To all of those who go to shoots with full autos and exotics, how do you do it? Is it a club thing? I'm the one that takes my friends shooting but I want more. I would love to go to a big shoot and shoot some amazing guns, other than my own. It would be amazing. Even if it was just a couple times a year.
Posted Dec 13, 2011, 4:40 PM UTC
Well, I'm a resident of KY, home of Knob Creek...
I'm sooo jealous
I have yet to go there, and I'm even in Louisville.
I dunno if I believe you man, how do I know you are even from - oh, nevermind.
It's fun, you should head down in April. It can get pretty pricey if you really want to do much besides enjoy the gun show and watching the shoots themselves.
I haven't been in a couple years, myself. Maybe we should assemble other KY gunnitors.
There is a r/Louisville, btw, might be a good place to start.
I just may come to that machine gun shoot.
I am the exact opposite, before I started shooting I wanted to shoot something full auto. After I started shooting all I want to do is make nice grouping on papers.
As that does not relate to your topic, I know at gun shows my co-worker goes to they have everything you could ever want to fire. He brought back pics of everything from tricked out .22s to 50BMG rifles and a mini gun. You might want to check one out, but it costs per round to shoot.
I agree with this to some extent.
full auto is really fun, but also really expensive. You do it and sort of get it out of your system.
For the pure fun of it, I think the most fun would be a rimfire that ran reliably, because you can really afford to go out and blow off 5k rounds in a session.
5k rounds of centerfire, even my best(cheapest 9mm) reloads is still 90 bucks for 1k rounds.
cost is a major detraction from running full auto centerfire...
Man... I would think that just loading 5k rounds of tiny little rimfire would take forever and be crazy irritating...
that too, is the other downside, you spend lots of time loading...
Heh. Load.
Edit: Wait, oh shit. Wrong comment. I was replying to ... forget it.
3 main ways:
Employment related, military, security, manufacturing, etc...
Rental Ranges that offer Full Auto
Actually owning full auto weapons
No pics of me. When I was on college, one of my buddies was a collector that was fairly well off. He had two M-16's and an MP-5 along with other assorted suppressors, sawed off shotguns, that sort of thing.
We took them out shooting 5 or 6 times, but I was poor and definitely couldn't afford to go that much.
As mentioned, man ranges rent them these days but I have never been to one that was not hella expensive.
These days, I actually could afford it easily, but I just never get around to buying one.
by way of example, I haven't looked at the subguns.com classified in a long time, but mac 9/10/11's still remain the entry level full auto that pretty much anyone with a job and the will to save the money could realistically obtain...
maybe i need to stop procrastinating.
Was just on there today, haha.
I was lucky enough to be a guest of someone on this site who lives in the next state over and owns a full auto weapon. (MAC10)
Im in NJ so thats not even an option here...
I acquired an M16 and an UZI subgun when machine guns were relatively inexpensive. 1998-2000. I used to attend a local full auto shoot that was held annually in a nearby town. A friend and I would drag lots of exotic items down to rent, ammo was cheap at the time and we'd make a killing. Pay for the trip, ammo and a little profit. Had one really scary incident though. The firing line is loud, hectic and there is no effective way to discern the knowledge level of the prospective renters. Most "dudes" are pretty reluctant to admit their level of experience to strangers as well. Open bolt subguns are a different animal and even experienced shooters can be tripped up if unfamiliar with the design. I had a kid on my line, his dad bought him a 25rd UZI mag worth of ammo to shoot out of my gun. I took up position behind him and to the left. Gave him the orientation, there wasn't a backstop and the range was clear all the way out for miles, so a climbing gun wasn't an issue. Anyway, this kid is of slight build and as far as I could tell somehow managed to limp-wrist the 9 pound UZI. It fired once and failed to completely strip the 2nd round but locked back. The bolt had probably been caught by the racheting mechanism, so the gun was marginally safe, just needed the charging handle pulled back to put it into action. Anyway, I'm yelling at the kid to hand me the gun, but he panics or doesn't hear me. He turns full around to his right and sweeps the rather large crowd of spectators with the muzzle before I'm able to smack the gun down. Totally gave me the willies, I still shudder a little when I think about what could have happened. That ended my renting days, too many variables to control. That said, find a friend who collects neat stuff or join a range. There are also ranges that rent as others have mentioned, make the trip to Knob Creek or another big event. You can rent from people there too, just not me. Be careful though whatever you all do, MG firing lines are full of distractions. Can't say that enough.
Safety is always an issue no matter what. My brother damn near took my ear off with my nugget. He got an ear full. The slightest things can go wrong. I just wish they would be cheaper. But when anything gets banned, prices go up. Sucks.
I can only imagine.
The only machine gun I would feel comfortable putting in the hands of a kids would be a tripod mounted gun, so they could not point it anywhere but down range.
First step I would take would be looking into getting your FFL. After that is is all pretty easy in terms of obtaining licensing necessary to own full auto weapons and even destructive devices. Go to your local shop and talk to the owner about such things, assuming he/she isn't a dick, the should be able to point you in the right direction.
If you're close to Arizona or Nevada, there are ranges that rent machine guns. If you'd like to shoot one at an outdoor event, the MG Shooters holds the Big Sandy shoot twice a year in Wikieup, halfway between Phoenix and Las Vegas. They have rentals as well, and just going as a spectator is worth the trip!
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I was lucky enough that through a few friends, I got friendly with a class 3 dealer/manufacturer. He makes and buys all these amazing full autos, and if I'm lucky, I get to shoot them
Join the military, preferably the infantry. Get paid to shoot instead of the other way around.
There are some ranges that rent full auto firearms. I don't know anything about the big machine gun shooting events, though.
Knobb creek is the only one im aware of, YouTube it, it looks fun as hell