Saturday, November 18, 2006
I'm now the store weirdo. I am the only person alive, I think - at least out of gun fans - that chose to shoot my Sig instead of a full auto with a suppressor. Every so often the one manager pulls out the full autos after the store closes and lets us go wild (both are sub machineguns, same gun actually, but one has a suppressor and one doesn't). I took part last time because I'd never shot a gun with a suppressor on it and wanted to give it a go. But I turned it down tonight and chose to use the free time to put a few magazines through my Sig instead. The guys thought it was hysterical and the manager even asked why I did this.
I've shot a few full autos now. For me... it was fun, but the wow wore off after the first time I did it. I have the experience, I can tell friends and family what it was like while we're hiding in a bunker from the criminals with guns because our government took the legal ones away and we're sharing stories while the rest of the Constitution crumbles down, too. But I see it like this: shooting a full auto is like riding a roller coaster at Disney World. For the coaster, you wait in line for two hours to take a 30 second ride. With a full auto you spend 5 minutes loading a magazine and then shoot them all out in 5 seconds. Shooting my Sig at least serves a purpose for me. I carry it at work and also outside of work a good deal of the time. If I am ever attacked, being able to handle my Sig well to save my own ass is a must. Because of that reason, I enjoy shooting my Sig every time. And you get to enjoy every shot. Free ammo makes it even better! LOL!
I don't think they see my reasoning as they enjoy shooting the full autos whenever they get the chance. And that's fine. Its fun, I won't lie. But I just lost the taste for it. I've gone out on the range many, many times with full autos, especially these little HK sub machineguns or ones like them. I prefer using the guns customers bring in because at least those are guns I may one day have a chance at owning. A full auto... even if I did get the proper licensing to own one, a "cheap" one costs $10,000. I can't even imagine dishing out $1,000 for a gun, let alone $10,000! Call me cheap.
Speaking of Disney World... I feel like a kid getting ready to go there for the first time in the morning! In a few hours I will be hunting for my rifle, and hopefully I'll be bringing it home. And shortly after getting said rifle, I hope I'll be back at the place of employment with it having some fun on the range during my day off. Most of my co-workers have already requested a chance to shoot it. LOL! So if I have enough ammo tomorrow, I'll be letting people fly with it. I get the first shot, of course.
Suck Lead did something BAAAAD at 11/18/2006 01:00:00 AM
