If you do decide to come here for that, I recommend going to Vegas and checking out Battlefield Vegas. You get to fire any choice of weaponry. They have a large selection of fully-automatics to rent at the range.Mikk- wrote:I'm half tempted just to go to the USA for a week or two just to go to various shooting ranges.
What about .50 Beowulf? Apparently they're quite popular in Canada for AR15 users in canada (mostly because of their capacity ban and making each shot count)Caligari87 wrote:Probably .300 Blackout and .458 SOCOM
Closest thing I got was "operating" and dry firing dual mounted mg on a ship (the ones used to defend the ship from smaller craft or planes) . Thing was a chore to operate and a pain in the armpits. (Happened on a Naval ROTC ship tour)Reactor wrote:Hm. What about heavy weapons? Anyone of you ever utilized or fired one of them? RPG, LAW rocket launcher, grenade launcher or such?
I'm torn between .50 Beowulf and .458 SOCOM. They seem like very similar rounds and I can't imagine the .50 stopping something the .458 wouldn't already handle just fine. In the end it'd probably come down to asking my local gun shop "which one is more readily available and cost-effective?"insightguy wrote:What about .50 Beowulf? Apparently they're quite popular in Canada for AR15 users in Canada (mostly because of their capacity ban and making each shot count)
Real guns. Although airsoft are cool, too. I've seen some people train movement and combat tactics with airsoft, before.YukesVonFaust wrote:sorry to come in, but, are talking about real guns or airsoft?
the sounds are so Doom-ish, I could use'em in the actual game if you could record'em more cleanly I'll have to see if I have a better quality camera somewhere next time I go LOL. Are you talking about the SPAS-12? Because that is my favorite gun on Earth, and I can't find it anywhere. (It is illegal to sell in America, but not illegal to own.) By modern standards, it has reliability problems, but it is just such a bad ass gun with the semi-automatic / pump selective fire switch, and the magazine cut off switch (so you can insert a specialty shell from your belt like tear gas, stun grenade, door breach etc. and prevent the regular buckshot from feeding during cycle until you turn the switch off). I'd love to own one if I can ever find one.Reactor wrote:Splendid video, RexS, thumbs up for ya!
Did you have any luck with a SPAS Franchi? I'm curious if you can handle one, and whether or not it is really that great of a shotty.
It is pretty awkward to hear that it is "ill eagle" to sell, but you can actually own one without problems. Like uh, you supposed to grow it in your garden? It might sound strange for me, as in Hungary, you're strictly prohibited to own any firearms, apart from lousy airsoft or teargas guns, so it's somewhat understandable if I am confused by reading this. You can rent modern belt-fed machine guns, (which are 100% illegal to own, Class III tax exemptions only apply to pre-1986 weapons) so I imagine there is a range with a SPAS-12. I'll have to look for that. And I wouldn't pay too much attention to the color of the shells, any company can color the plastic any color they want. (Although some ammunition brands color code.) But yes, the diversity of the shotgun is what makes it my favorite gun. The 30+ ranges of shot size, from the smallest birdshot, to the biggest buckshot. Slugs. Flamethrower rounds. Stun grenades. Less-than-lethal rounds. LITERALLY A TAZER ROUND (!!!!)*. I actually saw a YouTube video of someone shooting a coke bottle with Mentos shotgun shell LOL!!! It was pointless, of course, because the impact blew the bottle up as if it was regular shot.Reactor wrote:Yes, I was referring to the SPAS-12
What about shooting ranges? Isn't there one which has a SPAS-12 for the visitors to use?
I am also fascinated by the different effects of the different coloured shotgun shells, but if you ever get to try out a SPAS, the most basic simple buckshot would do it for the demonstration
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