Random Thought Thread

AR-Trvlr said:
I'm struggling to decide if I should renew my membership in a gun club. It's a fantastic place, lots of different ranges to shoot at, and pretty hard to get into - you really have to know someone. A fairly easy 45-minute drive to get there, which is actually pretty good for Atlanta...

The problem is that it's $400/year, and I've shot twice this year. I'm not sure I'll be shooting more over the next few years. I just have a lot of things that seem to rise higher in priority. Guns have been a huge part of my life for years, but for the past 15 years I've been much more of a collector than a shooter. Family, work, work around the house, volunteering in my community, all seem to push shooting down the list. Taking most of a day to shoot always seems like I'm stealing time from my family. I don't know if that will change anytime soon. Perhaps when I retire I'll shoot more, but that's at least 7 years away.

I can afford the money, but I'm not sure if it's a good investment. Sigh. Life used to be so easy when I was a young man.
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Forgive me for reading into things, but since you listed how much you like the club- I think it is important to you. So… here are my thoughts. Introduce others to shooting sports to spend more time there. Create a way to write off the club as a business/entertainment expense. Remember that good times are priceless.

Stay safe!
 
AR-Trvlr said:
I'm struggling to decide if I should renew my membership in a gun club. It's a fantastic place, lots of different ranges to shoot at, and pretty hard to get into - you really have to know someone. A fairly easy 45-minute drive to get there, which is actually pretty good for Atlanta...

The problem is that it's $400/year, and I've shot twice this year. I'm not sure I'll be shooting more over the next few years. I just have a lot of things that seem to rise higher in priority. Guns have been a huge part of my life for years, but for the past 15 years I've been much more of a collector than a shooter. Family, work, work around the house, volunteering in my community, all seem to push shooting down the list. Taking most of a day to shoot always seems like I'm stealing time from my family. I don't know if that will change anytime soon. Perhaps when I retire I'll shoot more, but that's at least 7 years away.

I can afford the money, but I'm not sure if it's a good investment. Sigh. Life used to be so easy when I was a young man.
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I have to drive an hour away to go shoot in the desert because I don't like ranges. I have a similar feeling of stealing time from family. When I go shooting it takes up most of the day.
I've come to realize I need to recharge or I won't have enough in the tank to give them what they need and accomplish everything I need to do.

I'd say make it more of a priority. There's nothing wrong with taking one day out of the month for yourself.
 
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In my back yard, Saturday. The greatest injustice to all of this is that my tree stand is about a mile from where I took this shot, as the crow flies, yet I can’t hunt in the neighborhood because, well… it‘s a neighborhood.

Historically, I’ll wake up early and have to elbow my way through the herd of deer on the lawn so that I can tromp out to my tree stand and not see a goddamn thing for several hours before I finally get too cold to continue.😖

I‘ve been told in the past that these experiences build character, but as anyone that’s been exposed to me for more than three minutes can tell you, this ‘character building’ has apparently done nothing but make me an unbearable asshole.
 
Matthew Gregory said:
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In my back yard, Saturday. The greatest injustice to all of this is that my tree stand is about a mile from where I took this shot, as the crow flies, yet I can’t hunt in the neighborhood because, well… it‘s a neighborhood.

Historically, I’ll wake up early and have to elbow my way through the herd of deer on the lawn so that I can tromp out to my tree stand and not see a goddamn thing for several hours before I finally get too cold to continue.😖

I‘ve been told in the past that these experiences build character, but as anyone that’s been exposed to me for more than three minutes can tell you, this ‘character building’ has apparently done nothing but make me an unbearable asshole.
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^ true story
 
AR-Trvlr said:
I'm struggling to decide if I should renew my membership in a gun club. It's a fantastic place, lots of different ranges to shoot at, and pretty hard to get into - you really have to know someone. A fairly easy 45-minute drive to get there, which is actually pretty good for Atlanta...

The problem is that it's $400/year, and I've shot twice this year. I'm not sure I'll be shooting more over the next few years. I just have a lot of things that seem to rise higher in priority. Guns have been a huge part of my life for years, but for the past 15 years I've been much more of a collector than a shooter. Family, work, work around the house, volunteering in my community, all seem to push shooting down the list. Taking most of a day to shoot always seems like I'm stealing time from my family. I don't know if that will change anytime soon. Perhaps when I retire I'll shoot more, but that's at least 7 years away.

I can afford the money, but I'm not sure if it's a good investment. Sigh. Life used to be so easy when I was a young man.
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Suggestion.
Take your least used gun or caliber to the range. Rediscover shooting.
Think of your dues as a kind of donation to help keep your range alive.
I‘ve all but lost sight in my dominate eye. Think, looking through a glass of water. I’m experimenting off hand vs right hand hold, left eye for sighting.
It’s a new challenge.
Maybe a new challenge would remind you how much fun poking holes in paper can be.
 
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