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Title: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Inspector on May 14, 2012, 06:48:23 PM
What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?

http://www.handgunsmag.com/2012/04/30/whats-your-excuse-for-not-shooting/ (http://www.handgunsmag.com/2012/04/30/whats-your-excuse-for-not-shooting/)

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Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: GreenStomper on May 14, 2012, 07:16:50 PM
Talk about overcoming.Props
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Ichigeki Hissatsu on May 14, 2012, 07:57:57 PM
money
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Pit808 on May 14, 2012, 09:27:08 PM
Well in my case,

I think shooting stages with a infant in a front carrier while pushing a double stroller with two kids would be frowned upon...... ??? :wtf:
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Ichigeki Hissatsu on May 14, 2012, 09:36:32 PM
Well in my case,

I think shooting stages with a infant in a front carrier while pushing a double stroller with two kids would be frowned upon...... ??? :wtf:

Wtf?  That's what women are for.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: SpeedTek on May 14, 2012, 10:12:06 PM
Time and KHSC closed on my only day off  As soon as the new range goes in I will be shooting everyday afterwork until I get bored of that!
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: TeamSDSHawaii on May 14, 2012, 10:13:58 PM
Thats a trip...

For me... Lack of legal place to shoot... lack of scripts.... etc. etc.

Wife says i gotta work on the house???  ??? ??? ??? Lost here??? IDK?
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Pit808 on May 15, 2012, 11:42:21 PM
Wtf?  That's what women are for.   :thumbsup:

Haha. I wish.  too bad the only days I could go to the one range on the island, my wife is working.  :'(

Pretty much the reason why I've only fired about half the stuff I own.   >:(
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Flipdog69xxx on May 16, 2012, 02:21:36 AM
schedule and lack of a range on my side of the island.
Title: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: hnl.flyboy on May 17, 2012, 04:53:42 PM
My guns residing in Hawaii and me residing in North Carolina :(
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: wirecounter on May 17, 2012, 05:05:33 PM
Wtf?  That's what women are for.   :thumbsup:

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: nf9648 on May 18, 2012, 03:29:42 AM
Wife's unemployment checks stopped coming, down to just my income.
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: BananaClip on May 18, 2012, 07:07:02 AM
money
Same here :-\
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: kavawava on May 18, 2012, 09:19:26 AM
Limited public range hours. 
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: DuckFat on May 18, 2012, 09:28:26 AM
Limited public range hours.
+!

Anyone notice KK hasn't posted here? I figured he allows no excuse and goes to the range everyday.
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: amazeyn on May 18, 2012, 09:35:28 AM
OGC range not open yet
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Colt808 on May 18, 2012, 11:26:15 AM
Spending upto 90 minutes driving out to the range then waiting however long for a-holes who take up space talking story and drinking coffee to "finish" is just BS to me. I'm sure these folks are nice people, but squeezing off 1 or 2 rounds every 30 minutes while others want to get in there gets on my nerves.
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Izanagi on May 18, 2012, 11:59:48 AM
OGC range not open yet

Really? what the hell happened?  I thought they were suppose to open last june?
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: DuckFat on May 18, 2012, 01:12:26 PM
Spending upto 90 minutes driving out to the range then waiting however long for a-holes who take up space talking story and drinking coffee to "finish" is just BS to me. I'm sure these folks are nice people, but squeezing off 1 or 2 rounds every 30 minutes while others want to get in there gets on my nerves.
This doesn't prevent me from going but it is extremely annoying. Especially wen there's a group of them taking up 3-5 benches.

OGC range not open yet
Really? what the hell happened?  I thought they were suppose to open last june?
Last I heard it was held up due to some kind of delay with the shipping of the backstop. Kinda an essential part so bullets don't go flying all over....Kalihi?....eh....well that's really not much of a change.
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Inspector on May 18, 2012, 05:37:40 PM
Limited public range hours.
I live and work in Kapolei and I would go to the range at least once (maybe twice) a week during the weekdays if they opened back up at night. I try to go every weekend but my marriage might suffer. So I go 2-3 weekends a month. Occasionally I go both Sat and Sun (pistol and rifle). If they ever open the range up over here I would probably go most every afternoon after work. I use shooting to work out my stress and frustrations.  >:D
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Post by: jc2721 on May 18, 2012, 06:39:59 PM
I hate cleaning guns! 
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Post by: Growler67 on May 18, 2012, 07:13:05 PM
I'm on island and my guns are on the mainland.  Next weekend though.....
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Ichigeki Hissatsu on May 18, 2012, 09:21:11 PM
Spending upto 90 minutes driving out to the range then waiting however long for a-holes who take up space talking story and drinking coffee to "finish" is just BS to me. I'm sure these folks are nice people, but squeezing off 1 or 2 rounds every 30 minutes while others want to get in there gets on my nerves.

Can't we start a petition to change the rules around there?  It's a shooting range.  Not set your shit up and sit around and talk story range.  If the range master feels that you aren't necessarily there to shoot, then pack up your gear and go talk story someplace else.  I dunno how good that would be to allow the range master there to use his own personal judgement on allowing you to stay though.

I also heard there was a waiting list yesterday.  Yet on weekdays, they only open half the range?  That' fucking makes no sense.
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: wirecounter on May 19, 2012, 10:12:52 AM
I also heard there was a waiting list yesterday.  Yet on weekdays, they only open half the range?  That' fucking makes no sense.

