Small Club Trap Range Ediquet

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TwigPig

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This has been bothering me now for the last couple of weeks and I hate to rant but....
We have a very small club in Northwestern Ontario and recently we have a had couple news guys shooting. Which is a good thing. We have always joked around and made a few cat calls and had fun on the line when shooting. We shoot Sunday's and aren't taking scores seriously but we all try our best.
Over the last few weekends when out I have been shooting 22 and 24's fairly consistently with a Browning Superposed, that was my late fathers gun. I find that even though he isn't around I feel closer when I shoot with it and it gives me a certain sense of peace and closeness (maybe I am overly sensitive and sentimental)
But recently the new fella gives me the "wish I had a fancy gun to shoot like that, wish I had a thousand dollar gun to be fancy" speech when they read the scores. It wasn't just a one time thing that I could brush off. It has literally been after every round. I explained to him how I got the gun and that up until a year ago I left it in the safe and shot my 870 Express with the same scores.
Doesn't matter. Still continued.
It bothered me enough that I didn't shoot this weekend and have serious thoughts about not going back.
I just want to have a fun time and shoot but without guilt trip about this gun.
Do any of you guys have a similar problem, or what is your trap range banter like?
 
No trouble like that at my club. You should mention it to "that guy". Maybe just letting him know that he is being considered as "that guy" who always thinks negatively, might push him to shut up.
 
tell them wishing won't get them the gun, they better start saving or they will wish for the rest of their life. or you can tell em to fo and die, that usually works.
 
I appreciate the responses guys. I didn't want to be labeled "that guy" myself and loose my cool. Shooting to me isn't about what you shoot so much as it is how you shoot. I always figured that we should be supportive and inclusive but this has really gotten to me.
I told him I would be shooting a Coey if that meant I could go out with the old man but he laughed. I am just a regular dude. I would seriously give the the gun back to my Dad if I could but that's not real life.
Aggghhhhh. It's frustrating, I am not grand standing, or bragging at all. I am kinda sheepish about my scores. I love trap shooting but this season and the new guys are souring my love for the sport. I have shot at the club for the last 4 years and have not had a situation like this.
 
Nothing like this at our club. Keep in mind you were there first. Why not offer to let him shoot your gun? No downside to this. Getting hung up on scores ruins the fun for all but the elite shooters.
 
I have received the same comments a few times over the years. Some jokingly, some not. When it was "not" I made sure they knew in no uncertain terms that I went out and worked and saved to buy my "fancy gun" and that my scores are a reflection of my attitude and drive to push myself to continually outshoot the only person whose scores matter to me, ME!!
Tell him he has every option to do the same as you do if he wishes to to and that poking crap at you is the wrong attitude to get a proper mindset to excel at shooting clays. Then I would ignore him from then on and let him decide which way he wants to go. If the comments continue bring it up with the exec. If you are a long time member in good standing it may be in their best interest to turf him. He sounds like a troublemaker to me.
 
Just outshoot him. Beat with your 870. Hell, borrow his gun and out shoot him with it. Sounds like a bit of a dickhead but I wouldn't make to much of it. The good guys in trapshooting far outnumber the dickheads. Don't let him drive you away. Then he wins.
 
Good manners, or proper etiquette if you would, is that he should say nothing about your gun, other than to perhaps offer a little admiration.

Being a bit of a gentleman myself, the next time he says something you find abrasive from him try something like "that's enough horses**t from you, why
donn't you just shut the f**k up" about it ? " He may figure out your a little sensitive about the matter and get a better understanding of his poor manners.
At least he'll have a definitive idea of where you stand on things. ;)
 
beretta boy said:
Good manners, or proper etiquette if you would, is that he should say nothing about your gun, other than to perhaps offer a little admiration.

