Bad Day? - The Firearms Forum

rsm · 07-08-2007, 07:35 AM

I am new to this forum and I keep seeing posts by a Bruce Flinch. At the end of each post is this thought.
"A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work."
I am familiar with the concept of "a good day at work". They may be rare but I have known that experience. However I find myself somewhat bewildered and confused by "a bad day at the range". Since this an experience with which I am unfamiliar could someone please explain what a bad day at the range could possibly be. Unless he shoots himself.

southernshooter · 07-08-2007, 07:48 AM

Rsm it's most likely one of them days whne you feel like you can't hit a thing

AL MOUNT · 07-08-2007, 07:55 AM

My guess of a bad day would be.........

1. Colder that a well diggers arse.....

2. Raining like a cow wizzin on a flat rock....

3. So crowded it was almost belly button to arse hole....

4. One of the days you just couldn't hit yer arse with both hands,

or a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle....

Just to mention a few that I can think of.....

rosierita · 07-08-2007, 08:30 AM

i think its that bruce would rather be at the range, even a bad day at the range, than go to work.....

who could blame him?? i feel the same way!

polishshooter · 07-08-2007, 08:35 AM

When you waste a WHOLE bunch of EXPENSIVE ammo doing EVERYTHING right and your groups look like you were shooting buckshot...and you find out your mounts are loose or some other equipment issue made it a wasted day....

Or what's even WORSE...

When you can find absolutely NO reason to blame it on except headspacing problems with that big nut right behind the trigger....

Pistolenschutze · 07-08-2007, 10:08 AM

Polish, I keep trying to tell you, if you were shooting Mausers instead of Mosins you wouldn't have so many days like that.

southernshooter · 07-08-2007, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

Polish, I keep trying to tell you, if you were shooting Mausers instead of Mosins you wouldn't have so many days like that.

If ya'll shot more Enfileds you wouldn't have ANY days like that

Pistol you haven't been working hard enough to convert Polish to the dark side

bunnyhunter12 · 07-08-2007, 03:52 PM

Doesn't take much to get a good old rifle argument going does it?

I think that's why I like it here so much; I can laugh at those who haven't seen the light of the ENFIELD.

Bruce FLinch · 07-09-2007, 12:00 AM

Rosie hit it on the head!

Take today for example. Had our monthly IPSC match today. 6 stages.

Stage 1, Popper activates 2 drop-turners. Didn't figure out in time which drop turner moved first. D'oh! But the scorekeeper didn't record the time, I got a reshoot!! 5 scoring shots in 4.47 seconds from a draw. Woo Hoo!

Stage 2, 6 Poppers @ 30 yds. Took 8 shots in 9 sec. Not too bad.

Stage 3 & it goes downhill from here!
Ended up 12th overall of 40 shooters. (Was 3rd overall last month)

Still better than going to work!

Welcome RSM!

Rommelvon · 07-09-2007, 01:01 AM

well, my only bad day at the range is when I arranged to meet some friends for an afternoon shoot, I packed my toys with care, made sure I had my hearing and eye protection, drinks, smokes and paper targets...drove an hour and a half to this range....only to find out I had forgotten all my ammo at home.....a true homer simpson "DOH"

polishshooter · 07-09-2007, 04:51 AM

A bad day at the range could also mean just that the ammunition you are shooting was made in Albania....

Those funny faces aren't really funny faces, they just signify DOUBLE eye protection if possible....

Mowart · 07-09-2007, 07:04 AM

As far as ‘seeing the light’ with Enfield, Mosin or Mauser, for me it’s cheap surplus shooing ammo. Last time I looked ‘the light’ was 8 mm Mauser.

Don Buckbee · 07-09-2007, 08:01 AM

A bad day at the range is when your ear plugs fall in..

rsm · 07-09-2007, 07:38 PM

OK I get it, good day bad day, don't make no difference, shooters is jus grazy enough to enjoy it as long as they shootin.

Bruce FLinch · 07-10-2007, 12:31 AM

Yepper, Just looking at it as the gun safe & ammo can are half full & not half empty.

JohnK3 · 07-10-2007, 08:42 AM

How about cheap surplus MATCH-GRADE ammo?

Swiss K-31 FTW!

