Meeting place for Newbies and Mentors - BC

If there is any one in Ucluelet or toffino id be happy to take you shooting. hehe, as long as you have a vehicle, i dont have one yet.
I shoot rifles, pistols, and shotgun, and i handload.
send me a PM if your interested.

Joe
 
Tootall what range can you recommend since your in the same neighbor as me, I've scratching head alot trying to pick a club to join. I stopped by Langley rod and gun club, but the guy in there didn't look like he was to happy to see me. Plus there facility only fixes the handgun portion of my obsession. Anyone no if abbotsford is nice?

Chris
 
Chrislau,
Langley R&G is big into shotgun, and does pistol up to 9mm indoors (no handcannons), also .22rimfire indoors.

No CF rifle though.
 
thank you tootall!

thank you for offering us newbies a chance to learn more about this sport.
i completed my course today and passed my non-restricted and restricted tests. i hope to have my licence in 4 to 6 weeks, since i'm paying by credit card. give them what they want ...right.
anyway, i'm looking into what to buy, should i avoid used and just buy new guns. i mean, the prices on the gun exchange are'nt much cheaper than new and most are claiming their gun has never or hardly been fired.....ya right. who buys a gun and never fires it?
any advice is welcome, thx.

mike.
 
Actually, Mikey, some of the regulars here do buy guns and not shoot them. For your first few deals, look for folks with high trader ratings and personal recommendations.
Hungry, Girls Guns & Fast Bikes, Dizzy Dan, Sandyamac, Doug, Mysticplayer, Badboybeeson, SuperCub, PerversPépère, Willwagspal, ClayBuster to mention just some of the few that I've had some experience with, will never steer you wrong. If one of these guys says it's a new gun, I'd bet it's in as good a condition as I'd find at my local shop.
The Exchange forums offer some great deals from time-to-time. I don't know what you're going to be looking for; but as an example, I got my Wather OSP for $350+ 1/2 the shipping, there was a FAS 602 for $375 that took weeks to sell (fair value would have been closer to 500, I would have snapped it up if I could have found the money).
Right now Hitzy has a really nice Mossberg 340KA for 190+shipping, Huntinstuff's Marlin 444 is a pretty good deal for 400+10 for shipping and Majormarine has a very good deal on a Norinco NP29 for $400 +shipping, that's another I'd snap-up if I had the money (his deal on the Walther P38 is excellent too; but you'd probably want something that was more of a 'shooter' for one of your early pistols).
 
Hi mike,
I just bought my first gun here on gunnutz, i felt i got a good deal. One of the clerks at reliable recommended buying a first shotgun brand new and a first rifle used.
Andre
 
mikeylikesit said:
thank you for offering us newbies a chance to learn more about this sport.
i completed my course today and passed my non-restricted and restricted tests. i hope to have my licence in 4 to 6 weeks, since i'm paying by credit card. give them what they want ...right.
anyway, i'm looking into what to buy, should i avoid used and just buy new guns. i mean, the prices on the gun exchange are'nt much cheaper than new and most are claiming their gun has never or hardly been fired.....ya right. who buys a gun and never fires it?
any advice is welcome, thx.

mike.
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Thanks, Mikey

One of the reasons I did this was to give me an excuse to get out and actually do some shooting!
 
My first time shooting was a month ago or so and it was a blast. It was at that shooting range in the port coquitlam hills. I shot a glock .40, a remington 700 rifle with a scope (the recoil from which opened up a nice wound on my forehead on the first shot - newbie mistake!), and a mossberg 12 gauge shotgun (3 1/4 inch shell...!). We used 30 off 6 rounds for the remington 700, and I found it fairly difficult to aim on the first couple tries. Lots of practice is needed...

So, I'm in the process of taking the two training courses for long-guns and restricted firearms and then going through the process of getting licensed.

Good luck to all the other newbies out there...!
 
Would like some info on the ranges in the GVRD. I think I have narrowed it down to Poco,Ridgedale, Abby and mission. If any body is a member or has any feedback on these clubs it would be appreciated. Plan on doing targets (High Cal) at 100-200 and pistols in the future maybe (IPSC).

Thanks in advance
 
Greater Vancouver

Hiya folks! I'm new to the sport and am living in Vancouver without a vehicle. That being said, i'm wondering if there are any ppl that go through the Granville and Broadway area on the way to any of the local ranges that allow pistols.
Thanks!

Daniel
 
Hey All,

I am new to the forums and the sport of rec shooting. I am very interested in getting involved. I am located in Surrey.

I have no previous shooting experience but I am eager to learn as well as find out more information about getting my PAL.

There seems to be a lots of information regarding getting licensed and the process of joining clubs. If anyone is willing to walk me through the process or point me in the right direction it would be great!
 
hey all in new to shooting been doing mostly trap and rifle shooting gonna try some pistol soon just passed my P.A.L and gonna do the restricted in the next week or 2 anyone on here from the north west of BC , if you havent tried trap shooting , you have to its a blast
THEGDB
 
Strider I am a member of the newest and coolest indoor shooting center in the metro vancouver area. Yes my club has rentals at affordable prices and factory ammunition. The clubs name is dvc ventures it is located in port coquitlam their phone number is 604 941 6963. Hope this helps! Assman.
 
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