Spermoff: shooting (squirrels and/or targets)

[DonS 3,292]

Wife and I went shooting with my daughter and her boyfriend this weekend.  I hadn't fired a weapon since I had a 12 gauge shotgun in high school.

G0ddamn was that a good time!  Her boyfriend has a few rifles and handguns.  He also had a couple from his uncle.

My favorite was definitely his uncle's VEPR-12.  Was absolutely badass.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vepr-12

My daughter's M&P 15 .22 caliber felt like a pellet gun in comparison, which makes it perfect for squirrels @Hawkeye21   

Btw my daughter said she didn't know how wife and I would react when she told us she bought one.  I told her I didn't give a sh1t and then asked her why didn't she get a girlie pink one.

I can definitely see how people can get into acquiring various firearms as a hobby. 

[Hawkeye21 2,382]

My father-in-law has a tradition on the 4th of July where he would drive around the gravel roads looking for black birds and shooting them with a .22 or .17 rifle.  I'll never forget when he asked me to go with him the first time.  My wife and I have been going for about 5 years now.  Nothing more Murican and redneck than driving around the countryside shooting birds out of a truck with a cooler of beer in the back seat.

[DonS 3,292]

1 hour ago, Hawkeye21 said:

My father-in-law has a tradition on the 4th of July where he would drive around the gravel roads looking for black birds and shooting them with a .22 or .17 rifle.  I'll never forget when he asked me to go with him the first time.  My wife and I have been going for about 5 years now.  Nothing more Murican and redneck than driving around the countryside shooting birds out of a truck with a cooler of beer in the back seat.

Sounds RACISS!!!!   Were you wearing your Klan hoods? 

A .17?  I'm obviously not a gun guy so didn't realize there was a caliber that small.  The more you know.

[Hawkeye21 2,382]

2 minutes ago, DonS said:

Sounds RACISS!!!!   Were you wearing you Klan hoods? 

A .17?  I'm obviously not a gun guy so didn't realize there was a caliber that small.  The more you know.

Pretty much just like a .22

[League Champion 1,896]

30 minutes ago, DonS said:

Wife and I went shooting with my daughter and her boyfriend this weekend.  I hadn't fired a weapon since I had a 12 gauge shotgun in high school.

G0ddamn was that a good time!  Her boyfriend has a few rifles and handguns.  He also had a couple from his uncle.

My favorite was definitely his uncle's VEPR-12.  Was absolutely badass.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vepr-12

My daughter's M&P 15 .22 caliber felt like a pellet gun in comparison, which makes it perfect for squirrels @Hawkeye21   

Btw my daughter said she didn't know how wife and I would react when she told us she bought one.  I told her I didn't give a sh1t and then asked her why didn't she get a girlie pink one.

I can definitely see how people can get into acquiring various firearms as a hobby. 

 

I love it.

[TommyGavin 790]

My son went skeet shooting for the first time last week. Now he wants a shotgun. 
He already collects knives. 

[easilyscan 863]

8 minutes ago, TommyGavin said:

He already collects knives. 

I always wanted a switchblade. Unfortunately, I live in MINNY-SODA.

https://www.akti.org/wp-content/uploads/AKTI-Automatic-Knife-Laws-1-scaled.jpg

 

[DonS 3,292]

9 minutes ago, TommyGavin said:

My son went skeet shooting for the first time last week. Now he wants a shotgun. 
He already collects knives. 

Shotgun skeet shooting with my buddy in east bumfock Upstate NY are definitely some good memories.

 

[DonS 3,292]

1 minute ago, easilyscan said:

I always wanted a switchblade. Unfortunately, I live in MINNY-SODA.

https://www.akti.org/wp-content/uploads/AKTI-Automatic-Knife-Laws-1-scaled.jpg

 

That's a real thing??? 

 

[easilyscan 863]

4 minutes ago, DonS said:

That's a real thing??? 

 

As far as I know. 

[DonS 3,292]

5 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

As far as I know. 

There goes your dreams of ever becoming a Jet or a Shark.   Sorry man.

 

 

[League Champion 1,896]

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[TommyGavin 790]

30 minutes ago, DonS said:

Shotgun skeet shooting with my buddy in east bumfock Upstate NY are definitely some good memories.

 

Yeah they found this cool place out on Long Island - you get a golf car and drive between 13 different stations with different levels. 
 

When I was a kid we rented the equipment and just found a place on the side of the road - LIE out in Suffolk county. 

[DonS 3,292]

5 minutes ago, League Champion said:

YOU'RE WELCOME 

https://palmettostatearmory.com/

 

 

Yep.  My daughter's boyfriend has one from them.  I won't embarrass myself by incorrectly naming it, but it was definitely fun to shoot.

I took a couple identifying pics if you want me to message them to you.   Clearly stamped as an "PA—15". 

[Nomad99 699]

1 hour ago, DonS said:

Sounds RACISS!!!!   Were you wearing your Klan hoods? 

A .17?  I'm obviously not a gun guy so didn't realize there was a caliber that small.  The more you know.

.17 HMR is a popular varmint round. It's basically a necked down .22

Very accurate due to a flat trajectory. 

[Engorgeous George 2,145]

4 hours ago, Hawkeye21 said:

My father-in-law has a tradition on the 4th of July where he would drive around the gravel roads looking for black birds and shooting them with a .22 or .17 rifle.  I'll never forget when he asked me to go with him the first time.  My wife and I have been going for about 5 years now.  Nothing more Murican and redneck than driving around the countryside shooting birds out of a truck with a cooler of beer in the back seat.

I would consider that unsafe firearms practice.