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Posted: 6/12/2017 8:14:58 PM EDT
[#1]
Would've voted for two but only could vote for one so I voted Varmint. Recreational would be my secondary choice but I use my rifles primarily to clear stray animals of all likes off the premises........My go to HD firearm would be my G19
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Posted: 6/12/2017 8:19:06 PM EDT
[#2]
While I enjoy just going out shooting I concentrate on the basics mostly. Along with reloading, shot and move, weapon transition, malfunction clearing, target/threat transition. There are many fun drills you can do that not only making you more effective with your weapon but also change up the boring "stand there and shoot at a paper taget" type shooting. I used my guns for defence, hunting and recreation.
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Posted: 6/12/2017 10:29:46 PM EDT
[#3]
I poke holes in paper and ring some steel.
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Posted: 6/12/2017 10:52:58 PM EDT
[#4]
I shoot for fun and to be able to defend my family and home sufficiently.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 8:21:08 PM EDT
[#5]
bump for social justice
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Posted: 6/15/2017 9:03:45 PM EDT
[#6]
Defense of self, family, and community. The latter entails quite a bit of small-unit training, live-fire drills, and force-on-force.
Yes, I'll go shoot some steel and junk to blow of steam occasionally, but serious defensive work is by far the priority. I wish I could say that neither myself nor anyone I know had had cause to use it, but that's not the case. Our numbers of DGUs, both with and without shots fired (shots fired only at animals, thankfully) jumped from 1 or 2 to a combined 6 or 7 within the past week. Everything kind of went to hell in short order, and one situation is still ongoing. |
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:14:52 PM EDT
[#7]
Varmint hunting, paper punching, HD/Things Are Bad scenario
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Posted: 6/15/2017 10:23:12 PM EDT
[#8]
I shoot as much as I can.
I hunt, shoot competitions, & punch paper all really as an excuse to be outdoors with firearms. but with the size of my collection it is a chore just to keep everything oiled & zeroed. 
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Posted: 6/16/2017 12:45:20 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I poke holes in paper and ring some steel. |
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Posted: 6/16/2017 1:16:44 PM EDT
[#10]
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I poke holes in paper and ring some steel. I'll try hunting if I am fortunate enough to get an invite from somebody with property. |
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Posted: 6/16/2017 2:26:02 PM EDT
[#11]
Plinking and Hunting.
I voted recreation because the number of rounds fired for recreation vs. either type of hunting is probably in the 100's : 1 now that I got my first AR15 this month. I do pig and deer hunting currently, but not much pig hunting until I get my LR308 pig gun up and running. |
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Posted: 6/16/2017 2:46:53 PM EDT
[#12]
Where is the Internet commando choice... "I buy and brag about my fan boy flavor of the week, and flaunt my sub MOA groups with M855 "armor piercing" ammo (despite the gun never leaving the underside of my bed in parent's' basement), then sell my "outdated" guns/parts wherever I need cash to replentish my stash of Monsters and pay online gambling/porn accounts?"
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Posted: 6/16/2017 3:05:35 PM EDT
[#13]
I am a history and geography nerd so I buy cold war era rifles and shoot them a bunch. Favorites are the Fal, galil, ak74, m4, etc.
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Posted: 6/16/2017 6:17:10 PM EDT
[#14]
AR's / SCAR = defense and recreation.
Grendel / Bolt Guns = competition and recreation. Pistols = self defense. |
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Posted: 6/16/2017 9:47:49 PM EDT
[#15]
I started punching paper but have transitioned to competition. Everything AR is getting tailored to the disciplines I shoot. Hunting is a distant second.
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Posted: 6/26/2017 1:53:19 PM EDT
[#16]
back to the top
I'll probably let this drift to archive once the poll is past 300 or so, but we have a lot more on this site than just 200 members after that I'll start another poll to subtend the "recreation use" category |
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Posted: 6/26/2017 7:34:49 PM EDT
[#17]
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I poke holes in paper and ring some steel. I reload, too. Does that count as "recreation?" |
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Posted: 6/26/2017 7:57:38 PM EDT
[#18]
Voted competition because that's what my focus is on. I'm constantly tinkering. It's shot weekly at a minimum.
Work rifle has been the same for years. Carried a lot, shot once or twice a year. |
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Posted: 6/26/2017 9:57:29 PM EDT
[#19]
USPSA multi gun (3 gun) USPSA pistol (limited minor), USPSA PCC... Skeet, 5 stand, sporting clays...previously bowling pin, IHMSA metallic silhouette, Sportsman's Team Challenge
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Posted: 6/26/2017 10:04:28 PM EDT
[#20]
This poll unrealistically pigeon-holes us to a single use.
