[Misc] Have you ever discharged a firearm?

[wellquickwoody]

Well? Ever, at all. Whether serving in the forces, or hunting, or competition, or other (WTF)? Multiple choice allowed.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Never held a gun in my life and zero desire to.

 

[MJsGhost]

All of the above (bar never)

Having grown up on a small holding, I had dispatched a number of rabbits and squirrels before I'd even got to secondary school...

I've also been to a gun range in the US as a guest of a friend who lives there, whose colleague was a member. That place was f***ed up.

Barring legitimate use (e.g. pest control) I am very much anti-gun.

 

[LamieRobertson]

No nerf gun…disappointing

 

[The Clamp]

Was part of the rifle team for the ATC

Fired the SA80 regularly as part of the ATC. Range only.

Belonged to a rifle club for a few years in the early 00’s

Fired many weapons during my time as a stunt performer and actor, contemporary and period weapons;

AK47’s
Various pistols
MG 42
GPMG
Bren Gun
Johnson light
M15
M1911
Colts and a few Smith & Wessons
Webleys

To be honest, just about most going.

I’ll be honest, it is great fun. Don’t know why. It just is.

However, I am happy that we have very strict gun control laws.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Used to shoot in competitions in my youth. Mainly air rifles but have occasionally shot hand guns and rifles, was decent at it too, regularly placing top 3 in my age group. My brother did it as well and still has a couple of air rifles left from when he later became an instructor.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Airgun when about 10 or 12. Missed everything.
Shotgun twice: once clay, once at pheasants. Missed everything.
Rifle: lots of times at school (.303). Was shit.

There seems to be a trend.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Air rifle and air pistol absolutely loads. Every time we go to The Manor in Devon that’s one of our main activities. I’m a useless shot but the wife and daughter win competitions there. Don’t mess with the women in my family.

Also shot a 2:2 rifle when I was briefly in the ATC and a pistol when I first visited the US.

Not a fan of everyone carrying though.

 

[Flounce]

Yes, I was in the CCF at school, we regularly used to go to a range. Good fun with a .303 rifle

 

[Exilegull]

LaserZone is enough to satisfy my needs

 

[JJ McClure]

Did air rifle comps in my youth and was pretty handy.
Went to a gun range in Vegas on my stag and did .38, .44, Glock 17, Shotgun, Uzi and MP5. Great fun. You could either use the plain black targets or pay a little extra for ones of Saddam and Bin Laden etc.

 

[pasty]

SLR during basic training when I joined RAF. I was so bad I had to re-shoot the range test and only squeaked through on that

 

[Nicks]

.22 Rifles with Sea Cadets and Air Rifle as a kid.
SLR when I joined the Navy at 16 at HMS Ganges. 20 rounds Standing up. 20 Rounds Kneeling. 20 Rounds Lying prone.
(Why I remember that I've no idea )
Various Shotguns whilst Clay Pigeon shooting

 

[Triggaaar]

I used a rifle range when I was young, so 22mm rifles there. Several airguns (never owned one myself), and a shotgun when clay pigeon shooting on a stag do.

 

[Flounce]

Was part of the rifle team for the ATC

Fired the SA80 regularly as part of the ATC. Range only.

Belonged to a rifle club for a few years in the early 00’s

Fired many weapons during my time as a stunt performer and actor, contemporary and period weapons;

AK47’s
Various pistols
MG 42
GPMG
Bren Gun
Johnson light
M15
M1911
Colts and a few Smith & Wessons
Webleys

To be honest, just about most going.

I’ll be honest, it is great fun. Don’t know why. It just is.

However, I am happy that we have very strict hun control laws.

Are we banning Germans now?

 

[dazzer6666]

Half an hour ago. Garden pest control

 

[Poyningsgull]

Where's the spud gun option.

 

[sully]

I used an air rifle at Scouts a couple of times.
Used a shotgun twice - once shooting at ducks where I missed every time and once at clay pigeons on a works do when I claimed the trophy for best shot.
No desire to fire one again.

 

[The Clamp]

I was on the set of Fury in rural Oxfordshire when it got shut down by the police for staging a full on tank and gun battle… during their village Remembrance Sunday church service.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Three of the above in a shooting gallery in a run-down part of Tallinn behind a car repair workshop