Why do you go shooting?

Why do you go shooting?

  • Practice, because you carry daily

    Votes: 40 69.0%
  • Stress reduction

    Votes: 30 51.7%
  • Practice for matches

    Votes: 13 22.4%
  • Job-related training

    Votes: 2 3.4%
  • Just because you like it

    Votes: 46 79.3%
  • Teaching the kids

    Votes: 3 5.2%
  • Protection of self and others

    Votes: 30 51.7%
  • Other reason

    Votes: 6 10.3%

  • Total voters
    58

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You can choose multiple reasons on the list and if you choose other, I'd certainly be interested in what the reasons may be.
 
Other reasons:

How else to get rid of the ammo? :confused:

Someday, I may actually hit something. :rolleyes:
 
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... How else to get rid of the ammo? ...

Out of the goodness of my heart, I will offer to take all your 9mm/5.56NATO/7.62NATO/12ga/22lr
off your hands. I will do all the transporting, and I will not charge you a cent for my trouble. 'Cause that's just the kind of guy I am, that's why. :rolleyes:
 
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Out of the goodness of my heart, I will offer to take all your 9mm/5.56NATO/7.62NATO/12ga/22lr
off your hands. I will do all the transporting, and I will not charge you a cent for my trouble. 'Cause that's just the kind of guy I am, that's why. :rolleyes:
I profoundly appreciate the offer. However, as I don’t own any 7.62, it wouldn’t be an equitable transaction. ;)
 
Other than for practice and just because I enjoy it, I also shoot a lot to test different products, and to zero optics. This past weekend I went through over 500 rounds just to verify reliability of a mag.
 
Many reasons from the list, Other too!

I have given almost half my life defending the finest standard of living the world has ever known. My children and grand children deserve that opportunity! If need be, I will go down protecting that.
 
I profoundly appreciate the offer. However, as I don’t own any 7.62, it wouldn’t be an equitable transaction. ;)
Well, if we were closer, I might agree. But even without the 7.62, I feel that the sacrifice on my part is still justified. Would you feel better if I signed a BOS? 'Cause I will do that.
 
I want to make sure I am as efficient as possible whenever it comes time to kill something. That "something" has never been people, and I hope it never will be, but I want to be prepared if the need ever forces itself upon me. I assume the many other "somethings" appreciate my efficiency. I hate wounding something so that it flees to die a slow and miserable death.
 
Someday, I may actually hit something. :rolleyes:

Have you tried squatting?

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99% practice for matches anymore.

Used to enjoy load development, and running tactical drills with the local former action guys, still love helping the wife but she rarely goes with, look forward to teaching the kid.
 
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To make up for centuries of the continued domestication of the human male, where once we roamed free hunting, eating meat, destroying our foes and drinking malt out of their skulls. Today I sit at a desk and format spreadsheets for a data loader and I had a 10 minute discussion with someone over who made the best socks for exercising indoors on machines that show movies.
 
If I was able to get down that low by some miracle, it would take several young strong guys to hoist me upright again. lol.

I’m not...entirely sure...WTF this is, but it may be the answer to your squatting dilemma? It might be a hydronic squat lift. Maybe.

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I do love everything about my range days: the gearing up, grabbing targets, choosing which gun to shoot first, the loading of the gun, the big bang, the fire shooting out, the recoil, the smoke.....LoL. I'm a sick puppy, I guess!
 
Like the ring of the steel at the outdoor ranges, I enjoy letting other range visitors try my guns.
 
It's just fun.

I love it being a skill you can improve, but, honestly, I go because it's fun and you take a buddy and catch up/socialize a bit.
 
Because I CAN.

Proudly said, like I actually have time to go shooting anymore. :rolleyes:
 
Well I cleaned, primed and hand-loaded all that brass and now I'm out of brass to play with so...
 
Gets me out of my head. Instant gratification. Primitive, instinctive, deliberate, cascading interplay. And nice toys!
 
Gets me out of my head.
Exactly.
A man told me recently that there's something wrong with me mentally because I use shooting as a stress-reducer and a way to focus on one thing only.
 
I wouls have asked him how often he masturbates

Don't knock masturbation it is at least sex with someone I love. ;) But I don't think we are talking about that kind of "shooting".
 
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