Posted on Mar 9, 2015
Do you still go to the range since you left the service?
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Since I left the military, I haven't been shooting nor I plan to go. I'm not opposed to weapons or shooting. It's just something I desire to engage in since I transitioned. After being out two years, I still occasionally think about range qualification days. I know many of my comrades and vets who own personal weapons and still go shooting today. I'm a bit curious about the post-service shooting choices. Do you still shoot or no? Why or why not?
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I go to the range as much as time, weather conditions and ammo budget allows.
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SGT Steve Martinez
Like wise with the LTC and I shoot at least two matches a month. I shoot a tactical carbine and a pistol match.
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CPT Arch Nissel
I agree with the LTC I still have to shoot quals every 6 months for my carry requirements and shoot long guns as often as I can,
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MAJ Milton P.
I shot as often as possible before I joined the Army (been shooting since I was 2 standing between my dad knees), so yes I still shoot, but no where as much as I would like and I am building my own rang as time and money allow, on one section of land I own that has two hill big enough for back stops (one for pistols/shotguns/carbines and the other for long range rifle). I am a product of the 700 rounds a quarter years.
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SFC Jackson: I practice a little, but not much. This is with an M1911A1 at 25 meters. A professional soldier, especially an Infantry ABN RGR with "other" select skills, never loses the touch. Scary thing was that there were civilians at the same range that day, firing AR-15s (and the like) with laser designator/aiming devices on them at these same 25 meter targets, and they had shot groups the size of a Volkswagen.
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SSgt James Howerton
LOLOL, Major. "....the size of a Volkswagen." Nice group. I have lost some accuracy with my sight deterioration, but not so much that I couldn't hit what I was aiming at, say, 50 feet with a pistol and a couple hundred with a carbine. I don't have a lot of guns but I do carry a 9mm with a laser attached, a 1911 in .38 Super, a 12 gauge and a .22. But my two favorite weapons are my SA Ruger .357 Magnum and my lever gun, also chambered in .357. Kinda like the old school the best. For some reason I just enjoy shooting them the most. Maybe because I bought that .357 pistol when I was 23. That was 35 years ago!
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CSM Thomas McGarry
Not sure why the military is looking for a new pistol! the old M1911 was (and is) adequate enough!
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Cpl Mark A. Morris
Excellent shot pattern Sir. But, I had to put on my sunglasses to look at the target.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
SSgt James Howerton - Going to variable focus lens screwed up my handgun shooting. Can't keep the front sight post in focus if I focus on the target. And my head going up and down like a pigeon trying to find the sweet spot for focus. I still shoot better than average, but I am slower at it now.
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Trigger time is never turned down. It is a form of therapy for me. The squeeze of the trigger, the boom of bullet leaving the barrel and the smell of the burnt gun powder. Better than anything a psychiatrist could ever do for me.
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SFC Charles S.
MAJ (Join to see) I am with you. Stress relief that is incomparable to anything else. It is because of the Combination of senses that are being engaged all at the same time, Memories of great times with Great people for me.
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MSG Nick C.
Between the bang of the guns, to the roar of a Harley engine, you can't beat it for therapy. However, we need to ensure that the anti-gun crowd don't turn PTSD or adjustment disorder into as battle cry for taking away the rights WE protect. I trust no one's "good" intentions, however paranoid they may accuse it of being.
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