Don't bother taking your AK to Precision anymore

[nickatnite]

Here is my open letter to the "peeps"...

Today, I went to Precision to test fire a WASR AK that I fixed the front sight cant on and got shut down. Now I go there pretty regular and they know me, know that I'm safe with firearms and a few actually know my prior background; but, they no longer will allow people to shoot their AK's there due to kids shooting up all of the metal backstops and crap.


Dear Mr. I gotta wear my pants down low to show my asscrack wanna be gansta,

I just want to take a moment here and personally thank you for yet again, totally ****ing up something that was good for the public. By your vast knowledge of the AK and proper training documented on Youtube and by you viewing your training game's on X-Box and such, your shooting habits (i.e. shooting from the hip "Arhnuld style" and bump firing (of course by accident) has damaged the ironwork to the indoor part of the rifle range and gotten the weapon banned from being shot there.

I hope that you are proud of this accomplishment in knowing that now, when someone who actually uses the range for what it was INTENDED for cannot no longer do so. We have to find other means and places to shoot this weapon. Hopefully in due time, Precision might changed this policy, and if they do, I would FULLY support if they gave you an I.Q. test after you walked in the door while trying to hold you pants up.



Note: I still will support Precision 100% (it's really a great place to shoot and also I can take my wife and let her shoot there) but I just wanted to vent here. I know it's not totally their fault; but they had to do it to prevent further damage.

 

[LouisianaCarry]

Not to MMQB their decisions, but the PROPER solution is to SO the range and can the dirtbags. It's not like they are going to be safe with other weapons when they bring them. You have cramped the good guys and done little to stop the bad guys with this "solution."

And, yes, I say that as someone who deals with idiots as a voluteer SO at my range.

 

[Mr_Willson]

best solution: bring a saiga instead

 

[Speedlace]

Aren't they suppose to shot at the backstop?
They want us to shoot toward the walls instead?

Here is my open letter to the "peeps"...

Today, I went to Precision to test fire a WASR AK that I fixed the front sight cant on and got shut down. Now I go there pretty regular and they know me, know that I'm safe with firearms and a few actually know my prior background; but, they no longer will allow people to shoot their AK's there due to kids shooting up all of the metal backstops and crap.


Dear Mr. I gotta wear my pants down low to show my asscrack wanna be gansta,

I just want to take a moment here and personally thank you for yet again, totally ****ing up something that was good for the public. By your vast knowledge of the AK and proper training documented on Youtube and by you viewing your training game's on X-Box and such, your shooting habits (i.e. shooting from the hip "Arhnuld style" and bump firing (of course by accident) has damaged the ironwork to the indoor part of the rifle range and gotten the weapon banned from being shot there.

I hope that you are proud of this accomplishment in knowing that now, when someone who actually uses the range for what it was INTENDED for cannot no longer do so. We have to find other means and places to shoot this weapon. Hopefully in due time, Precision might changed this policy, and if they do, I would FULLY support if they gave you an I.Q. test after you walked in the door while trying to hold you pants up.



Note: I still will support Precision 100% (it's really a great place to shoot and also I can take my wife and let her shoot there) but I just wanted to vent here. I know it's not totally their fault; but they had to do it to prevent further damage.

To bad the "peeps" don't frequent the site to read the letter.

 

[Speedlace]

Did they just ban AK varients or the 7.62x39 cartridge?

Can I still bring a SKS or a AR-15 chambered in 7.62?

 

[spanky]

for a while you have to have been a member to shoot AK variant rifles there. is that no longer the case?

 

[nickatnite]

for a while you have to have been a member to shoot AK variant rifles there. is that no longer the case?

None whatsoever. From what we were discussing, no 7.62 ammo can be shot there anymore...

 

[LouisianaCarry]

What about 7.62 NATO?

 

[Richard in LA]

this is interesting. So one can go and shoot just about any cartridge in .30 caliber, except 7.62x39?

 

[asianpersuasion]

They havn't allowed x39 rnd for over a yr now. They told me I had to have a membership. I wonder if they will like my WASR 3

 

[spanky]

this is interesting. So one can go and shoot just about any cartridge in .30 caliber, except 7.62x39?

so its the round and not the weapon system that is banned?

 

[Richard in LA]

that is what I'm trying to figure out. I'll ask when I go Friday evening, if the OP doesn't chime in before then.

 

[Enal]

So do we need to have Lunch first and take them on(grin)???

I'm in for it!!!

 

[asianpersuasion]

They told me it's the rnd not the rifle. They wouldn't let me shoot my SKS

 

[Richard in LA]

So do we need to have Lunch first and take them on(grin)???

I'm in for it!!!

I can't make Friday lunch. I have to go play fireman for my annual training.

 

[Ben Segrest]

On an unrelated note, the last time I went there (maybe the second or 3rd time I've ever been) I got yelled at like a stepchild because I forgot to let the first door close before I opened the second. Yall can have that place.

 

[nickatnite]

Yup, it's the round... Doesn't matter if you are a member or not.

Ben,
It's good that they yelled at you for that! There are 2 doors, and with both of them closed, it keeps 99% of the noise out of the common showroom area. Think about if you had that door open and opening the second door while some dood is cranking off his fortay, it's pretty loud.

You also have to think that these guys are working there and trying to control the noise that we make constantly.

 

[lsufan1971]

I got yelled at like a stepchild because I forgot to let the first door close before I opened the second. Yall can have that place.

Happened to me as well. I have to say they were pretty much dicks and I won't be back.

 

[onlyjourneyman]

I saw the same thing at the range on south choctaw--"Red Diamond?"--
They had a sign --- "no rifles or shotguns unless you're a member".
I really don't think this is a bad policy. It may be the only way to maintain control of the riff-raff, but is surely limits the availability of ranges we can just walk in and sight in. Things sure have changed....

 

[nickatnite]

Well, look at it like this.

When you go into the shooting bays, you have on all of your PPE, they don't. So what sounds like a pop to you is actually a bang to them out there.