Thread: Can I target shoot on your land? (Wellington)

Originally Posted by TheWuce

Okay okay you're actually making sense now, I guess I did kind of treat it like a newspaper ad. I think since I've been lurking for months I already felt like I was part of the gang or something haha.

Okay hi, I'm Lucy. I grew up on a farm in Tasmania and I've been shooting since I was 13 and hunting since I was 14. I moved to NZ two years ago and work in electronics repair, and I'll soonish be starting training to be a prison gua- sorry, I mean a "corrections officer". My ultimate goal is to buy a big piece of land and have a cattle farm like my dad did. On our farm in Tasmania we had a serious wallaby problem and a culling license but because we couldn't use semi automatics the only thing that worked for culling was loading six guys up on the back of a ute and rolling through the paddocks like an Al Queda death squad in a technical trying to pop wallabies from all sides with bolt actions. It was stupid dangerous and stupid fun.

I think gas piston is superior to direct impingement.
I think .300 blackout is a novelty and 7.62x39 is superior in every way because you don't need uber fancy subsonic handloads in a country with unregulated suppressors. Fight me.
I think Simonov would be stoked on my bubba SKS even though it can't hit largest side of barn
A shotgun with slugs is my favourite thing to shoot
A Barrett .50 Cal is my dream gun
I think wallaby mince and venison mince mixed 50/50 and cooked in to spaghetti bolognese is the most delicious thing in the world.

And I may or may not be a bar of soap, I cannot confirm or deny.

The two guys who've messaged me weren't realistic options so I'll give up on the newspaper ad and try some good old fashioned networking I guess.

Was that "fight me" or "bite me"?

Originally Posted by TheWuce

I am sick of dealing with the old guard that are always at Kaitoke

Enlighten me please: are these the ones that insist on appropriate safety protocols in a group environment on a shared range ?
What would be different if you paid for a private booking ?
Which of the organisations that use the Kaitoke range are you a member of ?

These are questions that I would want to have answered before considering letting you onto my property with a firearm. If "dealing with" means sharing then if you pick your times & conditions you can often have the place to yourself.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Enlighten me please: are these the ones that insist on appropriate safety protocols in a group environment on a public range ?

No they're the group of old retired guys that talk shit about me and passive aggressively try to get me to leave the range because I am female, young, using semi automatics and because they just want the range to themselves. They are the stereotypical old boys who set up their $3000 bolt actions, range finders and chronos and then gather in a circle to talk about reloading and glare at me for shooting when they are trying to talk. They will show up as a group when I am already there, get annoyed at for being there because they expected the range to be empty and then start mouthing off under their breath with misogynistic bullshit and how "that little shit" is going to ruin their range day by shooting semi autos.
They are the only group of people I have problems with, most of the people that use the range are great but those old assholes seem to be there most days of the week just standing around talking and getting annoyed at people for actually shooting.

Originally Posted by Puffin

What would be different if you paid for a private booking ?

I'd pay $80 for a four hour booking, shoot for an hour and then leave. Four hours is the minimum booking but I don't have that much free time in one chunk to shoot on weekdays.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Which of the organisations that use the Kaitoke range are you a member of ?

Deerstalkers

Originally Posted by Puffin

If "dealing with" means sharing then if you pick your times & conditions you can often have the place to yourself.

I try and sometimes do get the place to myself but I don't even mind sharing the range, it's just that one group of old assholes that I try to avoid but they always seem to be hanging out there like it's their social club house.

I must say @TheWuce your comebacks have been smoking and on point throughout this thread. Touche' ... I hope you find yourself a farm to shoot and some friends to boot. This is a great place to find information and share your stories. But...you will find young and old 'assholes' everywhere you go be it the range or the forum. Most of who probably aren't assholes at all. Humanity is some what of a scourge at times. Welcome aboard comrade!

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Originally Posted by TheWuce

Okay okay you're actually making sense now, I guess I did kind of treat it like a newspaper ad. I think since I've been lurking for months I already felt like I was part of the gang or something haha.

Okay hi, I'm Lucy. I grew up on a farm in Tasmania and I've been shooting since I was 13 and hunting since I was 14. I moved to NZ two years ago and work in electronics repair, and I'll soonish be starting training to be a prison gua- sorry, I mean a "corrections officer". My ultimate goal is to buy a big piece of land and have a cattle farm like my dad did. On our farm in Tasmania we had a serious wallaby problem and a culling license but because we couldn't use semi automatics the only thing that worked for culling was loading six guys up on the back of a ute and rolling through the paddocks like an Al Queda death squad in a technical trying to pop wallabies from all sides with bolt actions. It was stupid dangerous and stupid fun.

