So I show up to the WCRA range today with my Tavor (I've been a member for years) and head to the 100m range which is approved for rifle calibres along with pistol and shotgun. For those unfamiliar, the targets are placed in covered bunkers at 25/50/75/100yards. Over the past several years I've been shooting my AR15 and several other rifles out there. There's even a specific bench on the 100m end of the range for bench rest shooting.
I encounter an older gentleman, a regular who I've met on several occasions who immediately tells me machine guns are no longer allowed on this range. A little surprised, I ask.. really? I've never seen machine guns out here (thinking people had been bring out old automatics or something). Then he points toward my case holding my Tavor and says yeah, those. I say, errr... it's not a machine gun... it's a rifle... and I thought this range was approved for rifles.... He then informs me that this is a PISTOL club and that the only rifle shooting should be up to 6 rounds for sighting in hunting rifles because he reiterates that this is a PISTOL club.
A little confused and annoyed, I put my rifle back in my car and go to the pistol range and do some plinking. On the way out I pass by the 100m range and see the same older gentleman shooting a .22 cal rifle. I didn't want to get into an argument with him but I couldn't help thinking to myself... thought it was PISTOL club.
Then I get home, and check my post office box which I haven't checked in over a week, and find a bulletin from WCRA which reiterates that it's a pistol club, and that only only rifle shooting acceptable on the 100m range was for sighting in hunting rifles, and that an afternoon and 200 rounds of I QUOTE "military ammunition" is not sighting in your rifle.
Of course these are the wishes of the club, and I will respect that, but I have the right to my opinion of WTF?? Shooting's shooting is it not? as long as it is done safely and legally why does it matter what gun's being used? I'm curious if this summer I'll see the same gentlemen so opposed to "military ammunition" rifles shooting their western lever action rifles and .22 cal rifles. After all, it's a pistol club right?
Of course if anyone can enlighten me on why after all these years, rifle shooting's suddenly become a faux pas at WCRA I'm all ears, the bulletin sure didn't explain anything besides the fact that 200 rounds of MILITARY AMMUNITION was frowned upon.
***Update: Spoken with club president, see page 7 for update on this***
I encounter an older gentleman, a regular who I've met on several occasions who immediately tells me machine guns are no longer allowed on this range. A little surprised, I ask.. really? I've never seen machine guns out here (thinking people had been bring out old automatics or something). Then he points toward my case holding my Tavor and says yeah, those. I say, errr... it's not a machine gun... it's a rifle... and I thought this range was approved for rifles.... He then informs me that this is a PISTOL club and that the only rifle shooting should be up to 6 rounds for sighting in hunting rifles because he reiterates that this is a PISTOL club.
A little confused and annoyed, I put my rifle back in my car and go to the pistol range and do some plinking. On the way out I pass by the 100m range and see the same older gentleman shooting a .22 cal rifle. I didn't want to get into an argument with him but I couldn't help thinking to myself... thought it was PISTOL club.
Then I get home, and check my post office box which I haven't checked in over a week, and find a bulletin from WCRA which reiterates that it's a pistol club, and that only only rifle shooting acceptable on the 100m range was for sighting in hunting rifles, and that an afternoon and 200 rounds of I QUOTE "military ammunition" is not sighting in your rifle.
Of course these are the wishes of the club, and I will respect that, but I have the right to my opinion of WTF?? Shooting's shooting is it not? as long as it is done safely and legally why does it matter what gun's being used? I'm curious if this summer I'll see the same gentlemen so opposed to "military ammunition" rifles shooting their western lever action rifles and .22 cal rifles. After all, it's a pistol club right?
Of course if anyone can enlighten me on why after all these years, rifle shooting's suddenly become a faux pas at WCRA I'm all ears, the bulletin sure didn't explain anything besides the fact that 200 rounds of MILITARY AMMUNITION was frowned upon.
***Update: Spoken with club president, see page 7 for update on this***
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