Friday, May 16, 2008

Bad targets

I have previously done posts where i stated "fun" targets to shoot at. Today is different. I was dragged out to the desert today to go shooting. I was already in a grumpy mood as we left pretty early to avoid the heat). When we drove the 30 miles out the the middle of B.F.E. I was shocked at the amount of trash people had dumped out there for shooting...or just dumping.

There were tires, washing machines, a refrigerator, numerous propane tanks, monitors, tv sets, dvd players, etc, etc, etc. Now, have no problem with cans, plastic bottles, milk jugs, fruit, and the like. Other then the fruit, you should always pack out what you packed it....otherwise, it's littering and/or dumping. Fruit, like oranges and melons biodegrade fast, that's if the local wildlife doesn't eat them first.

Propane tanks and fridges are bad. First propane and refrigerants are bad for the atmosphere. Second, they can explode. Trust me.. propane tanks can explode, inspite of what various testing shows test you. I have shot them with steel core and armor-piercing incendiary rounds and they make a great big fireball.

Stop trashing your shooting places. It makes the rest of us look bad. It makes shooters look bad.