I think gas piston is superior to direct impingement.
I think .300 blackout is a novelty and 7.62x39 is superior in every way because you don't need uber fancy subsonic handloads in a country with unregulated suppressors. Fight me.
I think Simonov would be stoked on my bubba SKS even though it can't hit largest side of barn
A shotgun with slugs is my favourite thing to shoot
A Barrett .50 Cal is my dream gun
I think wallaby mince and venison mince mixed 50/50 and cooked in to spaghetti bolognese is the most delicious thing in the world.

And I may or may not be a bar of soap, I cannot confirm or deny.

The two guys who've messaged me weren't realistic options so I'll give up on the newspaper ad and try some good old fashioned networking I guess.

We like you, welcome

Originally Posted by TheWuce

And I may or may not be a bar of soap, I cannot confirm or deny.

You're gonna have to clear that one up, it hurts my sanity to talk to a bar of soap.....................

Bar of soap going to work for the prison service

Hope your made of Deep Heat......something tells me yes

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Bar of soap going to work for the prison service

Hope your made of Deep Heat......something tells me yes

If you're insinuating that .................. er, never mind.

Do we all have to turn into kids when a female is present?

^^^ So much like!!!

Originally Posted by deepsouthaussie

I must say @TheWuce your comebacks have been smoking and on point throughout this thread. Touche' ... I hope you find yourself a farm to shoot and some friends to boot. This is a great place to find information and share your stories. But...you will find young and old 'assholes' everywhere you go be it the range or the forum. Most of who probably aren't assholes at all. Humanity is some what of a scourge at times. Welcome aboard comrade!

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In these respects I think she has done what is right for her and made a smart decision. These arseholes can be everywhere, but I think she has made the right decision in avoiding them. I know the sort of person she is talking about (but not the actual ones) and they are more unable to realise people like her are the future of their precious club.

I have seen similar comments and views expressed around some of our clubs chinese members as they rock up with a couple E cats and enough ammo to take on a 3rd world dictator. (I think a little jealousy may be involved too) But credit to the new members, they have spent money on ammo and come to the range to enjoy their sport. So what if I cannot understand 90% of what they say. I can 100% understand the smile on their faces.

@TheWuce Its a shame you are not in CHCH. I think you would fit in very well at the local Handloaders club.

Originally Posted by timattalon

In these respects I think she has done what is right for her and made a smart decision. These arseholes can be everywhere, but I think she has made the right decision in avoiding them. I know the sort of person she is talking about (but not the actual ones) and they are more unable to realise people like her are the future of their precious club.

I have seen similar comments and views expressed around some of our clubs chinese members as they rock up with a couple E cats and enough ammo to take on a 3rd world dictator. (I think a little jealousy may be involved too) But credit to the new members, they have spent money on ammo and come to the range to enjoy their sport. So what if I cannot understand 90% of what they say. I can 100% understand the smile on their faces.

@TheWuce Its a shame you are not in CHCH. I think you would fit in very well at the local Handloaders club.

Sorry Tim,
Have to take issue with that-
When they can't fucking understand the range instructions, when they handle fire arms like they drive, I have a monster sized issue with it, some one on our range is going to be killed or injured by one, sooner or later. When I see more than one Chinese fuckstick with a rattle gun on the range I fuck off.One I can keep an eye on. A couple of times I have had to take fire arms and give it (the retarded owner) a scorching before giving it back. I know one that is actually a gun nut and long ranger, and he is all good, but the rest? The arms officers should hang their respective heads in shame at the ease with which they hand out FAL's. The Gun City mob should hang their heads in shame when they know some of the retarded fuckwits they give guns to, are a liability.

You want me to post examples on here?

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

Sorry Tim,
Have to take issue with that-
When they can't fucking understand the range instructions, when they handle fire arms like they drive, I have a monster sized issue with it, some one on our range is going to be killed or injured by one, sooner or later. When I see more than one Chinese fuckstick with a rattle gun on the range I fuck off.One I can keep an eye on. A couple of times I have had to take fire arms and give it (the retarded owner) a scorching before giving it back. I know one that is actually a gun nut and long ranger, and he is all good, but the rest? The arms officers should hang their respective heads in shame at the ease with which they hand out FAL's. The Gun City mob should hang their heads in shame when they know some of the retarded fuckwits they give guns to, are a liability.

You want me to post examples on here?

Yes please for the examples!

Let's hear all the stories about how bad some of your Chinese club members are.

Originally Posted by systolic

Yes please for the examples!

Let's hear all the stories about how bad some of your Chinese club members are.

You can just fuck off. Seen what kind of operator you are.

well that turned pretty quick.