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Originally Posted by jyl
The pistol range I currently belong to is an unattended range. Enter with card key, shoot, pick up brass, leave. It has been considerably more crowded in the past year. I don’t love being sandwiched between guys burning through hundreds of rounds with their plastic combat 9 pistols and carbined festooned with lasers. The constant concussive blasts are irritating and watching them use every bit of the 2’ x 3’ target is worrisome. There is the occasional old guy shooting tight groups with something old school, but the average level of marksmanship is such that I don’t think it really matters what caliber these guys arm themselves with.
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People do far, far, far more stupid things than that. If that's your complaint, then you're lucky. We have seen people shoot shotguns on a cold rifle range with someone down range because he thought it was a "safe distance". People bring glass bottles instead of using the paper target and wood slat frame. They move target stands. They drop a loaded pistol. On the ground.
I would never want to be a range master, nor am I sanctimonious enough to tsk tsk other guys. That's not what makes me happy. But there's a point where you have to say thank God the real dumb ones get kicked out. And I dont mean "irritating". I mean "dangerous". I think the key for you is to dial in your preferred amount of sanctimonious gun-guy, by finding a club that strikes the right balance for you. For example, the punky guys who shoot one handed and sideways are on one end of the spectrum. The gun snobs on the other. There are a lot of both types everywhere.