You have to refer to all your rifles in terms of "gauge" not caliber.

Your mobile phone is always on vibrate.

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Originally posted by Milo Shanghai:
Your mobile phone is always on vibrate.

Huh? Eh? Can you repeat that, so I can read your lips this time?

When you go to the Texas shoot and everyone gathers around at your table and starts grinning ear to ear at the big boy toys.

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when your 11# of ammo limit is REALLY a limit. thats only 60 rounds of 577 ne, and bout 63 rounds of 550 express or 500 Ar...

Or might be 9 loaded rounds without the box ...

When both the indoor ranges near you have "86-ed" you...

Rich
54 days and 9 hours

When you need to replace the target and backing board with every other group

When after firing your your rifles, your shooting buddy (that thinks a 30-06 is big) says "you moved every leaf on that damn tree your shooting under". Good shooting.

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
When both the indoor ranges near you have "86-ed" you...

Rich
54 days and 9 hours

and a couple of the outdoor ranges as well!

How about when the guy next to you with the braked 338 ultra mag tells you that your rifle is too loud.

John

1: the guy next to you says, "watch this!" He shoots his water jug with his 30-06. It splits in half and sprays some water.
You say, "watch this." you take your shot. The the jug explodes, water sprays across the range, and plastic flys 30 feet in the air.
next comment, "what the hell is that!!"

I also find my self looking at the muzzles on the gun rack before I even look at the tag, make finding the right gun a lot faster. just scan over the top of all the barrels and stop when you see something bigger than normal

Welcome to " The Club"

Stones are never a problem.

when the guy next to you shoots his 5/8" thick metal spinner with his 30-06. The bullet cuts a clean small hole and spins it.
you give it a try. The spinner goes airborn about 5 feet back. when you walk up to retreave it, there's a huge hole and the spinner is no longer on the frame because the vibration from bullet impact shattered all the welds of the frame and disassembled it.

When you look at a friends 375 H&H cartridge and seriously mistake it for a 300 H&H Magnum ...

Chuck

when people say why don`t you just screw a primer in the bottom of a can of powder and stick a pill in the top it will save you time.

When your light bullet is only 900 grains and your heavy bullet you get 5 to the pound. or if a nickle wont drop in the bore you its to small!
or when you tell the R.O. to step back its going to be loud and he tells you he has been here all day and every one has been shooting their big bores including a few .577 and after the first shot he moves back 5 ft!

Hows about:

You know you're a big bore shooter if you have a size 18 neck and wear a size 2 hat.

When your doctor looks at you after a visit and he says, "and none of your toys for three months! Let it heal first."
Bfly

When you read every single one of these post and think they are ALL Great!

When Al Gore asks you to shoot towards the east for a couple of weeks because shooting towards the west is causing the earth to slow down.

John

When your teeth start to rattle and there isn't an earth quake!

465H&H

When you buy an 8lb cannister of Accurate 2230 and a week later wonder where it all went.

You know you are shooting a big gun when one of your cases cost more than a famly pizza.

When the range officer has a small group of newcomers for a training session, and after two shot he kicks you off the range because you are frightening the women.
Or when the chief range officer asks you (nicely) to please set up as far away from the kiosk/shop as possible because you are loosening his fillings.
And most people refuse the offer of a shot.
And whenever you fire a few practice rounds a gallery of gawpers gathers.
And when the penetration test failed because the 34cm tree didn't stop the bullet, so you couldn't measure the penetration.

When you offer SAFARI KID a second shot and he says "No thanks, one was enough!"

twitch what!!!!! twitch

when your landlord ask you to STOP cutting down the tree's yeep she really did ask

When your custom pen and pencil set is not Mont Blanc, but is made from used .470 NE brass.

When you order a rifle and the gent working behind the counter says "damn son, whatcha gonna do with something like that, shoot down wooly mammoths?"

When your reloading press doubles as a truck jack.

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Originally posted by 50 Calshtr:
When you offer SAFARI KID a second shot and he says "No thanks, one was enough!"

When you go for a short range session, and the ammo you need weighs more than the rifle.

When you set the target in a bad spot and have
to repair 100' of barbed wire fence.

When after the first shooting session people start moving a few benches away from you.

I also have to agree with the comment about looking for barrel bands swivels and front sights when you go into a gunstore. That was the first thing I did today when I walked into the gunstore.

When your powder charges are more than the bullet weights for what most people shoot!
When loading with the rockchucker supreme, you need to back the die out so you can put a bullet in the case mouth.
Rodney.

If you look at some very large bore cartriges
that are about the size of cigars and think they look big - your not a largebore shooter.

If you see them as " yeah - that looks about right " - you are !

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Originally posted by Rodney H.{500Jeffery}:
When your powder charges are more than the bullet weights for what most people shoot!
When loading with the rockchucker supreme, you need to back the die out so you can put a bullet in the case mouth.
Rodney.

Nah, you just fuss the bullet up into the die with your fingers before setting it down into the case mouth ... or you use your AmmoMaster with no fussin'.

This thread is always good for a laugh. Keep'em comin'.

Rip, great idea. Kind of makes me feal dumb I had'nt thought about that. Ammomaster on the way.
Rodney.

You can bore sight the rifle without squinting and searching around for the downrange target.