Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, with everyone singing at the top of their lungs.

You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery channel!

**mhillsing23** · 01-10-2008, 05:30 AM

Part 1: Wake up early Saturday morning, with my wife half asleep grumbling something along the lines of "are you going again?..."
Part 2: Pack up the car with range bag, targets, and sunflower seeds
Part 3: Stop at QT for some coffee.
Part 4: Get to range and shoot, shoot, shoot
Part 5: Stop at local gun shop on way home just to "browse"
Part 6: Get home and show the wife my best target of the day, as she pretends care

01-08-2008, 09:54 PM	#1
03RangerXLT XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta area, Georgia Posts: 2,214	Thread born form Nach/walmart thread: Range Traditions? So do any of you have any traditions for going to the firing range? When I first started shooting (2003), my roommate and I would always have to go to Wlamart first (ammo), then to a gas station out in the middle of nowhere to get our range pass for $2 (for the Natinal Forrest range, Tuskgeege, AL). We would also each get a can of Hi-C, a box of Boston Baked Beans (candy), and a bag of chips for each of us. Then we would blast on some targets. Ans always, if we took someone with us, we insisted they take part in the tradition too. Now-a-days, I have a new tradition. I work for a sheriff's office in GA these days. When i go to the agency range on my days off, I stop at the gas station near my house and get a pack of cigerettes. Then I drive to the McDonalds near the HQs (and range) and get two of the largest cups of coffee I can get. Then I proceed to the range where I give a cup of coffee to the range master, a great corpral, and smoke a cigerette with him. Then I proceed to shoot and enjoy myself. So how about you guys? __________________ -John WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!

01-08-2008, 10:02 PM	#2
Cogz XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 253	Me and my friends call them "ATF" days. We start at the range - (firearms) Then go to the bar for a beer and cigar. (Alcohol and Tobacco). Haven't done it in awhile though - I have been going to the range solo for about a year now. Been talking to my friends about going again soon. __________________ Sig P226 .40 S&W - 357sig Bar-Sto conversion barrel - Tru-Glo Brite Sites Springfield XD45 Compact - Tru-Glo TFO's

01-08-2008, 10:41 PM	#4
mpak87 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Weiser, ID Posts: 319	I shoot with a small group of fellow college students, and we have several range traditions. However, we don't always do all of them every trip. If we were to do every range tradition at once, it would go something like this. We stop at Bi-Mart and get a couple bags of ranch flavored Munchies and a case of Shasta Root Beer on the way to the range. We drink one Shasta each and generally shoot the rest. If it's winter, the skinniest people start complaining that it is way too cold. There is also the standard grumble about finding a new shooting spot, as something always happens there that makes us want to switch. It is either too cold, too snowy, too rainy, too infested with crazy people, or too short of a distance to shoot. Yet we continue to go there because it's free and close. Complaining about how much the spot sucks, though, has become quite the tradition. On the way back, we listen to and sing along with mainly Blood Hound Gang, Disturbed, Godsmack and Metallica songs, culminating in Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, with everyone singing at the top of their lungs. Then we go to Wendys, and tell bad jokes until our girlfriends call wondering where we are. __________________ XD-9 Service Stag Arms Mod. 2L Lefty M-4gery (KB!'d ) A couple others

01-09-2008, 11:08 AM	#6
Grip XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,195	i dont have any traditions, i shoot alone. __________________ 2008 AR Build...(Mega, LMT, Magpul, Troy, KNS, RRA, PRI, Young MFG) 2007 XD-9 Service, 2,225 shots fired since 12-20-07 (zero problem's)

01-09-2008, 11:11 AM	#7
rockerz71 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Norcross, GA Posts: 3,362	No traditions, I shoot alone as well, but the ATF thing sounds like an idea I might have to steal __________________ Luke GeorgiaCarry.org Member

01-09-2008, 03:38 AM	#5
tomfoolery XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 4,565	i have no real range traditions....the only constant is a gun with lots of ammo, ear plugs, and me.

01-09-2008, 09:31 PM	#8
03RangerXLT XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlanta area, Georgia Posts: 2,214	I actually enjoyed some of my tradition today. Coffee, cigerettes, a ROMAK -3 (Romanian dragunov), a Walther P22, Springfield 1911, and my GLOCK 22. __________________ -John WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!

01-10-2008, 05:30 AM	#10
mhillsing23 XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: +38 26 31 -90 22 48 Posts: 2,462	Part 1: Wake up early Saturday morning, with my wife half asleep grumbling something along the lines of "are you going again?..." Part 2: Pack up the car with range bag, targets, and sunflower seeds Part 3: Stop at QT for some coffee. Part 4: Get to range and shoot, shoot, shoot Part 5: Stop at local gun shop on way home just to "browse" Part 6: Get home and show the wife my best target of the day, as she pretends care __________________ Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. - Ronald Wilson Reagan

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