Rifle side usually has a waiting list even on weekdays.  I hear that guys go down around 9:30 or so. 

Plus, it is only open for 3 hours & as Ichigeki pointed out only half the range is open.  ???

Budget cuts.

 :stopjack:

The 4 letter word that starts with "w."
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: mauiblue on May 19, 2012, 10:32:34 AM
My excuse for not shooting is work. I work two full time jobs. I can take off when I want but I want to make the green stamps so that I can buy more equipment and supplies to use when I finally do get out to the range.
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: DuckFat on May 19, 2012, 11:37:36 AM
The 4 letter word that starts with "w."
wuss :D
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Post by: Kingkeoni on May 19, 2012, 12:32:37 PM
The 4 letter word that starts with "w."

WIMP?
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Colt808 on May 19, 2012, 02:57:57 PM
Can't we start a petition to change the rules around there?  It's a shooting range.  Not set your shit up and sit around and talk story range.  If the range master feels that you aren't necessarily there to shoot, then pack up your gear and go talk story someplace else.  I dunno how good that would be to allow the range master there to use his own personal judgement on allowing you to stay though.

I also heard there was a waiting list yesterday.  Yet on weekdays, they only open half the range?  That' fucking makes no sense.

Unfortunately, I don't feel a petition (addressing bench hogs) would do much. If anything the "powers that be" would see it as a reason to dick with everyone...like charging everyone by the hour.  Back in the day the RSO's would  ask inactive shooters to free up the spot if there were people waiting. Not sure what changed. If anything, I think policy should require people to remain in their own "space". Congregating around 1 or 2 booths is unsafe and usually leaves firearms unattended.
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Inspector on May 19, 2012, 03:26:18 PM
The 4 letter word that starts with "w."
W I F E
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Ichigeki Hissatsu on May 19, 2012, 03:38:37 PM
W I F E

In all honesty, i thought it was "WORK"
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Aegis808 on May 19, 2012, 03:44:18 PM
T storms and heavy rain all weekend plus a bad case of 24 hour barracks duty today.
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Inspector on May 19, 2012, 03:45:24 PM
In all honesty, i thought it was "WORK"
I figured if he was afraid to spell it out it had to be WIFE.  :rofl:
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: wirecounter on May 19, 2012, 03:47:10 PM
You guys are butal  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

WORK.  It always gets in the way . . .
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: wirecounter on May 19, 2012, 03:50:56 PM
FYI, just got back from the range (SHOOTING) and waited around 15 mins for a bench.  Still had a waiting list at noon, but not as nuts as Sundays.  Lots of open benches at 1:30.
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: DuckFat on May 20, 2012, 12:39:52 AM
I figured if he was afraid to spell it out it had to be WIFE.  :rofl:
That shouldn't be a reason, get her to shoot too
Title: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: TeamMidori on May 20, 2012, 11:20:56 AM
Can't we start a petition to change the rules around there?  It's a shooting range.  Not set your shit up and sit around and talk story range.  If the range master feels that you aren't necessarily there to shoot, then pack up your gear and go talk story someplace else.  I dunno how good that would be to allow the range master there to use his own personal judgement on allowing you to stay though.

I also heard there was a waiting list yesterday.  Yet on weekdays, they only open half the range?  That' fucking makes no sense.

www.signon.org
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Jkeone808 on May 24, 2012, 12:36:29 AM
Spending upto 90 minutes driving out to the range then waiting however long for a-holes who take up space talking story and drinking coffee to "finish" is just BS to me. I'm sure these folks are nice people, but squeezing off 1 or 2 rounds every 30 minutes while others want to get in there gets on my nerves.

Couldn't agree with you more!
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Kingkeoni on May 25, 2012, 07:35:53 AM
I almost never shoot alone. I usually shoot with at least one friend. If you know me and I'm shooting, you can share a bench with me.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: Izanagi on May 25, 2012, 10:19:54 AM
I almost never shoot alone. I usually shoot with at least one friend. If you know me and I'm shooting, you can share a bench with me.  :thumbsup:

how about if we don't know you?  O0 O0 O0 ;D
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: DuckFat on May 25, 2012, 12:03:46 PM
how about if we don't know you?  O0 O0 O0 ;D
If you can identify me as DuckFat when I'm on a bench then by all means join me  :thumbsup:
Although I've only met speedtek, bananaclip, and buckjay
Title: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: hnl.flyboy on May 25, 2012, 08:21:56 PM
If I'm at the range tomorrow or Sunday, I'll be wearing ENDO Tactical's blue "like" shirt. I'd love to meet you guys!
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: wirecounter on May 25, 2012, 08:40:25 PM
If I'm at the range tomorrow or Sunday, I'll be wearing ENDO Tactical's blue "like" shirt. I'd love to meet you guys!

Welcom home hnl.flyboy!!!  Hope to see you there!   :shaka:
Title: Re: What’s Your Excuse for Not Shooting?
Post by: jasoncredible on May 25, 2012, 08:48:26 PM
I am a nerd who enjoys video games, and I just picked up dragons dogma and waited for my new pistol to arrive.  next Friday I will be out to shoot with my tan dickies shorts and black evil dead t-shirt.  Hope to see some black powder shooters and try to get a few tips, while I shoot a few rounds with my glock