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Shots Fired: A Reporter Visits Vermont’s First Indoor Gun Range
Seven Days (Vermont Hippy Rag) ^ | August 4, 2021 | KEVIN MCCALLUM

Posted on 08/05/2021 3:47:02 PM PDT by absalom01

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So, thought it might be nice to have a laugh. This character was overwhelmed by the awe-inspiring power of the .223 cartridge, and the heft of the H&K AR platform.

The soy is powerful with this one.

Oh, and then there was this bit:

"Once, having lost count of how many bullets were in the magazine, I put the pistol down with a live round in the chamber. Noble quickly spotted my error and cleared the chamber; the unfired bullet dropped to the floor where it fell into a grated collection channel.

That's exactly how many firearms accidents happen, Noble said: when even experienced shooters don't make sure the chamber is empty when cleaning or re-holstering their pistols."

I don't know about anyone else, but I usually do a press check to make sure that there IS a round in the chamber before I put a pistol back in the holster.

In any event, the gun shop looks very nice. I'll put it on the route planner next time we're passing through Vermont.

1 posted on 08/05/2021 3:47:02 PM PDT by absalom01
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To: absalom01

So NOT the ultra deadly .22LR?


2 posted on 08/05/2021 3:49:45 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: absalom01

Give him a Mosin M44 carbine with a military load, 7.62X54, and see what happens.


3 posted on 08/05/2021 3:49:51 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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"I'm not sure what scared me more — the power of that weapon or the fact that I could have taken one home that day."


4 posted on 08/05/2021 3:51:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: absalom01

IF it ain’t chambered, it’s a hammer.


5 posted on 08/05/2021 3:51:21 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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This character was overwhelmed by the awe-inspiring power of the .223 cartridge, and the heft of the H&K AR platform.

I remember firing 12 gauge shotguns and an 1870s Springfield 45-70 as a boy of 12. Didn't scare me and it was fun!

6 posted on 08/05/2021 3:52:12 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: absalom01

Not even a real rifle caliber.

Hand him a .308 and see what he says.


7 posted on 08/05/2021 3:52:16 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: absalom01

A Captain friend of mine tried his 7.62 rifle on an indoor range , it went through the backstop across the field and into a house , he didn’t know it was a .22 indoor range ,D’oh


8 posted on 08/05/2021 3:52:34 PM PDT by butlerweave
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“It is difficult to describe the impact — physical and personal — of that first shot. It felt like a meteor had struck the earth in front of me. A deep shock wave coursed through my body, the recoil rippling through my arms and right shoulder with astounding power. Being that close to an explosion of such magnitude — controlled and focused as it was — rattled me.”

What a fruit. They should have had him fire something really high-powered.


9 posted on 08/05/2021 3:53:24 PM PDT by cdcdawg (It's all so tiresome.)
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To: rktman

Somehow, I doubt that he’s an advocate of Israeli carry.


10 posted on 08/05/2021 3:54:30 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: dynachrome

He mentions that the store had a rifle chambered in .338 Lapua. Give him that!

But I like what I learned about that store.


11 posted on 08/05/2021 3:55:36 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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“I’m not sure what scared me more — the power of that weapon or the fact that I could have taken one home that day.”

What should really scare him is that millions of Americans of the opposite political persuasion own them and know to use them.


12 posted on 08/05/2021 3:55:44 PM PDT by yetidog
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To: absalom01

Is this an old report? A couple years ago I read some reporter’s girly-man reaction to shooting the very mild .223.

Hell, a standard .30-06 would give him a stroke.


13 posted on 08/05/2021 3:56:32 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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Press check...yeah. This is the way I taught the Wife to chamber. She was having a problem pulling the slide back.
A little change and viola!


14 posted on 08/05/2021 3:56:40 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: absalom01

Hey fruitcake, Biden likes shotguns. Try a 12 gauge.


15 posted on 08/05/2021 3:57:08 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: cdcdawg

Imagine him with a 7mm Mag....


16 posted on 08/05/2021 3:58:42 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: absalom01

Next week he’ll do a story on his adventures learning to drive a standard transmission.


17 posted on 08/05/2021 3:59:11 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: Lurkinanloomin; All

Mr. Macallum should be embarrassed.

Girl Shoots AR-15 For First Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5OM5JutRMQ


18 posted on 08/05/2021 4:03:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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What a frigging pansie.

L


19 posted on 08/05/2021 4:04:33 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: absalom01

ah a kevin wrote this

the male equivalent of karens


20 posted on 08/05/2021 4:06:48 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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