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AZ, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 11:21:49 AM EDT
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I've got a set of '69 Wilson Staff Bullet Back's that were my dads.
I like to take them out to teh local par 3 now and then. Mis hit just a little and the fingers tingle for a few holes. Especially if it's cold out. Flash back to when I was a little kid learning the game. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 11:23:59 AM EDT
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We don’t use handicaps golfing on the side bets. We require the best scorer on a hole to take a shot to equalize the playing field.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 11:34:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Millennial]
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Golf isn’t hard enough so I drink half a fifth on the front nine, then half a fifth on the back nine.
You know you’ve had too much to drink when you start pulling the cart right up next to the ball for your next shots… get up and pull out a putter because you’re on the green. You get some dirty looks parking the cart on a green. But not as dirty as taking a divot with your 7 iron to get your ball back on your own hole because it’s sitting on the wrong green. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 12:20:32 PM EDT
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This weekend I'll punish my hands with these.
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Posted: 3/5/2024 12:24:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gunnut284: My best round ever (88 on a par 70 course) was with a set of clubs very similar to those, along with real wood woods. Still haven't beaten that score with more modern clubs. Though I'm not good at golf nor do I have nice clubs. Is that because your bad shots don't fly as far as they do with modern clubs?
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Posted: 3/5/2024 12:57:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher214: Is that because your bad shots don't fly as far as they do with modern clubs? Straight is long. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 1:05:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Cypher214]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Logcutter: Straight is long. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Logcutter: Originally Posted By Cypher214: Is that because your bad shots don't fly as far as they do with modern clubs? Straight is long. That's for damn sure. When I first started out, my buddy saw me land my first shot on a Par 3 about 18 inches from the pin and said "you need to take everything out of your bag except that 7 iron and your putter." My driver and woods would end up in the wilderness, water, someone's pool, or a neighboring fairway. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 1:18:22 PM EDT
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People say blades are not appropriate for mid to high handicap golfers. But Volkey wedges are encouraged. Volkey wedges are BLADES. They have a wider sole but they are blades.
If you can hit wedges then you can hit blade irons in the PW through 8 iron with no problem. And maybe a 7 blade. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 1:58:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Headless_T_Gunner: People say blades are not appropriate for mid to high handicap golfers. But Volkey wedges are encouraged. Volkey wedges are BLADES. They have a wider sole but they are blades. If you can hit wedges then you can hit blade irons in the PW through 8 iron with no problem. And maybe a 7 blade. Getting fit is never not a good idea. I was surprised that the Callaway Paradym not the X irons were significantly better in every way for me. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 3:34:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Headless_T_Gunner: People say blades are not appropriate for mid to high handicap golfers. But Volkey wedges are encouraged. Volkey wedges are BLADES. They have a wider sole but they are blades. If you can hit wedges then you can hit blade irons in the PW through 8 iron with no problem. And maybe a 7 blade. Sure, the shorter the shaft, the easier to control the clubface. I agree that if you can hit a wedge, you could probably play the 9iron and 8iron...probably the 7 too. But that doesn't mean you'll have the same success with blade mid/long irons. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 3:52:45 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/5/2024 3:56:09 PM EDT
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Just don't hit those blades on a cold morning
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Posted: 3/5/2024 3:58:25 PM EDT
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I honestly doubt those clubs would be any more difficult for me to play with.
Its like having a blind man in a long range shooting match and giving him a 22lr instead of a 338LM. It isnt the rifles fault... |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 4:08:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: baxt3r]
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We need an ARFcom golf outing. If there's enough interest, I would be willing to talk to the people at my club and see about setting something up. Depending on turnout it might be around $100 per person. CLT airport is 10 minutes away from the course and there are a couple hotels nearby (10-15 minute ride, all interstate).
We could do it for charity. @ me or PM if you have any interest. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 4:13:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MadMonkey: Shooting ranges are a waste of a good RC flying field. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MadMonkey: Originally Posted By Riter: Golf is a fine waste of a: 3) Sporting Clay; 4) Trap range; 5) Skeet range Shooting ranges are a waste of a good RC flying field. A little imagination and they can be both! |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 4:19:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cranberry1: Just don't hit those blades on a cold morning It doesn't get cold here in Minnesota..... 
