How many firearms do you bring to the range? (Read 10447 times)

suka

How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« on: February 24, 2014, 04:50:46 AM »
I live way to far to drive to the range regularly.
Leeward side.

My takings to the range is about 6-7 guns out of my 56 gun lot in hawaii alone. No safe queens all shooters.

I try to make it down there at least twice when back on island.

dustoff003

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2014, 05:00:45 AM »
I live Leeward also my collection is no where near as large as yours. The most I have brought recently is 5 guns but yesterday was just 2 rifles and 1 pistol. I usually will go with 3-4 friends and we will all bring different firearms most of common overlapping calibers and just shoot each other's stuff.

suka

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2014, 05:04:25 AM »
That would be cool.
I always seem to shoot alone.
None of my friends or family likes guns.

Kingkeoni

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2014, 06:41:45 AM »
I usually go shooting with at least a couple people everytime.

I used to be the guy that brought 6 or 7 guns.

Everybody would shoot my stuff but the problem is that I always got stuck cleaning the guns myself.

Nowadays I bring only 1-2 guns on a range trip.

If I can, I bring no guns and just provide the ammo while shooting my friends guns.
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Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

macsak

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2014, 06:48:56 AM »
That would be cool.
I always seem to shoot alone.
None of my friends or family likes guns.

just post when you are going and 2aHI members usually report if they are going or what bench they are at

Sturmgeschutz

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2014, 07:13:15 AM »
As many as I stand to clean in one evening

Kanakamaoli23

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2014, 07:25:18 AM »
Generally I bring two rifles and two pistols. If no benches I shoot pistol first, if get benches I shoot rifle first.

stangzilla

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2014, 07:31:53 AM »
1-2
too lazy to clean much more than that.

Funtimes

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2014, 09:39:05 AM »
Quote from my sig armorer course:

"#1 Problem causing breakage of peoples guns: They clean them too much."
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Darmok and Jalad @Tanagra

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2014, 09:55:04 AM »
I try to make it to the range between 11:00 and 12:00.  Seems the morning crowd is leaving for lunch, so finding a spot is easy.

I normally have from 1-3 people with me.  Sometimes I don't even shoot much.  I stand there reload mags and keep an eye on the others particularly if they aren't seasoned shooters.

We'll spend 1 1/2 hours or so on the pistol range, then switch to rifles.  We leave sometime between 3:00 and closing depending on what else we have to do that afternoon.

Number of pistols range from 2 to 4, depending on what others are interested in trying.  I try to not take too many varieties of caliber, because the ammo can get quite heavy.

Number of rifles is usually 2-4.  I always take at least one .22LR and an AR-15.  If someone wants to try a Mosin or my AK-47, I'll bring a 91/30, an M44, and/or my Arsenal AK..


It might take that night and the next night to clean them all, but I don't really mind.  I work on computers all day, so doing something different is relaxing.

I supply all the ammo, do all the prep, make all the targets, haul everything outside and back inside, and do all the cleaning.  Who said doing something for others is supposed to be easy? 

I especially enjoy taking new/not-very-recent shooters out.  They really get a kick out of the Mosins!   >:D
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Rocky

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2014, 10:31:58 AM »

If I can, I bring no guns and just provide the ammo while shooting my friends guns.
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Funtimes

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2014, 10:41:11 AM »
I want enough guns in the car that it leaves the bumper  scraping.  :P
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Funtimes

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2014, 10:42:05 AM »
If I can, I bring no guns and just provide the ammo while shooting my friends guns.

Great strategy KK !
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Jl808

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2014, 11:25:29 AM »
1-2 on a pistol day.

1-2 on a rifle day.
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Kingkeoni

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2014, 05:55:35 PM »
Great strategy KK !

It works for everyone involved.

I provide ammo for me and my friend and he gets stuck with the cleaning.

Everyone wins.
Your number one Option for Personal Security is a lifelong commitment to avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation.

Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

BLKDRGN

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2014, 06:22:15 PM »
The more guns you bring the more you got to clean. The last time I went down I brought down 6 pistols and 4 rifles.
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Lifer

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2014, 07:21:19 PM »
On average. 2 pistols, 2 rifles.

I always  have the 2 is 1, 1 is none mentality

Last weekend, I invited a friend and his son to shoot so that called for 4 rifles and 6 pistols....he had fun O0

Antithesis

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2014, 11:30:38 PM »
Usually just 1-2. 
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If you wish for peace, prepare for war

sworbeyegib

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #18 on: February 25, 2014, 03:19:24 AM »
It depends on whether I will be shooting at the rifle side, steel side, trap side or all three.  It also depends who I'm going with, and whether I'll be bringing any new shooters along too.  Usually at least my AR, my .22lr AR, my shotgun (if it is a sunday), and at least one handgun.

causa mortis

Re: How many firearms do you bring to the range?
« Reply #19 on: February 26, 2014, 02:14:29 PM »
At most about 4 (2 rifles and 2 pistols). As others have said, the cleaning is the limiting factor.