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I had a braked .338 Win Mag. I liked it well enough but I had to wear earplugs and shooting muffs simultaneously. One day I forgot to slip my muffs over my plugs. My ears rang for the next year. I don't have that gun anymore.

It seems the majority of you frequently visit the "public" range

That has to suck

You didn't answer the question so I guess the answer is "yes".

Had to elbow my way in here...

I don't know what kind of rifle the guy had, but his black rifle threw brass at least twenty-five feet and was hitting the side of my car. Someone indicated this to him and he seemed oblivious to it. Another black rifle shooter had some kind of catcher on his. I guess he didn't like to chase his brass.

As far as being considerate with a braked rifle, I try to be the first one there and finish early. Does that make me a good person. No. It make me a shooter who wants to get there before the wind comes up. But it is a public range and it is what it is.

It really does Ted. One day I'll have my own range.

Everybody seems so angry.





Travis

Before I had a suppressor, I ran brakes. Without one or the other, it is all but impossible to spot your own hits in the glass. Yes, they are loud...and suppressors are better...but I dont care. They work for the purpose intended. Those with brakes have just as much right to shoot as those who do not.

What a bunch of codgers.

If you can't stand brakes, don't go to the Icebreaker.

They're on damn near every rifle.




Dave

Nah - it's too far from the cities so many times I have the range to myself, even on weekends. Several 50-100 yard lanes, one multi-bench, and a multi-nbench 100-600 long range.

Calm the hypersensitivity guys. Being at the range next to a rifle with a brake can be loud and unpleasant, but owning a loud rifle can come in handy with range hogs.

We had a "bench rest" guy that had this habit of setting up shop and monopolizing 3 benches with his crap and taking 1 shot every 2 minutes or so and being reluctant to go cold so others could place and take down targets.

He'd go late on Friday's when I would go and the range was otherwise not so busy. Mr. Snob pretty much turned his nose up any anyone not putting up wind flags or shoot 6mm PPC from a rifle with a truck axel sized barrel.

Finally fed up with his condescending ways and his range monopoly, I had a solution for him. I showed up, and usual he made three of us wait 15-20 before he would go cold and let us go down range. He had 4 benches covered in his stuff. Spotter on one, rifles on 2 others, shot from the 4th.

After 30 minutes, one of the other guys wanted to change/retrieve targets and this guy wouldn't go cold because he was "working on a string". Whatever. I went to my car and pulled out my 450/400 double and the ammo case. I set up and started shooting at 50 yards. Boom! Boom! I cut loose with a right and left, and then did it again. Mr. Snob suddenly looked irritated and walked down to my station where he witnessed another right and left. Boom! Boom!

"How many more of those you got to shot" Mr. Snob asked in an obviously irritated tone.

"Oh, not many. I only brought 60 or so today." Boom! Boom!

Mr. Snob packed up his crap in a huff and left.

The other two shooter came down, checked out the double and gave me high 5 for chasing him off. I put the double away and the rest of us had a pleasant afternoon shooting, snob free.

Much like Hatari's guy I used to have to put up with a wind flag guy who would handload in between shots and hog up multiple benches. He always shot .220 Russian and was a total range snob. One day he was extra ornery so I set up to his left and gave him a brass shower with my SKS. He was pissed. He left though.