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KS, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 4:30:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PAESAN: Self-defense forum with six new topics in a year Can we pretty please get a fucking golf sub-forum? @aje We need to find a mod that is a golfer to bring it up at the next staff meeting
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GA, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 4:36:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher214: That's for damn sure. When I first started out, my buddy saw me land my first shot on a Par 3 about 18 inches from the pin and said "you need to take everything out of your bag except that 7 iron and your putter." My driver and woods would end up in the wilderness, water, someone's pool, or a neighboring fairway. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher214: Originally Posted By Logcutter: Originally Posted By Cypher214: Is that because your bad shots don't fly as far as they do with modern clubs? Straight is long. That's for damn sure. When I first started out, my buddy saw me land my first shot on a Par 3 about 18 inches from the pin and said "you need to take everything out of your bag except that 7 iron and your putter." My driver and woods would end up in the wilderness, water, someone's pool, or a neighboring fairway. There was a 9 hole course near where I live that I would play a couple of times per week, very compact course perfect for walking. I often played with a guy that only carried a 6 iron, a pitching wedge, and his putter. His scores didn't suffer from it, he beat me often. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 6:06:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TinSpinner: There was a 9 hole course near where I live that I would play a couple of times per week, very compact course perfect for walking. I often played with a guy that only carried a 6 iron, a pitching wedge, and his putter. His scores didn't suffer from it, he beat me often. At my lake place I'll go off early walking and play 9 with a Ping Moonlight bag and 5-6 clubs including putter. I usually score the same as I do in league with my full set. |
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USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 6:14:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cossa: ha good luck. need a golf subforum In 2022, 1 in 7 Americans, over 40,000,000 played golf. So we have a SCUBA subforum.
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MN, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 6:19:42 PM EDT
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Need extra yardage on your drives?
 How Lethal Is A Ballistic Golf Club ??? |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 6:23:06 PM EDT
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I used to love my old MacGregor tourney blades!!!
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MN, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 6:26:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TinSpinner: There was a 9 hole course near where I live that I would play a couple of times per week, very compact course perfect for walking. I often played with a guy that only carried a 6 iron, a pitching wedge, and his putter. His scores didn't suffer from it, he beat me often. Was he that good, or you that bad? When my uncle was in his 70s, he used to golf every week. A nine hole, par 3 course had a Wednesday special where retirees could golf all day for just a few dollars. He only used a couple of clubs, and had a couple of holes in one on it. I couldn't beat him on that course, but I could on any other course. I bet he could have played that course blindfolded. |
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USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 6:30:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Riter: Golf is a fine waste of a: 1) Rifle Range; 2) Pistol range; 3) Sporting Clay; 4) Trap range; 5) Skeet range; 6) Three gun course, and; 7) Artillery range (for muzzle loaders) Yet the people of St. Andrews stopped doing most of that (and archery) so they could play golf there. In the 1700s. Because golf has all of that. And we can shape shots in ways bullets can only do in the movies. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 6:32:43 PM EDT
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Robin Williams on Golf...
 Robin Williams Golf full version (2002) |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 7:44:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BigPolska: @aje We need to find a mod that is a golfer to bring it up at the next staff meeting Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BigPolska: Originally Posted By PAESAN: Self-defense forum with six new topics in a year Can we pretty please get a fucking golf sub-forum? @aje We need to find a mod that is a golfer to bring it up at the next staff meeting I'm not a golfer but if we have a forum for aliens, I think golf is a reasonable request. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 8:35:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AJE: I'm not a golfer but if we have a forum for aliens, I think golf is a reasonable request. Yes please! |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 8:43:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Sean124: Yes please! Now we're talking |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 8:47:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AJE: I'm not a golfer but if we have a forum for aliens, I think golf is a reasonable request. As well as grooming and haberdashery.... 
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Posted: 3/5/2024 9:12:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JDennis: As well as grooming and haberdashery.... I just noticed we have a "trucking" forum...... |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 9:45:19 PM EDT
[#31]
Bump for a golf forum
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Posted: 3/5/2024 9:55:44 PM EDT
[#32]
Golf forum please .
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Posted: 3/5/2024 10:50:40 PM EDT
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After looking through the forums and seeing the topics that have a dedicated forum, I've gotta ask where the golf course touched the GD mods when they were kids?!?!?!?
