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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:34:52 AM EDT
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Benchrest.
ETA: maybe Cowboy Action ETA: perhaps Black Rifle Fanatics ETA: naw, just them Fudds |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:35:34 AM EDT
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That is just what I was going to say |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:35:36 AM EDT
[#3]
+1 - Pocket protector types, worrying about millimeters |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:35:58 AM EDT
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Pink pistols, but that's okay.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:37:25 AM EDT
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...not that there's anything wrong w  ith that...
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:40:07 AM EDT
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Yep. Pissing and moaning when their group size has massively increased by .003". 
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:40:20 AM EDT
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+2 |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:41:59 AM EDT
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+ Yup |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:42:14 AM EDT
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If the shooting world were a high school:
the "Fudds" would be the jocks: big, dumb, not good for much, but popular. the "Clays" would be the yuppie, preppy, tennis and summers in the Hamptons rich kids. the "Period Military" would be the theatre/thespian/school musical types. the "Cowboys" would be like the farm kids. and the "Benchresters" are definitely the nerds. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:44:17 AM EDT
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Interesting question...
Yeah, I can see the BR crowd as being percieved as nerdy. If you think of scientists, experimenters, etc as nerds. I can see that. But a different group of folks that could be called nerds are the "I like shiney things" crowd. The guys that get excited for months because version 6.0.2 of Windows Jammer is coming out. With that in mind, when I read the thread title, I "knew" my answer was going to be the KTOG gang. Years ago I too had a Kel-Tec, and went to the Kel-Tec Owners Group for tips on how to get it to work. And I remember thinking to myself at the time, "these guys like shiney things". DanM |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:51:18 AM EDT
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Blackpowder or reloaders, I'd say.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:53:25 AM EDT
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What's a Fudd?
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:54:43 AM EDT
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The John Kerry type hunters. As in Elmer Fudd. Funny hats, designer hunting attire, $20,000 shotgun they shoot once a year, see no use for "evil looking guns." |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:54:44 AM EDT
[#14]
1. fudd (n) Derogitory term for a vagina.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:54:54 AM EDT
[#15]
Not bad. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:55:41 AM EDT
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Ah, that's different than the urbandictionary.com's definition. 
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:56:23 AM EDT
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"What's a Fudd?"
An elmer is a hunter that comes out before hunting seasons, fires 2 or 3 rounds and deems himself and his zeroing..A1. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 11:57:28 AM EDT
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Elmer Fudd |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:01:08 PM EDT
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the 350 pound guys wearing tactical gear, mall ninja types, they always have the most expensive gear, and usually set up a sun shade and hog the range all day, mr. know it all types.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:03:27 PM EDT
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+1 for Benchrest shooters aka Marksmanship masturbators.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:03:28 PM EDT
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I nominate the "duck hunters" for the dorks.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:04:23 PM EDT
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I've got this one for sure. It's small bore competitive shooters. They are the most anal of all shooters. Last year one shooter was given a "range allibi" because a spectator somewhere behind him was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and he claimed the smell upset him to the point he complained and was given a re-fire!!!! What a bunch of wussies.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:05:52 PM EDT
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Benchrest guys for sure.......5 whole shots in one hour...wow you're really burning up the ammo!
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:08:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:08:12 PM EDT
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Those guys are the "Dorks" in my book. I most resemble the dorks. 60% dork 20% fudd 20% period military |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:09:13 PM EDT
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those voting for the benchresters I can understand.
HOWEVER, the geeks that play dress-up and take on different personas complete with names, etc. are in a league by themselves. (cowboy action shooters to be specific) Having met some of them, I can safely say that not a bigger group of mega-dorks exists. edited for dork specification |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:14:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:15:22 PM EDT
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I voted Fudd's, but I'm wrong, it's Benchrest.
Dork-o-rama I reload to shoot more, not to get within millimetters boring!!!!!! clays is awesome, reactive MOVING targets and you only have to be close 
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:17:53 PM EDT
[#29]
cowboy shooters practicing "quick draw" like they think they are "Josey Wales" or something?
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:20:25 PM EDT
[#30]
lol...that's not exactly a bee hive of activity over there. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:22:03 PM EDT
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After watching the Eotech vs Aimpoint debate. The ACOG vs. every other scope debate. The ASP sling vs. the every other sling debate. The SPR vs. the SAM-R debate.............and on, and on, and on....................
I would say it's us! |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:22:18 PM EDT
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some probably do think so. When they were "in character" you had to call them by their cowboy alias they took offense otherwise... needless to say, I don't go to the range when they're there. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:29:26 PM EDT
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So us EBR types would be the silent kids in the back of class |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:33:10 PM EDT
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Would the AK kids be the stony faced immigrant children?
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:39:36 PM EDT
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No were jocks, we have all the ammo and evil black guns and go around thinking we can beat anybody, including the US government, the Chinese and the Mexicans all at the same time. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:41:01 PM EDT
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Anybody who plays dress up (this applies to wanna-be commandos, cowboy action shooters, benchresters, and the skeet crowd.)
A better question would be - who isn't the nerd of the shooting community. I like shooting, but man, I am ashamed to be associated with most people I see at the range. So many losers it blows my mind. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:42:49 PM EDT
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I think we are the Fonzies of the shooting community. The rebellious bad boys in the black leather jackets who the chicks dig and the jocks are afraid of.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:44:35 PM EDT
[#38]
Hmmm, and how do you know they aren't all looking at you and thinking "What a loser"?
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:45:00 PM EDT
[#39]
I concur... of course, it could be the range? |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:47:23 PM EDT
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Touche. Actually, what they are thinking is "how can I get girls to come with me to the range?" I think it might just be the rifle range I go to. Lotsa fatasses with tricked out SKS, gang bangers, couch commandos, and fudds. Never been muzzle swept or told "you don't need one of them" so many times in my life. The pistol range I go to is far more upscale - mostly caters to serious users. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:52:12 PM EDT
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anyone that wears digital camo to the range
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:52:13 PM EDT
[#42]
Yep, they are the LARP nerds of the shooting world. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:54:23 PM EDT
[#43]
ROFL!! Where's that video of the LARP-ing, Magik playing, almost homos when you need it? "scared of girls" was the title or something |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 12:57:36 PM EDT
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<----------- That works for me!
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Posted: 4/5/2006 1:19:56 PM EDT
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The true Nerds are the bolt action/obscure handgun milsurp collectors.
If you are familiar with all 117 variations of the Mosin-Nagant, you are a Gun Nerd. If you can spot the outline of Carcani, Enfields, Mausers, Arisakas, MAS, and Steyr straight pulls through the pawn shop window while driving past, you are a Gun Nerd. If you go to a gun show just so see the lastest shipments of 125-year-old weapons' technology and end up talking about barrel band variations of the Yugoslavian Mausers, you are a Gun Nerd. Nerds are smart but to most people, terminally uncool. I am guilty of all the above charges. |
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Posted: 4/5/2006 1:22:37 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/5/2006 1:26:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/5/2006 1:35:46 PM EDT
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Yup. 
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Posted: 4/5/2006 1:41:05 PM EDT
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Well, when I saw the thread title, what immediately came to my mind was "Airsoft," but I guess they're a rung below all the others listed because they don't use actual firearms. Even cowboy shooters and benchrest shooters use real guns, regardless of how nerdy they may act.
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Posted: 4/5/2006 1:43:08 PM EDT
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....dressed in black who might go off at any given moment.
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