HTF do you forget your rifle?

[DB2]

Went out to the range this morning. Been there a few hours, so I walked down to admire someones rifle during a cease fire. Jaw with him for a few, and we notice a pretty nice bolt action with a Luepold scope on it just sitting on the bench next to him. So he asked if it's mine. Nope. He asked the kid a couple benches down. Nope. Well SOB who's is it? Guess some one at some point decided to go home and leave their nice .223 bolt action and half a box of ammo behind. How the hell does one do that? I mean besides the wife giving birth or being in a car wreck(even these aren't good excuses), how do you go the shooting range and leave your gun there when you leave?

Good Lord some people.

[MustangO4]

I had a Marine of mine who left his M16 in the little PX trailer that was set up in Kuwait just a week before we crossed the boarder into Iraq in '03. Well, the Rgt SgtMaj found it and he was remediated in his deficiencies.

[Satex]

how do you go the shooting range and leave your gun there when you leave?

Often I go to the range and see others come with a 5-10 firearms. I always wonder how them keep track of them all.

[rivviepop]

During a two week field exercise in Germany (... '90? 89?) one person left/forgot their M16 in the woods somewhere. Our entire 1000+ batallion had the pleasure of staying out there searching for it for days and days, eventually a farmer returned it - he found it propped up against a tree.

[MustangO4]

During a two week field exercise in Germany (... '90? 89?) one person left/forgot their M16 in the woods somewhere. Our entire 1000+ batallion had the pleasure of staying out there searching for it for days and days, eventually a farmer returned it - he found it propped up against a tree.

HA, seen that done! A 2ndLt (take it easy, we were all butter bars) left a M249 saw in the woods of Quantico, on the last night of our op. Yea, we didn't get out of there for a WHILE!

[Patriot]

I guess it's possible if you carry them everywhere or just a have a LOT of rifles

[11Z50]

I've never left a weapon at the range, but I have went to range and forgot the ammo and mags.....

[Stormfeather]

HA, done that! 2ndLt (take it easy, we were all butter bars) left a M249 saw in the woods of Quantico, on the last night of our op. Yea, we didn't get out of there for a WHILE!

Werent you a mustang tho? You know that the rifle is your lifeline to survival. Leaving it propped up against a tree, in the PX, leaned against the crapper is not acceptable. Personally, I left mine leaned against the crapper. . . . (I was a Pfc) thats why I have such huge shoulders and arms, did lots and lots and lots and lots of pushups that day.
Now Im a firm believer in the "dummy-cord" or to be PC, the lanyard technique!

[M. Sage]

Chatting with the staff of a pretty popular range in this area, they said that it's pretty common. Guys go shoot once or so a year, they finish up, take down their target, hit the head and leave. Then they toss their (empty) rifle case back in the closet for another 3 months or a year, never realizing that their rifle is sitting in the range office waiting for them to realize that they haven't seen it since their last trip...

[MustangO4]

Werent you a mustang tho? You know that the rifle is your lifeline to survival. Leaving it propped up against a tree, in the PX, leaned against the crapper is not acceptable. Personally, I left mine leaned against the crapper. . . . (I was a Pfc) thats why I have such huge shoulders and arms, did lots and lots and lots and lots of pushups that day.
Now Im a firm believer in the "dummy-cord" or to be PC, the lanyard technique!

Yep, I'm a mustang (as the name implies) and I have never left a weapon, but have seen it a lot. In the treeline it was dark and the Lt had it strapped to his pack and an m16 as a primary (don't ask, it's an IOC thing) and when we sat for a break the crappy SAW sling came unclipped. He stood up, didn't check and off into the woods we went. Get to the objective and OOPS!

[MT1]

So where's the pictures of your new rifle?

[Gunaria]

Maybe that person had ate a really bad breakfast burrito in the morning. Then got stuck in the porta-potty. Did anyone check to look there?

[gosparx]

I've never left a weapon at the range, but I have went to range and forgot the ammo and mags.....

Ditto... My son still gives me crap about that trip to range!

[DB2]

So where's the pictures of your new rifle?

Never. But I did think of confiscating the ammo.

[Turbinator]

Personally, I left mine leaned against the crapper. . . .

Just curious, is it possible for you to bring your rifle into the porta-potty when you go? I mean, train as you fight, right? If you're going to be in enemy territory, I sure as heck am going to take all my bathroom breaks WITH my firearms loaded and ready - so I would train taking these breaks with my items so that when the time comes, I'd be ready to poop & scoot in a flash without ever having to leave my weapon unattended. I am not a soldier, so this is just my uninformed, non-experienced opinion.

Turby