That's basically what I did. The club I'm with now, I shoot my VZ58 at G range Sennybridge. There are always straight-pull AK's, FAL's, AR's and the like there. Some people have been curious but in a positive way and have always been more than happy when I offer them to shoot a few rounds.Blackstuff wrote:I'd never go back to a club that had members/an attitude like that, its basically what has got us into the pricarious position we're in today.
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Indeed, and I can't ever see it changing either (except when the day comes around when there won't be a shooting community as they've banned everything )JSC wrote:There's so much prejudice in shooting. It's pathetic and unnecessary, but I can't ever see it changing.
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There are certain people like Mr Yardly who are against "black guns"....
As a NRA RCO, I am exactly the same safe person regardless of if I am using my Marlin under levers, my black Sig Sauer 522 or SGC Lever release 9mm.
There is no difference in me if I am using my beautiful Browning A5 125th Anniversary shotgun, wood stocked Beneili 828U or section 1 Benelli M1 Super 90 or M2 Practical shotguns.
Virtually all of my guns have been bought new and have only ever shot paper, clay or steel targets.
What I find bemusing is how no one bats an eyelid when people are using Lee Enfield rifles at the range, (which were the "Black guns" of their day) and likely have put men in the ground...... yet they get upset at the sight of a UK market specific "Black-gun" like the SGC Lever-release rifle which is designed purely as a target rifle.
As a NRA RCO, I am exactly the same safe person regardless of if I am using my Marlin under levers, my black Sig Sauer 522 or SGC Lever release 9mm.
There is no difference in me if I am using my beautiful Browning A5 125th Anniversary shotgun, wood stocked Beneili 828U or section 1 Benelli M1 Super 90 or M2 Practical shotguns.
Virtually all of my guns have been bought new and have only ever shot paper, clay or steel targets.
What I find bemusing is how no one bats an eyelid when people are using Lee Enfield rifles at the range, (which were the "Black guns" of their day) and likely have put men in the ground...... yet they get upset at the sight of a UK market specific "Black-gun" like the SGC Lever-release rifle which is designed purely as a target rifle.
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My 1920 BSA SMLE spent most of its life with the South African Defence Force and the woodwork has been battered and coated with God knows what so many times that it is literally a 'black rifle'. Shoots brilliantly still!HH1 wrote:What I find bemusing is how no one bats an eyelid when people are using Lee Enfield rifles at the range, (which were the "Black guns" of their day) and likely have put men in the ground......
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I'm not against old military rifles at all..... my Dad currently has six Lee Enfields that he loves shooting with.James048 wrote:My 1920 BSA SMLE spent most of its life with the South African Defence Force and the woodwork has been battered and coated with God knows what so many times that it is literally a 'black rifle'. Shoots brilliantly still!HH1 wrote:What I find bemusing is how no one bats an eyelid when people are using Lee Enfield rifles at the range, (which were the "Black guns" of their day) and likely have put men in the ground......
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I am the same as you. At my club all the new blood are young and have played lots of video games. They obviously love the black rifles just as much as the classics - given enough time that snobby attitude is literally going to die out thankfully, we just have to hold back the politicians until that day!Blackstuff wrote:I'd never go back to a club that had members/an attitude like that, its basically what has got us into the pricarious position we're in today.
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I've witnessed the same snobby attitude but in reverse when I was looking for a club some years back when looking to return to shooting.....I was effectively shunned by one club I visited because I was primarily interested in WW1/WW2 era rifle rather than modern 'plastic fantastics'.Tacticool wrote:I am the same as you. At my club all the new blood are young and have played lots of video games. They obviously love the black rifles just as much as the classics - given enough time that snobby attitude is literally going to die out thankfullyBlackstuff wrote:I'd never go back to a club that had members/an attitude like that, its basically what has got us into the pricarious position we're in today.
Fortunately the club I belong to doesn't give a fig what your interest is in as long as it goes bang and you can put a hole in the target. clapclap
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a MARS M1 Garand..
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Oh my what a thought.
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That might be a good thing though. I can just see people like that writing to their MP and suggesting other firearms that other people shoot could be thrown under the bus instead of theirs. Better they aren't motivated to write rather than have them stab others in the shooting community in the back.snayperskaya wrote:And chances are these people, and those like them, won't bother contacting their MP etc because they think that because they don't own a MARS etc the ban won't have any impact on them, until it is their rifles they want to ban next! aaargghBrian838 wrote:Bolt action 308’s by the looks of things. I don’t know what the guy in the shop owns but he was very enthusiastic about their new stock of tactical Sabatti bolt actions.JSC wrote:Brian, James, Just out of interest, what sort of firearms do these people who look down their nose at you shoot?
The guy who chuckled about VZ’s being legal in the first place, was also boasting that he owns a Chinese SKS that a friend keeps for him in Canada. Go figure.
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You might be right there Mr Skies.......
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