Golf is cooler than 87% of the sub forums we've got. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 10:53:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SPECTRE:
Bump for a golf forum |
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KS, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 11:04:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jason280: I don't see the point, there's more traffic in GD and there really aren't that many golf threads...adding a sub forum will just kill the traffic. ...because we could visit about golf without all the typical GD clutter (golf is gay, golf courses waste land, etc) |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 11:05:42 PM EDT
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I am sure I am going to step on some toes inside Gucci golf shoes but I never understood grown ass men chasing a fucking white ball around.
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WA, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 11:06:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By reprobate: Ping Eye 2 maybe the best irons ever made. I still own a set. Most people hit them a little higher and shorter than other brands. I would argue that original Tommy Armour 845s are right up there if not on top. |
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NM, USA
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Posted: 3/5/2024 11:15:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JimmyAR: I would argue that original Tommy Armour 845s are right up there if not on top. That’s a great set of sticks too. |
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Posted: 3/5/2024 11:24:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BigPolska: ...because we could visit about golf without all the typical GD clutter (golf is gay, golf courses waste land, etc) True. Most GD golf course hate is the waste of a good gun range. But most golf courses are in residential areas and city limits where shooting is illegal..... 
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Posted: 3/6/2024 1:39:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 77Bronc: I am sure I am going to step on some toes inside Gucci golf shoes but I never understood grown ass men chasing a fucking white ball around. It's an excellent excuse to get outside, drink with your buddies, maybe smoke a cigar, and participate in a sport that's hundreds of years old. It challenges your eyesight, forces you to judge distance, and stimulates the accuracy instincts. Most people with your mindset have never given it an honest try and a similar mindset could easily be applied to shooting. |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 3/6/2024 3:15:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: eolian]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 77Bronc: I am sure I am going to step on some toes inside Gucci golf shoes but I never understood grown ass men chasing a fucking white ball around. One of the greatest pleasures in life is teeing off and clearing the water hazard followed by the tap in. |
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Posted: 3/6/2024 9:07:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 77Bronc: I am sure I am going to step on some toes inside Gucci golf shoes but I never understood grown ass men chasing a fucking white ball around. Have you tried it? |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 3/6/2024 9:27:01 AM EDT
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No better sound in golf than a solidly struck tee ball with a persimmon wood driver.
Enjoy the blade irons. They’re not particularly forgiving. |
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Posted: 3/6/2024 9:34:59 AM EDT
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I should drag my old R7s out and go play. Haven’t picked up a club in probably 6 years.
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KS, USA
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Posted: 3/6/2024 11:37:01 AM EDT
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So, do we all need to keep bumping this thread until the mods give us a home?
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Posted: 3/6/2024 12:06:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BigPolska: So, do we all need to keep bumping this thread until the mods give us a home?  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/6/2024 12:08:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/6/2024 12:23:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Sean124]
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I’m all aboard the L.A.B. train. There really is something to zero torque putters once you get over the goofy looks.
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USA
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Posted: 3/6/2024 12:28:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Riter: Golf is a fine waste of a: 1) Rifle Range; 2) Pistol range; 3) Sporting Clay; 4) Trap range; 5) Skeet range; 6) Three gun course, and; 7) Artillery range (for muzzle loaders) Many golf courses are built throughout a subdivision. Like , the subdivision was planned to incorporate a golf course that kind of "snakes" it's way through and around it . You're not putting a shooting range of any kind around that. Other "stand alone" courses are planted smack dab in the middle of the city , or at least in the 'burbs. Look, I get it , its not for everyone. If you don't like it you don't like it. But the hypothesis that "it's a waste of this, or that" is horseshit. You would never get a permit to replace most golf courses in America with a shooting range due to location. At best if every golf courses in America were cleared, most would be replaced with either more housing or retail. Now tell me, do we really need more strip malls , fast food restaurants , and auto parts stores? |
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Posted: 3/6/2024 2:03:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Sean124: I’m all aboard the L.A.B. train. There really is something to zero torque putters once you get over the goofy looks. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/341181/C60BDBD9-3CD3-49A6-AC32-1139503A12DA_jpe-3150944.JPG I'm not saying it's ugly, but it isn't pretty.... Mine a little older  Attached File |
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