Trip report in prague.

[lucky_scrote]

Original source: lucky_scrote's blog

Trip report:

So, I get up at 11am and miss the free breakfast, I played internet poker until 3am which made me a little exhausted. We end up getting a taxi to the irish bar at 1:15pm as it is the place to meet for the shooting range. I eat an overly priced sausage and cheese sandwich and just drink a coke as I'm probably going to end up pissed by 6pm. The young attractive lady running the trip meets us in the bar and introuduces us to the other 2 brits that are joining us at the shooting range, We learn that these are two cool guys, fortunatly they weren't students as they are generally a weird species.

The taxi ride takes 20-30 minutes over the cobblestone roads. If you have never been to Prague, all the roads are made out of cobblestone's and it's a very bumpy ride! The driver was mad, infact they are all crazy here, you don't resist putting the seatbelt on.

We reach the firing range and are introduced to the first gun, the sniper rifle. I have no idea what type of sniper rifle it is, but it looks kinda cool. It is really easy to use, and have a target approx 50metres away. We have a target about the size of a cd, the centre scores 5 points and the outside scores 4 points. The round fired 5 shots and I managed to score a very nice 24 points, just 1 point dropped! Out of all the guns this easilt has the least recoil but accuracy was tough, the scope moved a ton from the slightest movement, fortunatly after playing Call of duty 4 i learned to hold my breath a few seconds before firing, lol.

Picture- Me with the sniper rifle.


Second up, the AK47. The expert told us in his best English "VERY LOUD, very powerful!"

I must admit I was a little nervous, as you look down the scope the target in the distance (once again about 50m away) goes very blurry. I fire my first three bullets and my friend with the binoculars says "10, 10, 10" after this my confidence was pretty high and I fired the remaining 7 bullets pretty fast. The gun ends up 45 degrees in the air after every bullet, this on full automatic must be incredibly difficult to control. I ended up with a score of 96 out of 100 which is very good In my opinion.

Me with the AK47 kalashnikov.



Third gun up, the .44 Magnum!

This gun looked super cool, unlike the first 2 guns you take a standing stance. We are taught how to grip this small pistol and exactly how to aim. I had an advantage not being first up to fire this gun as I noticed all bullet holes were above the "5" mark on the target from the first person firing the magnum. When it was my go I couldn't believe the recoil, the target was only around 25m away but I must have been aiming a good 1/3 of a metre below the highest scoring target. This clip was only 6 bullets and I managed another decent score of 26 out of 30, out of all the guns if I wanted a gun for personal use it would have been this one. It was very light, fast to load and fucking powerful.

Me with the magnum.



The final gun- pump sotty.

This gun looked very meaty, I was told this is a very powerful gun and can actually do your shoulder some damage. I was a little nervous but i gotta say this was the easiest gun to use, out of the 4 of us we had 3 shells each and all hit the target (a tin can 25m away) every time. If you stood square to the target with your feet together using this gun, no two words about it, you would fall on your ass.


My friend Will with the pump shotty.



So, the results are in, and the 2008 Prague multi weapon accuracy heavy weight champion is, no other than-

Dan "lucky_scrote" Carter







My friend Will isn't the best loser, it took me some persuasion to get him to take this picture for me .

Anyhow, I am going out for some free booze in the casino. Czech beer is the (second) best!


A few more pictures for your pleasure:









-Dan "lucky_scrote" Carter

[CitrusSR]

Wow, thats looks fuckin wicked, I would love to do that!!

Closet I've ever come to that is clay pigeon shooting lol

[tfeilding]

I used to do quite a lot of shooting. I started out with the .762 target rifle which was a bolt action like your first rifle but slightly bigger and I would shoot at 500 and 800 yards. This was then taken away cos of some hairline crack fault and instead I shot with the rather lame GP Assault Rifle, which is a scaled down SA80 (which the regular army uses) at 300 and 600 yards:



I used to shoot at Strensall ranges and made it to Bisley (HQ of rifle shooting) a couple of times each year. My best individual result was winning the best under 19 shot in the North East of England when I was 16 and my best team result was coming second nationally in a fairly minor competition. I also did some small bore indoor shooting but was pretty crap at it.

Now I dont shoot at all, although for some reason I have a shotgun.

I'd quite like to let rip with those other guns. It looks like fun.

[lucky_scrote]

Originally Posted by tfeilding

I used to do quite a lot of shooting. I started out with the .762 target rifle which was a bolt action like your first rifle but slightly bigger and I would shoot at 500 and 800 yards. This was then taken away cos of some hairline crack fault and instead I shot with the rather lame GP Assault Rifle, which is a scaled down SA80 (which the regular army uses) at 300 and 600 yards:



I used to shoot at Strensall ranges and made it to Bisley (HQ of rifle shooting) a couple of times each year. My best individual result was winning the best under 19 shot in the North East of England when I was 16 and my best team result was coming second nationally in a fairly minor competition. I also did some small bore indoor shooting but was pretty crap at it.

Now I dont shoot at all, although for some reason I have a shotgun.

I'd quite like to let rip with those other guns. It looks like fun.

Nice, thanks for pissing on my bonfire :P


I wonder what the rifle in the picture would be like compared to the ak47 recoil wise. There is no way you would get me lying down in that position with an ak47, the fucker would be smashing me in the face!

[ivanace]

lol.. pissing on my bonfire!!!

Dan your results are a marksmans... well shot sir

[Nick Jones]

The shooting sounds awesome fun. Beats playing cs:source.

[wilfuljoker]

Tom, you certainly are a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. I never had you down as the Rambo type.

[lucky_scrote]

Originally Posted by Nick Jones

The shooting sounds awesome fun. Beats playing cs:source.

lol, i still love that game



Anyhow, I have an awesome update on prague.


We go to the VCpoker party where there are tons of competetions with people winning the cash prizes for €10-€50.

Basically, you are given a card in the deck, if it is drawn then you have to go up and try to complete the challege.

Well, I get one outered as I hold the 5 of hearts. I pee my pants since I don't want to go up stage. You have to have your chest waxed and tbh, I fancy keeping the 3 white wiskers that have taken 20 years to grow on my chest. Fortunatly I have a courageous volunteer, morlspin!

He has decided to get up their and strip his top off. He shows off his jungle of a chest and 2 sexy ladies put a few veet wax strips on his chest and he is told, if he doesnt show expression then he gets €350 instead of €250. Typicaly hard c*** from Newcastle acts like he is eating scones with his nan and gets the €350, ship it!


Anyhow we get a free taxi back and get him to stop and mcdonalds, that is a brag obv.

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[morlspin]

The only problem is that after checking my chest properly, i now look like a badgers arsehole........many would have said that beforehand, but now its true!!!!

Great meeting you and Will mate, good luck in San Marino and will see you in Newcastle for a proper night out

[lucky_scrote]

Originally Posted by morlspin

The only problem is that after checking my chest properly, i now look like a badgers arsehole........many would have said that beforehand, but now its true!!!!

Great meeting you and Will mate, good luck in San Marino and will see you in Newcastle for a proper night out

San Remo*


See you in Newcastle.