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Suppressor show at BASF April 18–20, 2024

Posted: April 16th, 2024, 9:59 am
by smithers599

Re: Suppressor show at BASF April 18–20, 2024

Posted: April 16th, 2024, 7:16 pm
by blasternaz
$50 per day? Dayum, need to start a new side job!

Re: Suppressor show at BASF April 18–20, 2024

Posted: April 16th, 2024, 7:34 pm
by TimW
blasternaz wrote: April 16th, 2024, 7:16 pm $50 per day? Dayum, need to start a new side job!
Well, it does say "unlimited shooting". I suppose the $50 goes to help defray facilities cost as well as weed out us Poors. :)

Re: Suppressor show at BASF April 18–20, 2024

Posted: April 16th, 2024, 7:45 pm
by QuietM4
If you can't afford $50, you can't afford a suppressor.

Re: Suppressor show at BASF April 18–20, 2024

Posted: April 16th, 2024, 10:41 pm
by blasternaz
Have five of them already.

Re: Suppressor show at BASF April 18–20, 2024

Posted: April 16th, 2024, 11:27 pm
by Jack Dupp
QuietM4 wrote: April 16th, 2024, 7:45 pm If you can't afford $50, you can't afford a suppressor.
It's not about being able to afford $50, it's about being willing to spend $50 on a silencer shoot, which is rarely worth it. They are usually a waste of time and there's so many guns going off at the same time that you really can't get a good feel for sound comparisons. Plus, there are always jackasses that have to fire off some unsuppressed guns, so going naked ears to hear the cans is at your own risk.

Re: Suppressor show at BASF April 18–20, 2024

Posted: April 17th, 2024, 5:32 am
by Ballistic Therapy
Jack Dupp wrote: April 16th, 2024, 11:27 pm
QuietM4 wrote: April 16th, 2024, 7:45 pm If you can't afford $50, you can't afford a suppressor.
It's not about being able to afford $50, it's about being willing to spend $50 on a silencer shoot, which is rarely worth it. They are usually a waste of time and there's so many guns going off at the same time that you really can't get a good feel for sound comparisons. Plus, there are always jackasses that have to fire off some unsuppressed guns, so going naked ears to hear the cans is at your own risk.
Just curious. Since I never go to gun ranges.
You go to a gun range where people are shooting guns.
You bring a suppressed gun and wear no ear protection.
Another person at the range where you shoot guns. Shoots his wearing ear protection without a suppressor. Now he is the jackass ?

Re: Suppressor show at BASF April 18–20, 2024

Posted: April 17th, 2024, 7:35 am
by YNOTAZ
Most of these events, you spend more time in line waiting to shoot than you do actually shooting. They usually have limits then back to the line or into the next line for a different new shiny.

If you like looking at vendor offerings and talking to real vendor reps about function availability, show special pricing, etc. with a little bit of shooting on the side, they are worth it.

OOps forgot to mention, if you know someone from a vendor you can skip the entrance fee and get a special wrist band. Problem is the special band typically doesn't allow the free shooting sponsored by other vendors.

Re: Suppressor show at BASF April 18–20, 2024

Posted: April 18th, 2024, 9:10 am
by muta4warrior
I'll be there on Saturday all day with one of the vendors.