Yup! When I was in HS, one of my friends knew a pair of brothers who
had a construction company and had 2 houses with a shared driveway.
Between the houses was what looked like a 2 car garage, but it was their
private trap club. They let us go there whenever we wanted to shoot
trap. We went so often that I had to start reloading 12 ga. It was a
blast.
Find a range that will rent the hardware to you.
I started when I was maybe 8 or 10 at the county fair. They had a
sideshow booth with winchester 98 or 06 pump 22 short only rifles. I
think they used cb caps. Then came marksmanship merit badge at the
Boy Scout camp using single shot bolt gummit rifles at 11. The skills
learned then still hold.
TRY IT! You'll LOVE IT! Shoulder, hand, or trap, skeet, or "sporting
clays"
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
November 15, 2017 at 1:51 PM
So here is a thought to our anti-gun colleague:
Whether you would want to carry or own or use a gun, going to the
range and shooting can be very relaxing in an interesting way. When
you are shooting you need to clear your head of extraneous thoughts
and focus totally on what you are doing -- loading the weapon,
handling the weapon, aiming, holding, shooting, and adjusting as
necessary to hit your target. It becomes very "zen"-like as you
really do clear out all the nagging thoughts that stay with you as you
go about your business during the day. I find that I leave the range
with this very calm sense of things having focused for an hour or so
on that activity to the exclusion of everything else. If you go with
a friend you can compare your performance and guns and have some
comradery in that way too.
It is not particularly intimidating, though you might feel
"uncomfortable" around men and women who have some skills around use
of guns. You might also find out they are nice people and would do
anything for you, even if you wore your H-> or Feel the Bern shirt.
But YMMV though you might want to give it a try sometime, you might be
surprised that you actually have some fun and could (horrors!) enjoy it!
--FT
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