The gun thread Options

[Dark Reaper]

I think most modern shotguns are rifled to allow the use of slugs in them. Speaking of which I found some neat 410 rounds that has a slug, a ball and pellets all in one shell, I call it the combo shell and boy did it look even more nasty then 410 defense rounds I use .

[mirocu]

Well, you don't really need a rifled barrel for standard slugs. I shoot them in smooth-bores myself. There is another kind though which requires a rifled barrel but I forget what the name of it is. and it's called sabbot

I was thinking more how your gun handles the pellets with a rifled barrel. Wouldn't it be damaged? Well, I'd suppose not since it can shoot it, but still. My birdbrain cannot compute this

This post has been edited by mirocu: Dec 7 2017, 07:18 PM

[Dark Reaper]

I don't think the pellets damages the barrel but cleaning it after shooting the shells is a pain in the butt.

[mirocu]

So is cleaning a BP gun which is why I don't shoot them too often..

[Dark Reaper]

Man those 410 Gauge target practice shells are WEEEEEEAAAAAAK and hard to clean. The 45 Long Colts didn't feel to bad though.

This post has been edited by Dark Reaper: Dec 14 2017, 09:22 PM

[SubRosa]

7 Types of People At The Range - yep, I am the Wifey...

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

7 Types of People At The Range - yep, I am the Wifey...

Lol, that was really funny! “Give him a bolt action, he’ll try to rapid fire it.”

[Dark Reaper]

7 Types of People At The Range - yep, I am the Wifey...

Not sure what I am, I can hit and group pretty good so I'm not the poser, I could be the Hipster but I seldom use range rentals and only talk about the latest firearm in the lobby or sells, very little do I talk to anyone while in the range.

Lol, that was really funny! “Give him a bolt action, he’ll try to rapid fire it.”

You have better chances rapid firing a lever action...although the straight pull bolt was designed for more "rapid" shooting.

[haute ecole rider]

7 Types of People At The Range - yep, I am the Wifey...

I'm sure you're better looking than THAT Wifey!

and I certainly shoot like her! Though I doubt I interact with guys the way she does.

Nineteen years of being a vet and I still take joy in letting guys know that I know eight different ways to collect balls, and have done so to ten different species, and am not averse to adding an eleventh to that list . . .

[mirocu]

I'm none of them.


In fact, I'm so unsocial I prefer to just shoot my guns all alone in the woods

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

If Khajiit had a gun that required some skill to use he’d probably go to an indoor range. All this one has is a snubnosed .38 and two 20 gauge shotguns (a side by side double barrel and a pump).

[mirocu]

If Khajiit had a gun that required some skill to use he’d probably go to an indoor range. All this one has is a snubnosed .38 and two 20 gauge shotguns (a side by side double barrel and a pump).

*hrrm*


Every gun needs some level of skill. Even snubnoses and shotguns

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

If Khajiit had a gun that required some skill to use he’d probably go to an indoor range. All this one has is a snubnosed .38 and two 20 gauge shotguns (a side by side double barrel and a pump).

*hrrm*


Every gun needs some level of skill. Even snubnoses and shotguns

Nah, it’s point and shoot. At the ranges those guns are useful at, accuracy isn’t really a factor.

[mirocu]

Nah, it’s point and shoot. At the ranges those guns are useful at, accuracy isn’t really a factor.

Tell that to the dozens of clay pigeons that survived my shotgun blasts...


While you don't "aim" like with a rifle, you still need to be on target, or ahead of it at the right speed and distance and I contribute that to skill.

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

Nah, it’s point and shoot. At the ranges those guns are useful at, accuracy isn’t really a factor.

Tell that to the dozens of clay pigeons that survived my shotgun blasts...


While you don't "aim" like with a rifle, you still need to be on target, or ahead of it at the right speed and distance and I contribute that to skill.

Well perhaps Khajiit was a bit wrong. You certainly do need skill for skeet shooting/bird hunting, but you aren’t going to get training for that in an indoor gun range, so Khajiit still has no reason to take his guns to such a place. For this one’s purposes (home defense; Khajiit will more than likely not be hunting deer with these guns, lol), the close range and tight spaces make finesse less important (indeed, these guns are not finesse weapons). That said, Khajiit used to be murder on a dove hunting field or skeet range, so perhaps a bit of natural talent helps too!

This post has been edited by TheCheshireKhajiit: Dec 21 2017, 04:53 PM

[mirocu]

For this one’s purposes (home defense), the close range and tight spaces make skill less important.

Sure, in those situations stable nerves are much more important I'd say.


And indeed, talent takes you a long way! For some reason I was quite good skeet shooting when I was a total n00b, but for whatever reason the more I shot the worse I got. I suspect I started to think more on how to hold instead of just go with it like I did in the beginning

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

For this one’s purposes (home defense), the close range and tight spaces make skill less important.

Sure, in those situations stable nerves are much more important I'd say.


And indeed, talent takes you a long way! For some reason I was quite good skeet shooting when I was a total n00b, but for whatever reason the more I shot the worse I got. I suspect I started to think more on how to hold instead of just go with it like I did in the beginning

Yeah, this one knows what you mean. You get to a point where you overthink how to aim when really, due to all the projectiles’ scatter, you can’t truly “aim”, it’s more like throwing a net. Instinct is a good thing to have when skeet shooting/bird hunting.

[mirocu]

You get to a point where you overthink how to aim when really, due to all the projectiles’ scatter, you can’t truly “aim”, it’s more like throwing a net. Instinct is a good thing to have when skeet shooting/bird hunting.

Absolutely. Instinct or feeling for the shot is king. When I ever got it right I didn't have to do anything; no matter how long I waited to pull the trigger I KNEW that I would hit the target whenever I so chose to pull said trigger. It's like having an aimbot!


Awesomest feeling evah!

[TheCheshireKhajiit]

You get to a point where you overthink how to aim when really, due to all the projectiles’ scatter, you can’t truly “aim”, it’s more like throwing a net. Instinct is a good thing to have when skeet shooting/bird hunting.

Absolutely. Instinct or feeling for the shot is king. When I ever got it right I didn't have to do anything; no matter how long I waited to pull the trigger I KNEW that I would hit the target whenever I so chose to pull said trigger. It's like having an aimbot!


Awesomest feeling evah!

If this one ever gets that SKS, he’ll definitely be taking that to an indoor range, lol

[mirocu]

Khajiit can take his shotgun to the indoor range too. Just make sure to pack slugs...