nicoroshi
07-01-2012, 1:13 PM
I decided to go out shooting today at United Sportsman in Concord.
One of the guns I decided to bring was my milled M70 pistol.
I had been shooting it without issue for years there but was told today that USI would no longer allow AR or AK pistols on their public range.
When I inquired "why" I was told that a member shooting a pistol gripped shotgun had broken their nose while firing it.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Over!
Firstly I was under the impression that pistol gripped shotguns were already not allowed on the public rifle, and pistol range (been that way since I have been shooting there).
Secondly what does the recoil from a shotgun have to do with the recoil from 5.56 or 7.62x39?
I plan to attend the meeting at 7PM this Thursday July 5th in the clubhouse to see if the rational behind this 'Ban' on certain firearms on the public range can be explained to me as well as the membership's thinking of how the recoil from 12Ga is anywhere comparable to that of 5.56 or 7.62x39. I would also like to know where this injury occured since pistol gripped shotguns are already not allowed on the public range.
Any support from other members that shoot at USI would be greatly appreciated on Thursday.
It's bad enough when our state government tries to ban certain legal firearms due to bad information/ inexperience with them but to have a local range do the same thing is unacceptable IMHO.
Thank you for reading, and hope to see you on Thursday night.
Nico
One of the guns I decided to bring was my milled M70 pistol.
I had been shooting it without issue for years there but was told today that USI would no longer allow AR or AK pistols on their public range.
When I inquired "why" I was told that a member shooting a pistol gripped shotgun had broken their nose while firing it.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Over!
Firstly I was under the impression that pistol gripped shotguns were already not allowed on the public rifle, and pistol range (been that way since I have been shooting there).
Secondly what does the recoil from a shotgun have to do with the recoil from 5.56 or 7.62x39?
I plan to attend the meeting at 7PM this Thursday July 5th in the clubhouse to see if the rational behind this 'Ban' on certain firearms on the public range can be explained to me as well as the membership's thinking of how the recoil from 12Ga is anywhere comparable to that of 5.56 or 7.62x39. I would also like to know where this injury occured since pistol gripped shotguns are already not allowed on the public range.
Any support from other members that shoot at USI would be greatly appreciated on Thursday.
It's bad enough when our state government tries to ban certain legal firearms due to bad information/ inexperience with them but to have a local range do the same thing is unacceptable IMHO.
Thank you for reading, and hope to see you on Thursday night.
Nico