How do you feel after shooting?

[IMakeGum]

Just curious if anyone else gets coughing fits after shooting? So far, after every time I've gone to the range, I come home coughing and clearing my throat...is that just normal cos of all the gun powder?

Oh, and YAY ME! I just put 100 rounds through my brand new Rossi 971! It's my first gun ever ....oh sigh....I'm already misty remembering it....it was just a few short hours ago...

....sigh....

 

[derekb]

I've never experienced any issues with coughing after a range trip.

 

[LPPOsecurity]

Never coughing, but I can definitely taste gunpowder if I shoot a bunch and there's a bunch of people besides me

 

[AmericanBob]

unbelievebly relaxed. a trip to the range does absolute wonders for my stress level. unless my gun of choice isn't running right. then i'm madder than hell.

 

[alluwant]

yeah i have never had any coughing attacks, but i can taste the gunpowder due to shooting so much

 

[Marc]

the only feeling i get is a the sensation that the rifle is still up to my shoulder.

 

[Que]

I stopped going to indoor ranges. The only two we have are... well, I won't jack your thread. Anyway, I used to get coughing spells right after leaving the indoor ranges, since they were not ventilated very well.

 

[AmericanBob]

oh yeah, since no one else said it. CONGRATS ON YOU FIRST GUN PURCHASE!! hopefully it's the first of many!

 

[schafe]

How do I feel after shooting? Hmmmmm.........mostly like buying more ammo! I usually do that on the way home.

 

[IMakeGum]

oh, and on top of coughing, my hands are filthy. Worse than when I do construction on my home.....

thanks Bob! I like shooting! I say world peace through gunfire!!! LOL!

and come to think of it....there was a HOARD of folks at the range today and they were all shooting as fast as they could pull the trigger...I guess shooting faster makes you cooler? what the F do i know????

 

[duffman0286]

After i shoot im very happy im not my target

 

[2cool9031]

I have never experienced any ill effects after shooting...except a little soreness in the shoulder sometimes. I do feel a lot poorer after all the $$$ in ammo I just shot-up.

 

[duffman0286]

I have never experienced any ill effects after shooting...except a little soreness in the shoulder sometimes. I do feel a lot poorer after all the $$$ in ammo I just shot-up.

but your a mosin man the savings plan was in the price of the rifle

 

[BowhuntnHoosier]

unbelievebly relaxed. a trip to the range does absolute wonders for my stress level. unless my gun of choice isn't running right. then i'm madder than hell.

+1

And Congrats on the new gun purchase.

 

[Hoosier8]

I experience a loss of ammunition.

 

[jthom19802]

Shooting is a completely underrated activity in terms of stress release. As long as the gun is working well and the ammo isn't disappearing too fast, how could you not feel relaxed after wards!

Obviously if you're having coughing fits (which I never have) this may not apply but as long as everything is smooth sailing, then its - well, just that - smooth sailing!

 

[IMakeGum]

LOL! Funny replies....for the record....a little coughing fit will NOT keep me from going back! I figure it's either the weather, the indoor range or who the hell cares what....
either it will go away or I'll get used to it....

 

[Walter Zoomie]

I feel satisfied, relaxed, confident, dirty, happy, proud, defiant, wind-burned, sun-burned, and anxious to do it again with like-minded, free-thinking, rough and rugged folks.

 

[rec4309]

Relaxed
The sound of empty brass jingling on the way home is good music

 

[INyooper]

Relaxed
The sound of empty brass jingling on the way home is good music

I'd have to agree. To a lot of people, shooting holes in paper, or at things like steel plates, bottles, etc. wouldn't sound as though it could be anything but stressful. I, however, see it as therapeutic and it actually seems to reduce my stress level after my range time. Of course, using my boss's picture for a target might be part of it! (just kidding!!! ....I don't think he reads the boards ....I guess I'll find out tomorrow! )