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| - Was in Vegas a few months ago, and saw a sign on the side of the bus for "The Gun Store"...where you could fire machine guns...something we Californian's can really do easily. So, back in Vegas, talked the group I was working with to go check it out. Got on the phone, and was told "90 minute wait"...WTF?
So yelped away, and found Las Vegas Gun Range and Firearms Center. Called them, and yes, they have tons of different types of machine guns, and their wait time was about 12 seconds. SOLD.
We got there, and a pretty funny range master went over the program with us. We all decided to sign up for the "party special"....we each would shoot four different machine guns (burning a 50 rd clip through each), and then a Desert Eagle - finishing off with a competition amongst the group with said DE.
We first fired an HK MP5....the guys I was with let loose like crazy....it was like watching a bunch of six year old boys taste candy for the first time.
:-)
I cheated.....I fired off three round bursts so that I'd actually do some damage to the target (and yeah, I did).
We then moved on to an M16, an M3A1, and finally a Gustav M45...a funky little machine gun that stays stable when firing (usually the muzzle will want to walk up...this one doesn't).
We moved on to the Desert Eagle 44 Magnum....heavy, but incredibly stable. So after dusting the boys in the competition (they were still high on that adrenaline rush), I claimed my prize....a t-shirt that says "Infidel" in english and arabic....NOT something I'll be wearing around CA.....
Bottom line....a VERY cool little range, cheaper than The Gun Store, you don't have the outrageous wait times, and DEFINITELY worth the cab ride out.
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