I’ve got two of these toy guns (they came in a set)
And I’ve got this toy shotgun
I want to get a toy pistol or replica.
I just like playing around with them. With pistols you can pull the slide thing back and the hammer is cocked and you can fire it without it being loaded. I like how you can eject the magazine and shove one in and it snaps into place. Actually I’m just imaging that based on what I’ve seen in movies… I haven’t had much of a chance to try it myself.
A few years ago I went to a shooting range in a city and for about $100 I could fire about 50 shots with a very small pistol. Even 11 year olds are allowed to fire that one. It had metal on either side to stop people for aiming away from the targets.
Maybe part of this obsession started when I was looking through someone’s toys and found a very old toy pistol that had springs, etc and I accidently broke it…
The thing is though that replicas cost about $300…
I’ve been to an indoor firing range that rents handguns, sells ammo, and loans eye/ear protection. It was a load of fun. I still have one of the human shadow targets, with bullet holes through the head, chest, crotch, etc.
Considering how tightly controlled gun ownership is in the UK there’s a surprisingly large number of gun clubs here. I just did a Google search for ones near me and there’s one a few kilometres away that was founded in 1903.
I might give it a go myself actually. I did a little clay – heh, sorry John – pigeon shooting about 20 years ago and quite enjoyed it, even though I hit very few. Not so sure i would feel comfortable shooting at the real things though as I’m a bit of a wildlife-lover (and wimp).
Do they do clay pigeon shooting anywhere near you JohnClay? Is it called the same thing in the USA?
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Toy guns are fun. I play with them all the time with my nephew. My parents have a back yard thats perfect for playing “Lets murder each other.” Lots of trees and rocks to duck behind. It’s really fun when the neighborhood kids come over and we can play, “Lets murder each other. Team Edition.” We usually play that onced you’ve been murdered five times your out and have to wait for the next game of “Lets murder each other.”
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When my son was10 or so,he was into very real looking toy guns. Looking around online,I see that they were airsoft guns. I remember warning him about not taking them out in public.
– pigeon shooting about 20 years ago and quite enjoyed it, even though I hit very few. Not so sure i would feel comfortable shooting at the real things though as I’m a bit of a wildlife-lover (and wimp).