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Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 12:48 PM
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Texas Dan
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No, not the itch to buy a new gun, but the itch to head to the range to shoot one or more of the ones you already own. For me, I try to head to the range about once every month or two not only because it's just plain fun to shoot, but because I consider it a must to keep my skills sharp at hitting a target.
I will never be one to understand the ones who shoot just a few bullets right before the season opener to "check their zero." If you're going to invest in such an effective and useful tool, have year-round enjoyment using it. And if you don't enjoy shooting it because it kicks the crap out of your shoulder, why own it?
"Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons."
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 01:31 PM
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TFF Caribou
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I go to the pistol range about 3 times a month. Rifle range a couple times a year.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 02:00 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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Yeah... two or three days a week.
The secret to a long life is to try not to shorten it.
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 02:09 PM
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garyrapp55
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I usually take more rifles to our place in the country than I shoot while I'm there but it's better to have and not want than... I shoot every time we go and that's once a month or so. I was going to the range as well about once every month or 2 but my "current interest rifle" has been in pieces for a while. I can't wait to get it back. Pistols, my wife and I shoot once every few months, probably less than we should but they don't interest me that much. They are a defense tool.
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 03:30 PM
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TDK
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I just walk outside. Brag I am.
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 04:20 PM
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Slow Drifter
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Just got back from the range. It's nice on Sunday mornings. Shot 4 rifles, 2 pistols, a couple rounds of skeet, cold fried chicken lunch on the tailgate, home before noon.
"I have no idea what WW-III will be fought with, but WW-IV will be fought with sticks and stones." A. Einstein
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 05:31 PM
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PKnTX
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I do. Enjoy shooting very much.
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 05:35 PM
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RiverRider
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Checking zero is better than NOT checking zero and I would call that verification of the rifle. Shooting more often verifies the shooter. I think its most important quality is that it keeps muscle memory alive in terms of trigger control. Can't practice enough, IMO. I wish I could shoot every day, but it's just not possible for me.
"Arguing with you always makes me thirsty." -Augustus McRae
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 06:04 PM
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BassCat'99
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have a big ole caliche pit just down the road from me and a pistol range in town, not out the back door but just as easy!
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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03/25/18 08:32 PM
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txtrophy85
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I may go to the pistol range a few times a year. Don’t like indoor ranges all that much
If I shoot my centerfire rifles 20 times in a calendar year 18 are taken at game.
Last week, grabbed my .270 thst I haven’t shot In a couple years, took it with me for the day. Had some free time so I snuck down to the creek, found a hog rooting at 80 yards, took a knee and drilled it in the lungs.
Honestly I spent so much time with them as a youth they are more or less an extension of my body, I don’t need to shoot them all the time to be effective at this stage.
If I’m going on a big hunt however, I will shoot them 3-6 times to Check zero
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Anyone else periodically get that itch?
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#7122656
03/25/18 10:40 PM
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SapperTitan
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Only time I go to the range is to sight in a rifle or confirm it’s sighted in. Shooting paper is boring shooting steel is ok but still not that fun, shooting hogs now that’s good fun and all the practice I need.
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