Being a bit of a gentleman myself, the next time he says something you find abrasive from him try something like "that's enough horses**t from you, why
donn't you just shut the f**k up" about it ? " He may figure out your a little sensitive about the matter and get a better understanding of his poor manners.
At least he'll have a definitive idea of where you stand on things. ;)
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I can fully appreciate your gentlemanly manners!! Laugh2
 
It's unfortunate, but you're bound to run into dickheads like that from time to time. Some wise advice offered here so far, don't let them get to you - be courteous and certainly offer them a go-round with your gun. They will hopefully feel the shame soon enough, and certainly others will see them for what they are.

Related story: I belong to a small range, and was out shooting a little while ago, as some guys were getting organized for a prearranged time slot. I guess they didn't know I could hear them muttering about the plastic furniture and the gloves I was wearing (electronic earmuffs are great) �� So, a few minutes before their time started, I stopped and made safe, and answered their sarcastic remarks, in the most respectful tone I could muster - from the other end of the firing line (about 30' away). The couple of mouthpieces among them clammed up pretty quickly, and their RSO came over to chat & invited me to shoot with them. Didn't hear too much after that.

Indeed, douchebags come in all forms & thanks to that clown, I'm pretty sure we missed out on a few potentially good new members that day.

It crossed my mind to say f-it, but I'm not there for them, I'm there for me. So, I still go, I still do my thing, I still have fun, and I still socialize a little with others there. I encourage new members, and reflect whatever pride someone exhibits in whatever they are shooting - modest or well-healed. I'm not fancy or too accurate, and I don't really mind. I hit the paper, and if some holes wind up in the black, well that's great ��

So keep at it, and if it helps from time to time, turn the volume down on your muffs, or plug in some music...it works for me. ��
 
I can only offer you encouragement;
Your shooting good scores with your dads gun, you earned those scores, enjoy the sport, ignore the goofball and don't let him take anything away from the moment!
 
Wait until his cheap gun breaks and then offer to let him shoot yours until he gets his fixed (again and again). Send him down to Southern Ontario and he can shoot beside the $20,000 guns. Have a discrete chat with him and explain that his comments are not appreciated, then if they don't stop, go talk to the club executive and ask that they intervene. Pick one of the three choices ... good luck.
 
beretta boy said:
Good manners, or proper etiquette if you would, is that he should say nothing about your gun, other than to perhaps offer a little admiration.

Being a bit of a gentleman myself, the next time he says something you find abrasive from him try something like "that's enough horses**t from you, why
donn't you just shut the f**k up" about it ? " He may figure out your a little sensitive about the matter and get a better understanding of his poor manners.
At least he'll have a definitive idea of where you stand on things. ;)
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This. No time for dickheads when am shooting. Never, ever heard someone make fun of someone else's gun at the club, b gun or Mossberg.
 
yup, there's always someone suffering from Cranial Rectal Insertion Syndrome ..................
 
TwigPig said:
This has been bothering me now for the last couple of weeks and I hate to rant but....
We have a very small club in Northwestern Ontario and recently we have a had couple news guys shooting. Which is a good thing. We have always joked around and made a few cat calls and had fun on the line when shooting. We shoot Sunday's and aren't taking scores seriously but we all try our best.
Over the last few weekends when out I have been shooting 22 and 24's fairly consistently with a Browning Superposed, that was my late fathers gun. I find that even though he isn't around I feel closer when I shoot with it and it gives me a certain sense of peace and closeness (maybe I am overly sensitive and sentimental)
But recently the new fella gives me the "wish I had a fancy gun to shoot like that, wish I had a thousand dollar gun to be fancy" speech when they read the scores. It wasn't just a one time thing that I could brush off. It has literally been after every round. I explained to him how I got the gun and that up until a year ago I left it in the safe and shot my 870 Express with the same scores.
Doesn't matter. Still continued.
It bothered me enough that I didn't shoot this weekend and have serious thoughts about not going back.
I just want to have a fun time and shoot but without guilt trip about this gun.
Do any of you guys have a similar problem, or what is your trap range banter like?
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It sounds like you are kicking his ass with that gun and he's trying to get into your head.

I'd get right back in his face. "My dear old Dad left me this fancy gun just so I could use it to kick your broke ass. He's smiling down from heaven right at this very moment."
 
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