I hunt. I target shoot. I do precision long range shooting. I shoot benchrest style for small groups. I reload and develop custom ammo for varying uses. I use the rifle(s) for home defense. I shoot varmints. I shoot steel. I shoot moving targets. I train. Sometimes I just do recreational plinking. I don't use my AR for work. I cannot meaningfully separate these things. Picking out one because I might be using one a bit more than another at a particular snapshot of time is likely to be seasonal or skewed because I am doing something short term with one rifle at the moment. This would produce a false sense of use. |
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Posted: 6/26/2017 10:16:55 PM EDT
[#21]
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This poll unrealistically pigeon-holes us to a single use. I hunt. I target shoot. I do precision long range shooting. I shoot benchrest style for small groups. I reload and develop custom ammo for varying uses. I use the rifle(s) for home defense. I shoot varmints. I shoot steel. I shoot moving targets. I train. Sometimes I just do recreational plinking. I don't use my AR for work. I cannot meaningfully separate these things. Picking out one because I might be using one a bit more than another at a particular snapshot of time is likely to be seasonal or skewed because I am doing something short term with one rifle at the moment. This would produce a false sense of use. |
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Posted: 6/26/2017 10:38:33 PM EDT
[#22]
For fun and to protect my family
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Posted: 6/27/2017 2:24:35 AM EDT
[#23]
Recreation, self defense and work in LE.
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Posted: 6/27/2017 2:54:10 AM EDT
[#24]
I mostly just shoot targets for fun and self defense practice. Most my firearms are modern military type for defensive use. I enjoy competition shooting as well, but sometimes it gets too much like a game and less like a serious way to practice self defense. I go hunting every once in a while, but it's harder living in the city compared to country living.
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Posted: 6/27/2017 4:44:19 AM EDT
[#25]
I agree, this should allow the choice of more than one field of use!
Since I couldn't check 3 different I didn't mark any at all! Sarge |
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Posted: 6/27/2017 6:15:47 AM EDT
[#26]
Law Enforcement and recreational stuff. My go to SBR just completed a Patrol Rifle Instructor course with me
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Posted: 6/27/2017 8:32:05 AM EDT
[#27]
Recreation I guess.
Would really call it more training/practicing for self defense. |
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Posted: 6/27/2017 9:03:19 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
This poll unrealistically pigeon-holes us to a single use. I hunt. I target shoot. I do precision long range shooting. I shoot benchrest style for small groups. I reload and develop custom ammo for varying uses. I use the rifle(s) for home defense. I shoot varmints. I shoot steel. I shoot moving targets. I train. Sometimes I just do recreational plinking. I don't use my AR for work. I cannot meaningfully separate these things. Picking out one because I might be using one a bit more than another at a particular snapshot of time is likely to be seasonal or skewed because I am doing something short term with one rifle at the moment. This would produce a false sense of use. Quote HistoryQuoted:
This poll unrealistically pigeon-holes us to a single use. I hunt. I target shoot. I do precision long range shooting. I shoot benchrest style for small groups. I reload and develop custom ammo for varying uses. I use the rifle(s) for home defense. I shoot varmints. I shoot steel. I shoot moving targets. I train. Sometimes I just do recreational plinking. I don't use my AR for work. I cannot meaningfully separate these things. Picking out one because I might be using one a bit more than another at a particular snapshot of time is likely to be seasonal or skewed because I am doing something short term with one rifle at the moment. This would produce a false sense of use. Quoted:
I agree, this should allow the choice of more than one field of use! Since I couldn't check 3 different I didn't mark any at all! Sarge If I left the poll open to multiple selections I do believe the numbers would have a slant to them. I say this simply because, like you (and me), many people use rifles for more than one purpose Right now I left it to a single option, and those attending the poll can chose the option that is strongest (most valuable, most meaningful) for them Call it poor man marketing, I just wanted to pull some numbers out for our industry partners. Just trying to help some of them out, they do a lot for us. More than most recognize |
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Posted: 6/27/2017 10:06:04 PM EDT
[#29]
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I shoot for fun and to be able to defend my family and home sufficiently. And if I had to, I would use them for defense. |
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Posted: 6/27/2017 10:14:54 PM EDT
[#30]
I picked Varmint because you could argue my recreational shooting is simply training for varmints.
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Posted: 6/27/2017 10:33:38 PM EDT
[#31]
I usually hit the range with a minimum of 3 firearms. One or two will either be an AR or AK platform rifle which is usually recreational because i've changed out a component and i'm evaluating my change. The second will be my CCW which is either a .40 or .357 depending on the week, which is for the most part training muscle memory and fine tuning fundamentals. The third will be a bolt/lever gun (around the season or when testing loads) which are my hunting rifles. I voted other because of my typical broad array of uses.
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Posted: 6/27/2017 10:42:39 PM EDT
[#32]
3 gun mostly by a wide margin
tactical rifle matches plinking load work up training classes my most expensive/nicest AR is a 10.5 SBR with can for HD. |
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Posted: 6/28/2017 2:40:33 AM EDT
[#33]
All my work guns have been provided to me so far, even the current rifles for my 'Civil' work.
For my guns, it's mostly prepping and defense; so I answered 'Recreation.' |
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