07-08-2007, 07:35 AM	#1
rsm Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 9	Bad Day? I am new to this forum and I keep seeing posts by a Bruce Flinch. At the end of each post is this thought. "A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work." I am familiar with the concept of "a good day at work". They may be rare but I have known that experience. However I find myself somewhat bewildered and confused by "a bad day at the range". Since this an experience with which I am unfamiliar could someone please explain what a bad day at the range could possibly be. Unless he shoots himself. -->

07-08-2007, 07:48 AM	#2
southernshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deep South Mississippi Posts: 5,943	Re: Bad Day? Rsm it's most likely one of them days whne you feel like you can't hit a thing __________________ Only you can see this

07-08-2007, 07:55 AM	#3
AL MOUNT Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cleaning my Thompson in The Foothills of the Ozark Mountains Posts: 3,108	Re: Bad Day? My guess of a bad day would be......... 1. Colder that a well diggers arse..... 2. Raining like a cow wizzin on a flat rock.... 3. So crowded it was almost belly button to arse hole.... 4. One of the days you just couldn't hit yer arse with both hands, or a bull in the butt with a bass fiddle.... Just to mention a few that I can think of..... __________________ 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division Vietnam 67-68

07-08-2007, 08:30 AM	#4
rosierita Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,218	Re: Bad Day? i think its that bruce would rather be at the range, even a bad day at the range, than go to work..... who could blame him?? i feel the same way! __________________

07-08-2007, 08:35 AM	#5
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,860	Re: Bad Day? When you waste a WHOLE bunch of EXPENSIVE ammo doing EVERYTHING right and your groups look like you were shooting buckshot...and you find out your mounts are loose or some other equipment issue made it a wasted day.... Or what's even WORSE... When you can find absolutely NO reason to blame it on except headspacing problems with that big nut right behind the trigger.... __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

07-08-2007, 10:08 AM	#6
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Bad Day? Polish, I keep trying to tell you, if you were shooting Mausers instead of Mosins you wouldn't have so many days like that. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

07-08-2007, 03:52 PM	#8
bunnyhunter12 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 1,090	Re: Bad Day? Doesn't take much to get a good old rifle argument going does it? I think that's why I like it here so much; I can laugh at those who haven't seen the light of the ENFIELD. __________________ Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei~ Official motto of Newfoundland If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government --and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws. -- Edward Abbey in Abbey's Road, p.39 (Plume, 1979) -Smitty

07-09-2007, 12:00 AM	#9
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: Bad Day? Rosie hit it on the head! Take today for example. Had our monthly IPSC match today. 6 stages. Stage 1, Popper activates 2 drop-turners. Didn't figure out in time which drop turner moved first. D'oh! But the scorekeeper didn't record the time, I got a reshoot!! 5 scoring shots in 4.47 seconds from a draw. Woo Hoo! Stage 2, 6 Poppers @ 30 yds. Took 8 shots in 9 sec. Not too bad. Stage 3 & it goes downhill from here! Ended up 12th overall of 40 shooters. (Was 3rd overall last month) Still better than going to work! Welcome RSM! __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work. Last edited by Bruce FLinch; 07-09-2007 at 12:01 AM..

07-09-2007, 01:01 AM	#10
Rommelvon Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Goldsboro, NC Posts: 1,452	Re: Bad Day? well, my only bad day at the range is when I arranged to meet some friends for an afternoon shoot, I packed my toys with care, made sure I had my hearing and eye protection, drinks, smokes and paper targets...drove an hour and a half to this range....only to find out I had forgotten all my ammo at home.....a true homer simpson "DOH" __________________ When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. --Thomas Jefferson American By Birth, Southern By The Grace Of God Deo vindice "Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.” Robert E Lee

07-09-2007, 04:51 AM	#11
polishshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 7,860	Re: Bad Day? A bad day at the range could also mean just that the ammunition you are shooting was made in Albania.... Those funny faces aren't really funny faces, they just signify DOUBLE eye protection if possible.... __________________ The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.

07-09-2007, 07:04 AM	#12
Mowart Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern Neck of VA Posts: 11	Re: Bad Day? As far as ‘seeing the light’ with Enfield, Mosin or Mauser, for me it’s cheap surplus shooing ammo. Last time I looked ‘the light’ was 8 mm Mauser.

07-09-2007, 08:01 AM	#13
Don Buckbee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 712	Re: Bad Day? A bad day at the range is when your ear plugs fall in.. __________________ Don JPFO NRA Benefactor Member NSSA Life Member

07-09-2007, 07:38 PM	#14
rsm Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 9	Re: Bad Day? OK I get it, good day bad day, don't make no difference, shooters is jus grazy enough to enjoy it as long as they shootin.

07-10-2007, 12:31 AM	#15
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: Bad Day? Yepper, Just looking at it as the gun safe & ammo can are half full & not half empty. __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

07-10-2007, 08:42 AM	#16
JohnK3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,636	Re: Bad Day? How about cheap surplus MATCH-GRADE ammo? Swiss K-31 FTW!