Full Auto Fun
In 2007, my Class III dealer friend Mike and his Class II manufacturer friend Rob went out for a day of full-auto fun in the National Forest.
While the video is over a year old, I still think it’s fun. Unfortunately, it contributes to my indecision over which machine gun to buy, as all of the guns pictured therein (M16s and Uzis) are incredibly fun to shoot. Alas, the full-auto switch for the Glock (which Rob makes for a living) is a post-86 machine gun, and thus not legal for me to buy. Curses!
For reference, I’m the guy in blue jeans, the green Peace Through Superior Firepower shirt, and the baseball hat. And yes, I’m left-handed.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Awesome! Have you ever tried practical competition? I divide my time between 3-Gun up at Ben Avery (4th Sundays usually) and tactical rifle+pistol at Pima (3rd Saturdays). Rob shows up at the Pima matches now and then. They’re both a lot of fun.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Alas, I haven’t tried practical competition, but I’d love to do so.
It may sound silly, but I generally don’t like just “showing up” to something without having someone to introduce me. Go figure. Perhaps I could trouble you to introduce me sometime? That’d be fun.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Please post the title and artist of the tune at the end of the video.
also, are all the M16’s in .556 caliber? One sounded a bit like it might be .762 Thanks.
May 15th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
It’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” by the Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
And yes, all the M16s were 5.56mm/.223 Rem. There were no 7.62mm/.30 caliber rifles there that day at all.
We did have some suppressed 10/22s (not shown in the video) that day as well, including a two-tax “pocket rifle” (suppressed SBR 10/22 with a folding stock).
Amusingly enough, a National Forest Ranger came out to say hi, asked us to clean up our brass, and bid us good day. She also gave us some Smokey The Bear keychains, which I still have.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Thanks. It’s good to know that the forest ranger was friendly, and a female at that. Except for David Young, rangers aren’t always gun friendly.
May 16th, 2008 at 11:06 am
I’d be more than happy to mentor you. It’ll be a good excuse to get out of Range Safety Officer duties
Have you ever been out to the Pima Pistol Club range in Catalina? Tomorrow morning, we’re getting together for our monthly match; Rob and I should both be there (he designed a killer stage for us). If you’re never seen a practical match before, I recommend you come watch. If you’d like to try it, I’ll squad with you and teach you the ropes. Safety, of course, is paramount and if you’ve never been “under the clock” before, don’t worry about speed… you’ll get faster with practice and experience.
The ACTS format is a bit more advanced than 3-Gun or IPSC: we allow backwards movement and “hot” reholstering and sometimes require you to sling your safetied rifle and continue the course of fire with pistol. I recommend a good retention sling. As you’ll see from the rules at the link below, they’ve got some fussy equipment restrictions, but (except for safety) we’re very forgiving of first-timers (and if you show up to watch only, that won’t could as your first time).
http://www.actshooters.com/rules.html
Do you already have a “tactical” rifle and pistol? Sling and holster?
If you have high-speed internet, check out footage at my YouTube account:
http://www.youtube.com/user/cowboyblob
Also, I often post the Cactus League (3rd Sunday) 3-Gun Match stage descriptions that I design, so surf my blog archives if you’d like.