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The Basics, Starting Out
I didn't want to be "That guy"
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<blockquote data-quote="DartonJager" data-source="post: 2008767" data-attributes="member: 95733"><p>Had quite a few Be that guy instances at the range. From helping sighting in to solving accuracy issues to helping to clear a jammed Marlin 336A.</p><p></p><p>Best one was when I was still going to my favorite public range but the range was still essentially unsupervised and relied on common sense and common courtesy for safety.</p><p></p><p>I was there shooting a bunch of different HGs Rifles and even my inline ML's. Was at the 100 yard range when a guy pulls up and sets up on the bench next to us with essentially a copy of my friends SST/LAM M77 but in 30/06. We quickly figured out he was trying to sight in the rifle and was using Federal Premium ammo. </p><p></p><p>He was shooting off a milk crate of all things and not enjoying much success and not even getting on paper at 100 yards. He then went to the 50 yard range and proceeds to shoot while sitting on the ground. We could tell he was getting ever more frustrated and that was then we offered to help.</p><p></p><p>He gladly agreed and told us he was leaving in 5 weeks for his first fully guided elk trip and he had been in the middle of a divorce and had little time to get to the range and could use all the help he could get. We spent the next four+ hours helping him getting his rifle sighted in using my rests and equipment and set up instructing him in the basics of how to shoot a rifle and had him perform a series of shooting drills to at least get him somewhat prepared for taking a shot at an elk under field conditions. Thankfully he had five 20 round boxes of the same ammo so he was able to shoot without fear of running out of ammo. The setting sun finally brought an end to the day.</p><p></p><p>We did all we could to help the guy out and when he left he was doing well to 200 yards which was the ranges max distance. Felt pretty good helping out someone who kept his mouth closed, ears open and learned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DartonJager, post: 2008767, member: 95733"] Had quite a few Be that guy instances at the range. From helping sighting in to solving accuracy issues to helping to clear a jammed Marlin 336A. Best one was when I was still going to my favorite public range but the range was still essentially unsupervised and relied on common sense and common courtesy for safety. I was there shooting a bunch of different HGs Rifles and even my inline ML's. Was at the 100 yard range when a guy pulls up and sets up on the bench next to us with essentially a copy of my friends SST/LAM M77 but in 30/06. We quickly figured out he was trying to sight in the rifle and was using Federal Premium ammo. He was shooting off a milk crate of all things and not enjoying much success and not even getting on paper at 100 yards. He then went to the 50 yard range and proceeds to shoot while sitting on the ground. We could tell he was getting ever more frustrated and that was then we offered to help. He gladly agreed and told us he was leaving in 5 weeks for his first fully guided elk trip and he had been in the middle of a divorce and had little time to get to the range and could use all the help he could get. We spent the next four+ hours helping him getting his rifle sighted in using my rests and equipment and set up instructing him in the basics of how to shoot a rifle and had him perform a series of shooting drills to at least get him somewhat prepared for taking a shot at an elk under field conditions. Thankfully he had five 20 round boxes of the same ammo so he was able to shoot without fear of running out of ammo. The setting sun finally brought an end to the day. We did all we could to help the guy out and when he left he was doing well to 200 yards which was the ranges max distance. Felt pretty good helping out someone who kept his mouth closed, ears open and learned. [/QUOTE]
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